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...Nixon too?of following an "appeasement" policy toward Moscow. In the seven years since SALT I was signed, Jackson said, "we have been making too many gratuitous concessions. We have silenced too many officials, bent too many laws and traditions and apologized too often. In the area of trade and technology, the right to emigrate and strategic arms, the signs of appeasement are all too evident." Of the Administration's arguments for SALT II, the Senator declared: "To enter a treaty which favors the Soviets as this one does, on the ground that we will be in a worse position...
...most memorable day of the summit. On Monday morning Carter and Brezhnev were to have their first and only scheduled private meeting, at the U.S. Embassy. To be discussed were Soviet emigration policy and U.S. restrictions on Soviet goods. Both leaders would like to make a deal: freer trade for freer emigration, particularly of Soviet Jews. Next the two leaders were supposed to move on to the Soviet embassy for their fifth and last session of formal talks, again focusing on trade. From the Soviet embassy, they were to drive separately to the Redoutensaal for the summit's climactic moment...
...others with forcing higher prices by their rush to buy Rotterdam spot oil at staggering premiums. The U.S.has joined in the competition for supplies. But West Germany and Japan are believed to be especially guilty of this practice, which they are better able to afford with their ample trade surpluses and dollar reserves. Complains one U.S. official: "They think they can buy their way out." Warns another: "The way out of this situation is not for the Western nations to bid against each other. That just helps OPEC...
...Monday morning the two leaders will discuss bilateral matters. Carter will push Brezhnev for firm assurances that the Kremlin will continue its more liberal policy on emigration, particularly for Jews-the price the U.S. Congress has set for lifting restrictions on Soviet trade. The President will also urge Brezhnev to free Dissident Leader Anatoli Shcharansky from prison...
...economic decision-making power from the industrial countries to the poorer lands. But lately, changes among Third World members have divided the once harmonious group into a company of often competing soloists. The divisions were apparent in Manila at the fifth meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD v), the forum where the developing countries present their complaints to the wealthier nations. After a month of sometimes heated dialogue, the conference ended last week in division, indecision and frustration. TIME'S Hong Kong Correspondent Ross H. Munro reports...