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Obviously, U.S. foreign policy depends at least to an extent on where Jackson stands, and he insists that he does not stand in the way of peace. "I'm in favor of détente, but if there is to be true détente, there must be a movement of peoples and ideas across international frontiers—not just cargo. When I see tens of thousands of Russian tourists coming to the U.S. the way Americans now go to the Soviet Union, then I'll say there's some evidence of change." A tall order from a man as capable as anyone in the Senate of enforcing it. In the meantime, in the interests of détente, in the interest of his own presidential ambitions, Scoop may have to show that he is willing to settle for something less.