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Moscow may well hold the key to a solution. U.S. and British Kremlinologists last week differed strongly in their assessment of a recent Izvestia article calling for a coalition of "all patriotic forces" in Angola. Shrugged a Washington Kremlin watcher: "That kind of talk is cheap." British policymakers said the Soviet involvement in Angola has been the subject of debate in the Politburo for the past three weeks. One faction, led by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Premier Aleksei Kosygin, has argued that the M.P.L.A. will have a hard task subduing UNITA, which has the support of some 2 million...
Because, says Czechoslovakia's coach Karel Gut, his team can win the gold medal. The Czechs lost the Izvestia Cup tournament to the Soviets last December by only one goal, and the Russians had home-ice advantage. Gut is confident that Goal Tender Jiri Holocek and Wing Vladimir Martinek are the equals of the better-publicized Soviets. The Finns are a solid bet for a bronze, but the young American team could surprise. In fact, U.S. Coach Bob Johnson is planning on it. He has a future pro goalie in Jim Warden, and his squad has beaten teams from...
...massive support of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (M.P.L.A.) faction in Angola's civil war. Soviet "actions in Angola [are] incompatible with a relaxation of tensions," added Kissinger. Moscow quickly indicated that it was not heeding Kissinger's threat. Declared the government newspaper Izvestia: "Support for the national liberation struggles is an important principle of Soviet foreign policy...
...main recipients of center requests for support, may listen politely to arguments about needed information on Russia that only the center can provide. But corporate executives may not want to risk their profit lines by supporting an institution whose members have been labelled "bourgeois falsifiers of history" by Izvestia...
...Soviet reaction to Helsinki, U.S. officials made much of the fact that Pravda and Izvestia published the entire text of the Helsinki declaration, including the Basket Three section dealing with civil liberties, travel and the exchange of ideas. Washington was disappointed, however, that the Soviets still seemed to be resisting the granting of multiple-entry visas to journalists-a commitment explicitly mentioned in Basket Three...