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...Congress last week on his $6.17 billion budget request for foreign aid, Secretary of State Alexander Haig conducted a tour of the horizon in which he reiterated that principle more sharply than ever. He defined virtually all of the world's problems, from the Middle East to Central America, in an East-West context, and with an anti-Soviet severity that was sure to discomfort further America's increasingly nervous European allies. Said he: "The emphasis today is on the Soviet problem...
...Administration thus far has cast most international problems in East-West terms. Yet the leaders Reagan has met during the past few weeks -from Britain, France, West Germany, Canada-have agendas that involve a more complex approach to world issues, all of which will need to be coped with. Reagan is far from an assured and polished diplomat, but last week he showed that his charm, and willingness to listen, is appreciated by America's friends and neighbors. He also learned, in his partly successful attempts at coordinating U.S. policy with America's allies, that even the most...
Where to go: The Sierras are crisscrossed with hundreds of trails, most of which are accessible to anyone with spunk and a good pair of boots. Among the most popular are the High Sierra trail, which runs east-west across the crest, and the John Muir trail, which follows a north-south line from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney. For those who want a less rigorous adventure, the National Park Service operates a string of five High Sierra camps, each a few hours' hike apart. The camps offer hot food, showers and beds, but reservations should be made early. There...
...officials saw considerable significance in the Soviets' failure to formally notify NATO countries of the impending maneuvers, as they are supposed to do under the 1975 Helsinki agreement. Whitehall analysts speculated that Moscow did not want any NATO observers around at what could be a critical moment in East-West relations. Most Western experts, including those in the U.S. State Department, doubted that armed intervention in Poland was imminent, but Moscow's words were a pointed reminder of the dangers that still threatened Poland after two weeks of tenuous labor calm...
...significant rivalries do develop, they could seriously disrupt East-West relations. "I don't know whether it will change the direction of Soviet policies," says U.S. Sovietologist Seweryn Bialer, "but I will look for confrontations, divisions, splits - a volatile situation within the leadership. It will be a dangerous, unpredictable period...