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Waldheim's election was the result of the nuanced realities of big-power politics. The U.S. plainly preferred Finland's energetic Max Jakobson, a former journalist and amateur historian who could give the U.N. the leadership that it lacked under the mercurial, vacillating U Thant. But Jakobson's strong qualities made him unacceptable to the Soviets who "know from experience what a tough Finn is like, and didn't want him," as a State Department official put it last week. The Soviets first tried unsuccessfully to persuade U Thant, who is suffering from a bleeding ulcer...
Stalin's success story was dimmed slightly by his failures in Finland, Iran and Turkey. But they were secondary goals. Only one unresolved issue glared on the map in Stalin's office: Germany. To Russia, as to France, indelible memories of German belligerence necessitated top priority for the German question. Ulam sees this preoccupation with Germany as a continuous thread running through postwar Soviet foreign policy. In March, 1947, Molotov suggested a reunified Germany, but the plan was overlooked by the U.S. The 1948 Berlin blockade was not a grasp for a city of 2 million people. Ulam suggests...
...heavily subsidized farmers', the core of Borten's Center Party constituency, fear that their income would drop as much as 40% or 50% if they had to compete with French and German producers. Borten himself would prefer to see Norway aligned with Sweden, Denmark and Finland in the abortive but still discussed Nordek economic grouping. In any case, Borten's abrupt departure may only be a foretaste of political battles to come among Common Market outsiders who must decide whether the benefits of membership are worth the initiation...
...FINLAND. Like most of their countrymen, Finnish Communists have learned to keep a wary eye on their giant neighbor to the east. The party has long taken Tito-type stands critical of Moscow's policies and was one of the most vocal protesters against the Czechoslovakian invasion...
...stature meets quite all of these qualifications. Nonetheless, a number of men are being actively discussed: > U.N. Ambassador Max Jakobson of Finland. An able, easygoing diplomat, Jakobson, 47, has won high marks from most Arab delegates for his fairness on the Middle East conflict, but he is Jewish. Moreover, he would be the third Scandinavian-and white man-to be Secretary-General...