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Planning a bombing required a "political struggle" session, usually at night, in which members debated tactics. Often the sessions evolved into heated and bitter "criticism-self-criticism" marathons, a Maoist technique to solidify political beliefs and reaffirm revolutionary commitments. Grathwohl was once badgered by other cell members for 16 straight hours for not showing enough interest in becoming a leader of the cell. Another time, cell members pressured a young mother to give away her four-year-old daughter because they thought that she interfered with her work. Was the woman into maternity or was she into revolution? Recalls Grathwohl...
Vischer proposes that the Vatican think about renouncing its political sovereignty, which was established by a 1929 treaty with Italy, and instead set itself up as some sort of "extraterritorial zone secured by international guarantees." Most probably, the net effect of the Vischer proposal will be to reaffirm Pope Paul's stated position that any idea that the Roman Catholic Church might some day join the World Council is merely "a hypothesis...
...stand by its allies and friends in Asia and elsewhere." At his press conference last week, Ford forcefully struck the same note, stressing that the U.S. "can move ahead even in the Pacific ... It's my aim to tie more closely together South Korea and the U.S., to reaffirm our commitment to Taiwan, to work more closely with Indonesia, with the Philippines and with other Pacific nations...
Clear Terms. The form that interest takes will in large part be determined by the outcome of the reassessment of Asian policy now under way in Washington. It will surely reaffirm the credibility of U.S. commitments; a top presidential aide acknowledges, however, that "there can be no ultimate reassurance until we demonstrate by our actions that our words mean what...
...moribund. But then they decided that that might aggravate the problem of credibility more than it would help. Thus the approach at Brussels will be steady and low-key. Ford, who will set aside time for every head of state in private, will not propose sweeping reappraisals but will reaffirm old ties, old friendships and promise new dimensions to the programs that exist, the alliances that endure. After Brussels, however, Ford will meet with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Salzburg and will visit Spain and Italy, two Mediterranean countries whose fragile political future might be affected by leftist currents...