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Despite Reagan's and Haig's initial euphoria over the Senate AW ACS vote, at least some Administration officials are voicing an appropriately sober response. Said one senior Reagan aide: "We know that if we had been defeated, it would have been five steps back. We don't know whether going ahead with AWACS puts us five steps ahead. All we know is that it keeps us on the playing field, where we have to be." That is a realistic appraisal: the consequences of losing would have been serious for America's ability to conduct foreign policy around the world...
...with TIME White House Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett the morning after victory in the Senate. Reagan's mood turned from mellow to flinty on only one subject: criticism of his foreign policy apparatus and recurrent rumors that he wants to get rid of either Secretary of State Alexander Haig, National Security Adviser Richard Allen, or both. Reagan moved forward in his wing chair, literally leaning into the question. Excerpts from the interview...
...think Al Haig has been doing a magnificent job as Secretary of State, and he's going to continue to do that. And I'm satisfied with the setup that we have here in the office and not planning any changes in the White House staff...
...Haig has mentioned the cacophony of voices speaking out on foreign policy. Have there been too many voices...
...Social Democratic Party is badly split on the issue; but one of the startling paradoxes of European politics is that the French Socialists, with four Communists in their Cabinet, come closest to sharing the Reagan Administration's determination to improve defense. Indeed, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig heartily praises "the whole array of what I call security-related French attitudes...