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...Carter himself, many noted, was not always a consistent referee of such "shuttlecock" diplomacy. The President left many wondering, even after his Annapolis speech on June 7, which "cop" he was speaking for. At Annapolis, he denounced the Soviets for their aggressive actions abroad and their abuse of human rights at home, yet he reaffirmed that detente was "central to world peace." The Soviets found Carter's words "strange," but so did quite a few Americans. Members of the House International Relations Committee had already complained of "confusion and doubt" in American foreign policy. "Who," Committee Member Dante Fascell...
...normally boisterous Jaycees listened attentively as Vance stressed that Washington would not "mirror Soviet and Cuban activities in Africa." Such a course, warned Vance, "would only escalate military conflict with great human suffering." The Secretary listed a series of "positive" U.S. responses to the Soviet and Cuban presence. Among them: commitment to social justice and economic development, respect for African nationalism, and the fostering of human rights. That evening, as 80 Representatives and Senators gathered for an off-the-record briefing by President Carter, Vance's star seemed to ascend even higher. Though both Brown and Brzezinski were also...
...Union. The Pravda commentary to which Vance had referred warned that the "present course" of U.S. foreign policy "is fraught with serious dangers." The article attacked Brzezinski by name, claimed that bilateral Soviet-U.S. negotiations were being "deliberately slowed down" by Washington and warned that U.S. support for human rights in the Soviet Union was "particularly disastrous for mutual confidence." Even as State Department officials were weighing Pravda's words, the Russians displayed a degree of disdain for international opinion unusual even for them, by sentencing Jewish Dissident Vladimir Slepak, 50, to five years' internal exile...
...These subtle, honest tales are apt to be considered literary oddities, parochial stories set in an exotic political landscape. They deserve greater esteem. The Execution of Mayor Yin is in the great tradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn; its true subject is the survival-and sometimes the defeat-of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity...
...four human beings on the planet had seen the Argentinians establish themselves as the best soccer team anywhere--at least until 1982, when the next Cup will be played...