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...acceptance speech before the Central Committee, Chernenko tried hard to allay the misgivings he must have known many of his countrymen felt. "Continuity," he said, "is not an abstract notion. It is a living, real cause." He praised Andropov and urged that the best tribute the nation could pay the late Soviet leader would be to "carry on and further advance" his work. But Chernenko also called on party activists to "realistically evaluate what has been accomplished, neither exaggerating nor belittling...
Judging from Chernenko's speech, the new Soviet leader seems intent on doing just what his predecessor did?at least for the immediate future. In the area of foreign policy, Chernenko does not appear to be any more willing than Andropov to resume nuclear arms talks. Nor does he seem to be eager for an early summit meeting with Reagan. Given Chernenko's limited experience with diplomacy and defense, he will probably rely on the advice of two Politburo veterans, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Defense Minister Ustinov. Richard Thomas, director of the Center for Strategic Technology at Texas...
...Chernenko moved to take control, Kremlinologists set about the task of unraveling the mystery surrounding the new leader's rise to power. A Western envoy concluded that Chernenko's acceptance speech was almost three times as long as Andropov's because he had to please more factions. Many Soviet experts viewed the delay in announcing a new leader as an indication of serious divisions within the Politburo. But in fact there was no concrete information about what took place between Andropov's death and the announcement of Chernenko's elevation...
...before Yuri Andropov's death, Reagan had unilaterally declared a cease-fire in the war of words. In a TIME interview on Jan. 2, Reagan vowed that he would not use phrases like "focus of evil" in reference to the U.S.S.R. again. On Jan. 16, he gave a speech conjuring up the image of a folksy get-together among Jim and Sally and Ivan and Anya, who quickly bridge the ideological divide between their governments. The Soviet leader made fun of Reagan's rhetorical tactics and challenged him to match his "speeches" with "practical deeds." Nonetheless, the Soviets...
Recently Archie Epps, the Dean of Students, threatened two protesters at last fall's Caspar W. Weinberger's '38 speech with severe disciplinary action. The Committee on Central America condemns the Harvard administration's singling out of these two individuals. They were part of a protest in fundamental opposition to the policies and actions of Caspar W. Weinberger '38 and the Reagan administration--policies that have resulted in the death of 40,000 civilians in El Salvador since 1980, and in the invasion of the sovereign nation of Grenada a short time before Weinberger spoke...