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Whatever it was called, Mikhail Gorbachev's first foray to the West since he became General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party last March was freighted with a variety of expectations. But in addition to the matters of policy raised in his travels, one important question for many Kremlinologists was whether Gorbachev would continue to display the skills of salesmanship that have won him a reputation as the Great Soviet Communicator...
Last week's South African foray revived concerns of a different sort. Angola charged that the raid was not so much aimed at flushing out guerrillas of the South West African People's Organization as at supporting Angolan insurgents fighting against the Marxist government in Luanda. (South Africa later admitted that it was aiding the Angolan resistance.) The Angolan government said the action violated a 1984 accord under which South Africa agreed to withdraw its forces from southern Angola in exchange for Angola's promise to prohibit SWAPO forces from operating there. The accusation followed the disclosure that South Africa...
...foray into Angola, General Constand Viljoen, commander of the South African defense forces, insisted that it had been mounted in response to increased "abductions, intimidation and sabotage" by SWAPO. That explanation failed to satisfy Washington, which called for an immediate pullback. After meeting in the White House with Samora M. Machel, the visiting leader of Mozambique, President Reagan also denounced South Africa's actions in that country. Viljoen eventually announced that his troops had disrupted SWAPO supply lines and would pull out of Angola over the weekend...
Though Reeves's participation in protest politics was more than a passing foray, his community work was more time consuming and more gratifying. But campus activists today, Reeves says, seem to focus on the bigger issues...
Though Reeves's participation in protest politics was more than a passing foray, his community work was more time consuming and more gratifying. But campus activists today, Reeves says, seem to focus on the bigger issues...