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...Secretary of State is confident that, given its greater economic resources, NATO can create conventional forces superior to those of the Warsaw Pact. But such a view ignores the psychology, the long history, even the geography of the alliance. With economic strains, manpower shortages (particularly in West Germany) and no draft in the U.S., will the allies do in the '80s what they were unwilling to do in the prosperous '60s and early '70s? Can we risk our security on so flimsy a hope...
Amid the mysteries of Soviet motivations, one thing appears certain: Gorbachev arrived in Iceland with a detailed game plan, approved in advance by the Politburo after consultations with Warsaw Pact leaders, that would shape the events of the weekend. The concept was apparently simple. Moscow would % propose such an attractive package of offensive-arms reductions that Reagan would be tempted to pursue the dream of a grand compromise that included some resolution on the Strategic Defense Initiative, rather than stick to the original U.S. goal of a medium-range-missile deal not linked to SDI. If Reagan accepted the bait...
...signing on, Walesa seemed to distance himself from radical remnants of Solidarity and line up with moderate opponents of the Warsaw regime. The appeal was widely interpreted as a conciliatory gesture toward the government, which last month declared an amnesty and released all political prisoners...
...appeal could have been penned by the Warsaw government. It stated that the "most urgent task facing Poles today" is to improve the economy. Then it called upon President Reagan to lift the economic sanctions against Poland that have been in place since 1981, when the U.S. slapped on the measures to protest suppression of the Solidarity trade-union movement. What made last week's appeal unusual was its ten signatories. The list of prominent Poles included three Solidarity advisers and Lech Walesa, a founder and former leader of the now outlawed movement...
...government's harsh response toward Solidarity could pose risks for the country. Warsaw can ill afford a new clash with opposition forces at a time when Western nations have indicated a willingness to aid the floundering Polish economy in exchange for improvements in human rights. Jaruzelski is especially eager for the U.S. to lift economic sanctions that include suspension of Poland's most-favored-nation status and bans on all trade credits and transfers of new American technology...