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...military, whose relations with Duarte were often strained, is gearing up for new fighting. A series of high-level changes, announced in Duarte's absence, put hard-line officers in charge of five out of six brigades as well as the intelligence and personnel branches of the armed forces. If the right- wing Nationalist Republican Alliance party wins the presidency next June, as is widely predicted, analysts expect the army to launch an all-out campaign against the FMLN...
Nonetheless, General Chai predicts that "if the Soviets continue their domestic reforms and accompanying adjustments in foreign policy, eventually the Three Obstacles will be eliminated and Sino-Soviet relations will be normalized." That could mean, he says, not only a Deng-Gorbachev summit but an exchange of high-level military visits as well. Americans, he adds, should not be alarmed: "For Sino-Soviet relations to be transformed into a more moderate and relaxed state would benefit all humanity...
...most of his political career, Bush has been remarkably free from personal scandal. He's held high-level posts with the potential for incredible corruption--he headed the CIA. But there is no public record of impropriety for him. Even rumors of an extra-marital affair involving Bush have come to nothing. Where's the Miami Herald when you need...
MOSCOW--A delegate to the Communist Party conference bluntly criticized President Andrei A. Gromyko and other longtime Kremlin fixtures yesterday, suggesting there is high-level support for removing them from office...
Entering where even the KGB presumably fears to tread, agents reportedly managed to plant an eavesdropping bug in one high-level Pentagon office. They tapped and tape-recorded the telephones of two senior military-procurement officials: James Gaines, director for acquisition and congressional support for the Navy; and Victor Cohen, deputy for tactical warfare systems for the Air Force. They also tapped the home and office phones of an undisclosed number of people outside the Pentagon. NBC News reported that the investigators collected some 4,800 conversations over 290 days and that 671 of the talks contained incriminating statements...