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...telling his Politburo colleagues that moderates and pragmatists, mostly in the State Department, are vying with implacable hard liners, boycott in the Pentagon, for Reagan's ear as to what course to take toward the U.S.S.R. Haig is apparently hinting to Dobrynin that Soviet displays of restraint improve the pragmatists' chances...
...need for action by the Commerce Department. Washington's preferred solution was a voluntary pledge by the Europeans to limit exports. Since 1978 the Japanese have kept their steel sales in the U.S. to approximately 6 million tons annually. It was hoped that such a self-restraint deal could be used by the Administration to persuade the American producers to with draw their complaints...
...attack on Argov powerfully reinforced hawkish elements in the Israeli government, while the resolve of Cabinet members had been hesitant to opt for a full-scale strike against P.L.O. bases in Lebanon. Said Yitzhak Moda'i, an Israeli minister without portfolio: "Prolonged restraint costs too much. We must strike at the terrorist" Indeed even before Agrov was shot, Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir had called for "complete elimination of the P.L.O. In the wake of the Argov assassination attempt, a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry declared that the ten-month-old cease-fire the was being "permanently violated...
...This restraint left matters to a few extremist clergymen led by Ian Paisley, a Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland, who declaimed, "The name of this man of sin, this son of perdition, this Antichrist, this false prophet, must be brought down." But his oratory and leadership inspired a mere 60 protesters to join him in waving signs and Bibles at the papal motorcade. For weeks Paisley had insisted that "anyone blessed by the Pope is cursed." When John Paul II spotted the knot of angry dissenters on a side street, he turned and, with a smile, coolly bestowed...
Rosalynn Carter remains feisty in defense of her husband's record. She is especially proud of the restraint he showed for months over the hostages, noting grimly that if he had bombed Tehran, he would probably have won the election. She is personally bitter that Reagan's deep budget cuts have eliminated the federal mental health programs that she fought...