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...little support from Congress, and his sensible plane package-the proposal to sell advanced fighters to the Saudis and Egyptians as well as to the Israelis-is running into furious opposition, marshaled by powerful and relentless Israeli political pressure. In the relatively minor but troublesome tribal quarrel over Cyprus, Carter seems sound in wanting to lift the arms embargo on Turkey. But Congress is mesmerized by the tiny Greek lobby. Carter certainly mishandled the neutron bomb affair, not least by exaggerating its importance. But the German complaints are pretty outrageous, given Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's political cowardice in wanting...
...Soviet presence on the Horn of Africa, says former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, was not an "unselfish" response to an appeal from Ethiopia involving its quarrel with Somalia. Moscow's purpose was geopolitical: "To outflank the Middle East, to demonstrate that the U.S. cannot protect its friends, to raise doubts in Saudi Arabia right across the Red Sea, in Egypt, in the Sudan, in Iran. " Speaking in Manhattan last week to the International Radio and Television Society, Kissinger suggested that four basic principles should be kept in mind−perhaps by the Carter Administration−as the Russians...
...generational quarrel over liberalizing the party...
...this particular view, the confrontation is less ideological than generational, since many of the dissidents have no quarrel with the Eurocommunist policies of the leadership. But there is a difference in viewpoint between the old guard, like Carrillo, aging Party President Dolores ("La Pasionaria") Ibarruri and other seasoned apparatchiks, many of whom spent the Franco years in exile, and a younger group that remained at home. But how far can internal democracy go, particularly in a Communist party? As one Western analyst puts it, "Carrillo clearly wants it-up to a point. But can he then keep...
...United Front, once again the actual decision comes down to the Harvard Corporation, as it always has, and probably always will. Legally, that is the Corporation's right. But the policeman will be back in front of 17 Quincy Street again, just in case someone wants to quarrel with the Corporation's decision...