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...negotiate from a position of strength, thanks to its military buildup and economic recovery. Reagan planned to tell the nation that now there was less danger that "the Soviet leadership will underestimate our strength or question our resolve" and that the U.S. was "in its strongest position in years to establish a constructive and realistic working relationship with the Soviet Union." He also intended to ask the Soviets to help reduce tension and terrorism around the world, particularly in the-Middle East, and to seek arms reductions...
...good news at home had its parallel abroad, where Americans were enjoying the spending power of the strongest dollar in years. Propelled by the high level of U.S. interest rates and concerns about political instability abroad, the dollar smashed records for three straight days. The U.S. currency reached alltime highs against the French franc, the Italian lira and the British pound, and a ten-year peak in relation to the West German mark. By the end of the week, a dollar was worth 8.59 francs, 1,700.25 lire and 2.8 marks. The pound cost only $1.40. The dollar...
...Labor Party advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament. The crushing electoral defeats that these principal opposition parties suffered in 1983 dim their hopes of coming to power very soon, but Washington can no longer be serenely confident that any foreseeable British or West German government will back its position. Even the strongest West European governments must take into account the public nervousness. If the Soviets engage in a prolonged boycott of the arms talks, some NATO allies may start pressing the U.S. to make concessions...
Hammond Chaffetz, 76, an antitrust lawyer in Chicago, has been suspicious even longer, going back to New Deal days. Says he: "We could never trust the Russians then, and we cannot now. They have newer equipment than ours and the strongest conventional forces in the world today. If we gave up competing with them and let them have the balance of power, Europe would immediately give...
...election day, an optimistic Nakasone posed for pictures performing the traditional tea ceremony, then awaited results at his official residence in Tokyo. At party headquarters, smiles soon dissolved into frowns: returns from the countryside, where the L.D.P. is strongest, were not as favorable as expected. By the time the ballots from the cities had been counted Monday afternoon, the leaders knew the worst. Said Nakasone: "It was a great criticism from the people...