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...Haig last week told a gathering of business executives that Castro was "agonizing" over whether to stay in the Soviet orbit, which would seem to be a substantial overstatement. But Haig and his aides believe that the way to detach Castro from the Soviets, if there is one, is to tighten the American pressure that has isolated Cuba from the rest of the hemisphere. "Whenever we have sat down with Cuba in the past, it has cost us dearly," one ranking U.S. official argues. "The minute we agree to one small concession, they turn around and tell the world...
...Caribbean Basin Initiative of increased aid, trade and investment have won applause from friendly nations. But even these initiatives came late, in response to the pressure of events, and they are far from outweighing the situations that have been allowed to drift. Part of the problem is Haig. The Secretary has always swung between a cool, unflappable demeanor and irascible outbursts. Strangely, even as he has overcome most of his rivals for pre-eminence in foreign policy, the brittle side of his character has become more visible. Stories abound in Washington about his belittling of subordinates; he is said...
More important to the substance of foreign policy, says one subordinate, "Haig has a tendency to stir the pot, then turn that problem over to someone else while he finds another pot to stir." Meanwhile, the Secretary keeps the details of foreign troubles largely to himself, giving his aides inadequate guidance on handling those problems to which he is not devoting his efforts. Indeed, the broadest charge against Haig also reflects his greatest strength: he is a doer rather than a thinker. He is a man of action who learned the operational skills of diplomacy from his mentor...
...TIME interview, Haig outlines the goals of U.S. policy...
Shortly after concluding 4½ hours of arduous negotiations with Britain's new Foreign Secretary Francis Pym last week, Secretary of State Alexander Haig spent 70 minutes talking with TIME's State Department correspondents Gregory H. Wierzynski and Johanna McGeary. Excerpts from the interview...