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...need you, the country and the world need you on this decision," the president was quoted as telling 43 Republican senators at a White House meeting. While Reagan lobbied the Senate, Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. told reporters at a news conference yesterday that assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had recently urged approval of the sale, and added that to reject it "would make a mockery of all President Sadat stood...
...cold war, the Soviet minister caustically attacked U.S. policies around the globe, including its "imperialist interference" in El Salvador. He charged that the U.S. Rapid Deployment Force, designed for quick military action around the world, was "nothing but a policeman's billy club." Noting the contrast between Haig's blandness and Gromyko's bellicosity, French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson quipped that the talks had been given by "Mr. Haig and General Gromyko...
...counterthrust to Gromyko s speech, Haig issued a statement summarizing the contents of a note that Reagan had sent to Brezhnev the same day Though the President wrote that the U.S hoped to forge "a stable and constructive relationship" with the Soviet Union, he accused Moscow of seeking "military superiority" over the U.S. and using force in regional conflicts to win a "unilateral advantage." Said one aide: "We figured that no matter what Gromyko had to say it was worthwhile trying to get in the last word." -By James Kelly...
...European officials doubted that the Soviets would risk the wrenching consequences of an invasion, and Secretary of State Alexander Haig reiterated Washington's strong opposition to such a move in his meeting with Gromyko last week. Still, the Soviets were firmly pressuring their Polish comrades to crack down on the troublesome union just as Solidarity delegates were preparing to assemble in Gdansk for the second round of their national convention...
...extend any new aid, Western lenders would most likely want to see a workable program for economic recovery in the country. The possibility of increasing U.S. economic assistance is "under review" by the Reagan Administration; the subject figured prominently in a meeting last week at the United Nations between Haig and Polish Foreign Minister Jozef Czyrek...