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President Reagan has decided to sell special fuel tanks to Saudi Arabia for its F-15 fighter planes, which will enable it to reach and bomb our towns. During his recent visit, Secretary of State Alexander Haig called Israel "our permanent ally." I shudder to think what foreign statesmen who don't think of Israel as a permanent ally might...
...that, Haig is known to believe that the press has unfairly concentrated on his, and the Administration's, troubles, and paid too little attention to foreign policy successes. Relations with the European allies, bumpy at best during the Carter years, are much improved. The Secretary believes that disagreements with Japan and China are being smoothed over. Thanks to U.S. military and economic assistance, he is overly eager to assert, leftists have been thwarted in El Salvador and the junta headed by José Napoleón Duarte appears stronger. Haig, and indeed White House aides, claim that they deserve...
...Haig is sensitive to the appearance of zigzag confusion in irreconcilable statements put out by various Administration spokesmen on such issues as a trade embargo if the Soviets invade Poland or potential U.S. construction of the neutron bomb. He is pushing hard for consistency. One major concern at the NATO meeting was what Weinberger - regarded by Europeans as a loose cannon - would do and say at a gathering this week of the Atlantic Alliance's defense ministers. Said one aide: "Haig wants Weinberger to sing from the same sheet music...
...Middle East, Haig hopes to establish, he says, a "strategic consensus" among states from Pakistan to the Persian Gulf that can be persuaded to set aside antagonisms toward the U.S. and each other because they fear Soviet aggression. He foresees breakthroughs in Jordan and long-hostile Iraq, but so far there is little evidence of movement. In short the major "accomplishment" of Reagan-Haig foreign policy to date is the start of a strategic consensus from Foggy Bottom to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
...probably National Guardsmen, two weeks ago for the December murders of four women missionaries, including two Maryknoll nuns. The soldiers were not identified, but Salvadoran officials said the U.S. embassy knows the names. The arrests were said to have followed a telephone call from Secretary of State Alexander Haig to President Duarte demanding action. Six National Guard rifles were sent last week from El Salvador to FBI headquarters in Washington for ballistics tests. The bullets will be compared with a number taken from the scene of the murders...