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...addition, notes Helmut Sonnenfeldt, another former Kissinger aide, "he does not engage in jurisdictional disputes. Authority just flows his way." At a recent Cabinet meeting he praised Commerce Sec retary Malcolm Baldrige for trying to resolve a European trade problem. Says a National Security Council staffer: "Haig would have worried that Baldrige was treading on his turf...
Within the U.S. foreign policy establishment, there is disagreement about the degree of Soviet involvement in Iran. Soviet Expert Helmut Sonnenfeldt, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, believes the Soviets cooled on Saddam because he wanted unconditional support from Moscow for whatever he proposed to do against Israel or Iran, and was angry when he failed to obtain it. Moreover, Sonnenfeldt says, the Soviets were tilting increasingly toward Iran after the fall of the Shah, because they regarded Iran as a greater strategic prize. William Quandt, a former National Security Council official now at Brookings, doubts that the Soviets...
...seemingly self-effacing Andropov is considered by many Kremlin watchers to be a skilled and experienced administrator. "In some ways he is the most capable guy they have," says Helmut Sonnenfeldt, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's longtime adviser on Soviet affairs. Andropov is also believed to be something of an intellectual, with an interest in rare books and modern art. This did not deter him, however, from dispatching bulldozers to roll over and destroy a 1974 unofficial exhibition of modern painting in Moscow...
...Helmut Sonnenfeldt, a guest lecturer at the Brookings Institution in Washington and Henry Kissinger's longtime adviser on Soviet affairs. "You're not just dealing with differences among governments. You're dealing with differences that run deeply into the body politic...
Just how sincere the Soviets are on that point will be tested when the T.N.F. talks begin on Nov. 30. As Sonnenfeldt puts it, "If Brezhnev really has something up his sleeve, we'll see it when they sit down at the table, not before." But if the Soviet leader's counting methods are any indication, there may be considerable wrangling before the two sides even agree on a common starting point for discussion. Furthermore, despite their professed desire to negotiate, the Soviets have little incentive to make serious concessions as long as the peace movement in Europe...