One of the more coddled leaders at Helsinki last week unexpectedly turned out to be Turkey's Premier Süleyman Demirel. Though President Ford had dozens of other heads of government waiting in line for talks, he reserved a long breakfast one morning in order to urge Demirel unsuccessfully to accept $50 million in U.S. aid. Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev, meanwhile, bear-hugged Demirel amidst hints about a possible Turkish-Soviet arms deal. Never, it seemed, had Turkey cut so important a figure in the complex pattern of East-West relationships.
The reason for the overtures was Demirel's decision to shut down the highly sophisticated...
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