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...Secretary of State Alexander Haig sent the Japanese a letter, which other Administration officials learned of only last week, urging them "voluntarily" to hold auto exports to the U.S. to fewer than 1.6 million cars per year, vs. 1.9 million sold here in 1980. Both the idea of asking for a limitation and Haig's authority to set a figure are furiously disputed within the Administration. Says one official: "The Japanese are so confused right now that they have no idea what the Administration policy on auto imports is or who is supposed to be telling them what...
Returning from a nine-day visit to Western Europe and the Middle East, a high U.S. official gave a background briefing to reporters aboard Secretary of State Alexander Haig's jet. The official who, of course, was quickly revealed to be Haig himself admitted that in the future he would have to be more careful in his anti-Soviet remarks, lest they give the Kremlin leaders an additional excuse to invade Poland. TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott believes there are other dangers, too, that Haig should keep in mind. Talbott's analysis...
...Reagan Administration seems to have been almost spoiling for a skirmish with the Soviets, or at least a shouting match. It has also shown a disturbing tendency to treat virtually every international problem as a manifestation of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. rivalry. Haig returned home last week insisting that friends of the U.S. in Europe and the Middle East were reassured by America's determination to stand up to Soviet expansionism. But he also seemed somewhat chastened by criticism of the tenor of U.S. policy, as well he should be. Haig will soon be supervising an interagency review of East...
...Haig jetted off to consult officials in Rome, Madrid, London, Paris and Bonn, there was some concern that the Secretary of State-indeed, the Reagan Administration itself-might be engaging in verbal overkill in warning about the dangers of Soviet expansionism. In his meeting with Israeli officials in Jerusalem, for example, Haig speculated that the Soviet Union might have inspired the Syrian assault in Lebanon possibly to divert attention from the Polish crisis. The consensus of Western diplomats in the Middle East is that the Syrians acted on their...
Reported by Gregory H. Wierzynski with Haig...