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...different opinion of who was responsible. The left-of-center Rome daily La Repubblica summed up the reaction in the bold headline THE HAWKS OF MOSCOW HAVE WON! The West German tabloid Bild carried a similar refrain: HONECKER, NYET! Said a top-ranking U.S. official: "This has got to impress everyone in the East bloc. They all want more autonomy, but the message from Moscow is that there are limits...
...recent months Moscow's guidance to the East-bloc satellites has not always been clear, and even Czechoslovak officials have complained about fuzzy communications with the Kremlin. "The Soviets are very insecure right now," said a West German expert on Soviet affairs. "They feel a need to impress discipline on Eastern Europe. Just as they have decided to retreat from world affairs for the moment, they want their minions to do the same...
Your sidebar on Minister Louis Farrakhan [NATION, July 2] was hypocritical and condescending. You said, "He is a bit-player who will not get offstage." Why should he, as long as he can find an audience? Also, why should Jesse Jackson, just to impress people who are mostly enemies, "repudiate" a man who has shown friendship? His supporters are not demanding that he denounce Farrakhan. Janet Singleton Denver...
Minor political discomforts sprang up along the way, notably a few vociferous objections in Ireland to the Administration's policies in Central America. But throughout the trip, Reagan stressed the themes that are central to his re-election campaign and that he hoped to impress upon his fellow leaders. Chief among them: that after nearly four years of Reagan's leadership, the world is firmly headed for "peace and prosperity...
...once reflected that the meetings were valuable not so much for what they accomplished as for what they avoided. He had in mind primarily resistance to curbs on free trade. Still, political harmony and economic discord are not an enduring combination-a point which the London gathering may well impress on the U.S. President...