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City and union representatives averted a threatened strike June 30, reaching tentative agreement on the pact six minutes before a union-imposed deadline on agreement...
...arms limitation treaty [SALT ] in the wastebasket. Second, threaten the Soviet Union with a nuclear-arms race. Third, launch a quest for so-called nuclear superiority." Though it was Carter who requested that the Senate delay consideration of SALT II after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, he now describes the pact as his "secret weapon" to reduce the Soviet nuclear arsenal "without costing a dime...
...Harold Brown reportedly circulated a letter in the Senate advising that the Philippines "must not be impaired at this time." This translates into tacit support for Marcos' flailing government. Not only did Congress approve the agreed-upon $100 million for Marcos, it added $6 million above and beyond the pact. Those in the Pentagon have an answer for bleeding-heart liberals--without a stable situation in the Philippines, the U.S. could not have guaranteed access to the military bases and could not play its "China card" with the Soviet Union--the last lever of power America seems to have with...
...battlefields, in the back alleys and in the chancelleries of the Middle East represents at least as many risks as opportunities. The Soviet Union's principal move was to sign a 20-year friendship treaty with Syria two weeks ago. Israeli officials, TIME has learned, believe that the pact includes a secret annex granting the U.S.S.R. naval facilities at the Syrian port of Latakia, airbases manned by Soviet personnel, and depots for storing war materiel. If this intelligence is correct, the Soviets may have added a pawn or two to their side of the board in the chess game they...
...treaty" obligating the U.S.S.R. to provide Syria with unlimited military aid and perhaps even to intervene on Syria's behalf in a Middle East war. But the Soviets refused to commit themselves that far. By limiting their obligations to Syria, they hoped to minimize the fear and resentment the pact has inevitably evoked in Jordan and Iraq. In addition, the Soviets recognize that as long as Assad is politically isolated among his neighbors and vulnerable to internal opposition, the survival of his regime is not a sure thing. Nor, for that matter, is the survival of Saddam Hussein in Iraq...