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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1981
Page
4
Reagan to Sell Arms to China Quietly Signals Containment
The Reagan administration aims to counter Soviet power with a rebuilt U S military, stronger NATO, and closer ties with China though no arms deals exist yet. Haig indicated a lift on the China weapon sales ban with case by case review, signaling deterrence without dramatic shifts in balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Soviet Union
U.S
NATO
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Japan
Alexander Haig
Peking
China
Moscow
Afghanistan
Haig
Washington
Poland
West
Buckley on rights and Timerman provokes critique
The column cites provocative questions about anti Semitic and racist violence. It rebukes Jacobo Timerman for inflaming opinion and cites Tom Wicker as preferring sorrow to laughter, questioning the sincerity of response to his remarks.
Critique of Timerman and Human Rights Claims
The author scorns Timerman's NYT assertion that human rights are most violated in Argentina. They challenge the attack on authoritarian versus totalitarian regimes, criticize Timerman's defenses of dictatorial actions, and question the logic of prioritizing rights, citing Haig, Kirkpatrick, and Cold War alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
New York Times
Argentina
Afghanistan
Iran
Uganda
Central African Republic
New York
Wicker
Timerman
Alexander Haig
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Haig
Kirkpatrick
Debray presence unsettles Mitterrand era in Paris
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Regis Debray, once Che Guevara’s ally, sits as a high official in the Elysee, signaling a leftist, anti Western tilt in France under President Mitterrand. Officials say he is a token functionary, but his role alarms Washington over Soviet policy and Franco American ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Regis Debray
Elysee Palace
Washington
Francois Mitterrand
Debray
Che Guevara
Bolivia
U.S
Mitterand
Mitterrand
Claude Cheysson
Reagan
Giscard
Afghanistan
Cheysson
West
Third World
Socialist International
Helmut Schmidt
Social Democratic Party
France
Polisario
Morocco
Hassan
SWAPO
Namibia
Latin America
Nicaragua
Madame Mitterrand
el Salvador
Fidel Castro
Atom bomb debate and Manchester praise in harsh memoir view
Paul Harvey reflects on the atomic bombing of Japan and the Truman decision. He praises historian William Manchester for his thorough wartime analysis in Goodbye Darkness and cites MacArthur’s risk estimates, Japanese fighter resolve, and postwar reforms under MacArthur. He contrasts American civility with Argentinian extremism and Timerman’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
William Manchester
Manchester
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Washington
MacArthur
Imperial
Saipan
Toyo
ABSCAM Targeting Question Dogs FBI Thurmond Case
The ABSCAM affair raises questions about whether agents targeted Sen. Strom Thurmond and pressed for a bribe offer. Heymann testifies the decision to consider Thurmond came quickly, while Jenrette claims Thurmond was pressured by undercover operatives. The FBI denies targeting and says no names were suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
William Webster
Congress
Abscam
Justice Department
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
U.S
Chuck Ruff
Thurmond Heymann
Ruff
Thurmond
Heymann
Jenrette
Anthony Amoroso
Mel Weinberg
Amoroso
Weinberg
Myrtle Beach
Jennette
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capitol Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hugh Short
Richard Wesley
Berry's
William F. Buckley
Jacobo Timerman
Bertrand Russell
Thomas Jefferson
America
Analytical
Tom Wicker
Too Much Timerman
Ernest Lefever
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Mitter
National Assembly
Africa
Italy
Paul Harvey
Peron
Israel
Jack Anderson
By Jeff MacNelly
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