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...week after the return of the envoys, National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, the White House is still waiting for that payoff. The Chinese leaders did promise not to sell missiles to Middle Eastern countries. That, however, was merely a repetition of a pledge first made more than a year ago. China also agreed to let a Voice of America reporter into the country for the first time since July. But if those are the only results of the Scowcroft-Eagleburger mission, it will not lower the criticism a decibel...
...Aquino has always been reluctant to follow through on her shows of strength, which she equates with her predecessor Marcos. In the past, every display of post-rebellion resolve has been followed by inconsistency and a return to bureaucratic procrastination. Unfortunately, Aquino's devotion to constitutional principles is "part of the reason she is perceived as being weak," says Elliot Richardson, former U.S. Attorney General, who is now U.S. special representative for the Multilateral Assistance Initiative, an international program that has obtained pledges of $3.5 billion in development aid for the Philippines from a score of countries and institutions...
...things in Central Europe or the Soviet Union go wrong, which they could, I don't think we'll see a return to an assertive, confident, Stalinist renewal. Instead, we'll probably see a turn toward some highly nationalistic form of dictatorship, perhaps what I call a "Holy Alliance" between the Soviet Army and the Russian Orthodox Church, galvanized by a sense of desperate Great Russian nationalism. That would then produce even more intense reactions from non-Russians. It could be a very ugly picture...
Moisi countered by arguing that for the West, a measure of democracy in the Soviet Union was "a guarantee against the return of Soviet imperialism." He told Migranyan, "You are calling on the West to help you, but there will be linkage between the amount of help you will receive and the image you transmit of yourselves." Moisi's message: Democracy pays, even if it poses problems for Eastern Europe's reformers. Conceded Migranyan: "This is the key problem for Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union...
Pastora can dazzle audiences, but he is not a candidate. His stumping for Ramirez will probably split opposition votes, which is one reason the Sandinistas let Pastora return in the first place...