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...assault was conducted by only one of a number of well-organized teams of radical Armenian terrorists. According to Western intelligence agents, some of the groups are pro-Western, some are Communist. But all are pledged to similar objectives. Among them: to force Turkish acknowledgment of and to avenge the alleged 1915 massacre of more than 1 million Armenians; and to gain political autonomy over their lost homeland, a 57,000-sq.-mi. region located along Turkey's border with the Soviet Union. Turkey has long maintained that the Armenian claims are baseless...
...vote was quickly interpreted by partisans as an endorsement of the new Prime Minister and his strong pro-Western views. Nakasone has been particularly outspoken in his support of the Reagan Administration's position that Japan should increase defense spending and further open its markets to imports. The election also buoyed Japan's business community: the Tokyo stock market hit record highs twice last week. On the other hand, the Prime Minister intentionally had skirted foreign policy issues during the campaign. The LDP fell short of its goal of a five-seat gain, and the voter turnout...
Many in the West think Andropov has pro-Western leanings. But remember, he was once boss of the Soviet secret police. He did not get where he is by having pro-Western sympathies. Michael Ganz Dallas
Nakasone's predecessor was never known for that quality. Suzuki, a compromise candidate chosen after the sudden death of Masayoshi Ohira in 1980, had developed an embarrassing reputation for indecision and incompetence. Although Nakasone (pronounced nock-ah-so-nay) will not deviate from the free-enterprise, pro-Western policies of his predecessors, he comes equipped with a solid understanding of defense and economics, two of the most pressing issues on his agenda. A seasoned administrator who has held five Cabinet posts over the past 23 years, Nakasone is, perhaps most important, a decisive and agile politician who knows what...
...Quietly, Amin began to take control away from Taraki. More important, he persuaded Moscow that he would be able to defuse the Muslim threat. We at the KGB, though, had doubts about Amin from the start. Our investigations showed him to be a smooth-talking fascist who was secretly pro-Western (he had been educated in the United States) and had links with the Americans. We also suspected that he had links with the CIA, but we had no proof. In short, the KGB was pointing to a danger that Amin-if he could ride the tiger of Muslim insurgency...