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...body of diplomatic legend that Alexander Haig encountered when he became Secretary of State was the story that France's ex-President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had twice asked Jimmy Carter whether he would use nuclear weapons if the Soviet Union invaded Western Europe. And twice, the story goes, Carter said...
...Haig is convinced that the report, true or not, long ago permeated the minds of our allies and, of course, found its way to the Kremlin. If he and his boss Ronald Reagan sometimes seem to be needlessly "poking the bear," the reason is rooted partly in that story. Nothing, Haig contends, is more dangerous than a confused bear, one that cannot accurately read U.S. intentions...
...case, the Secretary believes, the Soviets do not place that much stock in pure talk. Only when we capitalists put our precious money where our mouths are do the Soviets get a message they understand and believe. Thus it is that Haig sees the imminent decisions and action on such issues as the B-1 bomber and the MX missile system as key statements of American foreign policy. After the decisions on military buildup have been firmly made, Haig believes, we may see a new willingness in both Washington and the Kremlin to talk about limiting nuclear weapons...
...Haig's ideas of the world rise to the surface in bursts of singular intensity, punctuated by his high-pitched laughter. A few days ago, the Secretary devoured a filet with the gusto of a field commander and downed a good claret with the finesse of an ambassador; he concluded that his foreign policy was in pretty good shape but admitted that his Washington policy needed some repairs. He sees the Soviets as even more concerned than the U.S. about nuclear war. The creaking and groaning heard round the world (nowhere louder than in Washington) as the U.S. changes...
...will still be stuck with the mountains of butter, cheese and dry milk that it already owns. Secretary of Agriculture John Block wants authority to unload some of the Government's butter on world markets at a competitive price before it turns rancid. But Secretary of State Alexander Haig worries lest any additional butter on the world market be bought up by the Soviet Union. Now that the Government has lifted its grain embargo to the U.S.S.R., Haig seems to be saying, "All the bread you want, but no butter...