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...conflict last Dec. 30, when the P.C.I., headed by Enrico Berlinguer, published a resolution denouncing the imposition of martial law in Poland and declaring Soviet-style Communism to be an "exhausted" force. Last week, after the P.C.I.'s Central Committee overwhelmingly approved that resolution, the Soviet party daily Pravda unleashed an attack of almost unprecedented ferocity...
...proposal straightforward, at least from the Soviet perspective. A few hours before Reagan delivered his speech, Ambassador to Moscow Arthur Hartman visited Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to present an hour-long preview. The Kremlin's official response was predictably brusque and negative. "A mere propaganda action," scoffed Pravda. But there were a few small signs that the Kremlin might be willing to discuss some of the U.S. proposals at the long-stalled talks on reducing nuclear forces in Europe, which are scheduled to begin in Geneva next week. A leading Soviet military specialist, Radomir Bogdanov, told TIME...
...editorial in Pravda last Friday was as unsubtle as it was intrusive. It noted that Finland (pop. 4.8 million) must choose a new President in January to succeed Urho Kekkonen, 81, who stepped down from the office last month after 25 years, for reasons of ill health. Then the Soviet Communist Party's official newspaper baldly proclaimed its own favorite candidate for Kekkonen's job: Ahti Karjalainen, 58, acting president of the Bank of Finland, a member of Kekkonen's Center Party and a onetime protege of the ex-President...
...endorsement was carefully timed for the opening of the Center Party's nominating convention. With the party split almost evenly between Karjalainen and the current Speaker of the Finnish Parliament, Johannes Virolainen, 67, Moscow obviously was trying to swing a few votes. Said Pravda: "This party is confronted with the most important decision in its entire history...
...Weinberger praised France for taking steps that "will enhance the security of our common alliance." Says Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy: "From the military point of view, we might wish we had a few more Mitter rand governments." The Soviets certainly do not agree. Pravda has expressed "bewilderment" at Mitterrand's support for U.S. defense policies...