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...Leftward Drift. Many of the Democratic candidates are hazy on foreign affairs, and Harris is no exception. His proposals amount to a collection of homilies. He sweepingly condemns most U.S. policy initiatives since World War II. "Americans shouldn't impose themselves on the world," he observes. "Sometimes it seems we are willing to prop up any two-bit dictator who can afford the price of a pair of sunglasses." And he adds, using a favorite phrase: "We ought not to do that." He urges massive cuts in defense spending and he wants to restrict the CIA to intelligence gathering...
...ruling elite coupled with the disaffection of the middle classes and the army leave slim possibilities for a smooth transition to stability under a Western-style political system. Whichever faction controls the government in the next few weeks, these conflicts will undermine any compromise and will propel the situation leftward. Though in the short run Juan Carlos and his rightist puppeteers have the initiative, in the long run the future of Spain depends on the actions of the left...
...hopes generated by Prime Minister Carlo Arias Navarro's 1974 promise to begin inching Spain toward political liberalization. Although Arias is credited with serious intentions of introducing reforms that would have permitted the growth of embryonic political parties, he was apparently overruled by Franco hardliners, alarmed by the leftward turn of events in Portugal. The promised "freedom of political association" never materialized. Almost inevitably, muted anti-Franco opposition turned to violence. Separatist movements in the four northern Basque provinces and in Catalonia gained momentum, and this summer FRAP emerged, gunning down policemen in Madrid and Barcelona...
...breaking away from Lisbon. Mild discontent has long simmered in the islands. The 300,000 inhabitants have resented paying higher taxes and higher prices than the mainland Portuguese. In recent months, this bitterness has flared into open hostility as the predominantly conservative Azorians have been jolted by the leftward drift of the mainland's politics...
Despite this aid, there is good reason to think that the Russians are a bit concerned that Cunhal may push Lisbon leftward too quickly. If Moscow is too blatantly associated with such developments, it could galvanize the West into taking some kind of concerted, direct action to help the moderates. This might then jeopardize Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev's cherished dream of détente. Washington has made it unmistakably clear that it will not tolerate any meddling by Moscow in Portugal's internal affairs. Shortly before flying to the Helsinki Conference, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger...