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...strongly resent the anti-German nature of S. Allen Counter's letter in response to Harkensson's movie. Mr. Counter seemed to be obsessed with the image of the inherently evil German. Why does he repetitively mention that Fran Hosken is Harkensson's German companion? I have never encountered a German woman with this name, but that is irrelevant to the subject matter discussed here. Whether Harkensson's assistant is German, Jewish, black or Russian is not important...
...Harkensson (and his German female companion Fran Hosken) proceeded to show his grotesque films to an audience of about 25, white (mostly female) students and staff. These films contained no more than redundant sequences of sexual mutilation (clitoridectomy and scarification) of five-and six-year-old black youngsters who were shrieking and fighting during the act and being restrained by older women. Most of the audience literally ran out of the room during the first few minutes of this grotesque scene. Over the protests of Mr. Harkensson and his German companion, I disrupted his presentation and demanded that...
Neither side gave an inch during Vance's 4½-hour meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean François-Poncet. French officials remained convinced that U.S. insistence on "punishing" the Soviets would only make Moscow dig in deeper. Explained one diplomat: "The European view is that we should retain the leverage to put pressure on the Soviets because we think there's still a chance of getting them to pull out of Afghanistan...
Nonetheless, many Frenchmen have criticized President Giscard for being painfully slow to respond to events in Afghanistan. His first reaction, mumbled at a New Year's party for French reporters, was that the Soviet move may not have been "premeditated." Foreign Minister Jean François-Poncet later tried to justify the equivocal French response by noting (incorrectly) that "France buys more oil from the Soviet Union than from Iran." Even the Giscard-Schmidt communiqué appeared indecisive to some. "It says to the Soviets, 'The next time you pull an Afghanistan you will be punished,' " complained...
Food ranges from the haute cuisine of Castelets, an elegant, nine-room hilltop aerie where Bruno Oliver, grandson of the great cook Raymond Oliver, is chef, through the restrained chic of the Marina on the Harbor to beachfront bistros. Chez François boasts such surprises as country-and-western bashes; Mme. Jacqua's Auberge du Fort Oscar cooks up some of the best Creole food in the islands. Jean Bart, the biggest hotel, owned by the French PLM chain, is an efficient, friendly place with 50 rooms. Tourist facilities are not likely to expand greatly on St. Barts...