Time To Move From Sloganeering To Statesmanship:

Returning from a nine-day visit to Western Europe and the Middle East, a high U.S. official gave a background briefing to reporters aboard Secretary of State Alexander Haig's jet. The official who, of course, was quickly revealed to be Haig himself admitted that in the future he would have to be more careful in his anti-Soviet remarks, lest they give the Kremlin leaders an additional excuse to invade Poland. TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott believes there are other dangers, too, that Haig should keep in mind. Talbott's analysis:

So far, the Reagan Administration seems to have been almost spoiling for a...

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