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...place. There was no way that Moscow would agree to dismantle every one of these missiles in exchange for "paper" reductions of missiles that the U.S. had not deployed and might not be able to deploy, given the turmoil in Western Europe. Besides, it goes very much against the grain of the Soviet military to dismantle even antique weapons in accordance with deals that their diplomatic comrades make with the U.S.S.R.'s principal adversaries. Only very reluctantly did the Soviets agree in SALT to tear down small numbers of some of their most outmoded strategic weapons...
During his 20-minute speech, Reagan outlined that aid. One program, scheduled to begin this spring, is payment in kind (PIK), which will give Government-owned grain and cotton to farmers who agree to idle more than 20% of their acreage. Farmers can then sell the giveaway grain or use it as feed. The Administration hopes that the move will reduce enormous surpluses and save from $3 billion to $5 billion in grain storage and loans over the next two years...
Another Reagan project will require the Government to honor farm-export contracts if deliveries are scheduled within 270 days of an announced Government embargo. Farmers thus can avoid the kind of damages they suffered when the Carter Administration banned grain sales to the Soviet Union in 1980 after that country invaded Afghanistan. Reagan also said that he plans a $250 million increase in export credits to help U.S. farmers compete for Third World markets...
...plans received mixed reviews. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower said farmers need "a long-term program that restricts production and raises commodity prices." Herbert Allen, a Monmouth, Ill., hog farmer, said the programs showed that "the President is dedicated to help us." But Wade Carson, 44, a Southern Illinois grain farmer, spoke for many when he said, "Even with PIK and the other programs, some of us aren't going to make...
...Italian charges prompted an emotional response last week from the Soviet Union. Leonid Zamyatin, spokesman for the Central Committee, angrily denied any Soviet or Bulgarian involvement in the papal shooting. He accused Western intelligence agencies and the Western press of conducting "a malicious campaign that has not a grain or iota of truth." Added Zamyatin: "If these insinuations continue, it will be seen as a deliberate campaign of aggravating world tension, an evil-minded campaign to discredit Bulgaria and the Soviet Union in the eyes of Catholics...