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During the furor over President Reagan's remarks, Leonid Zamyatin, a member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and an adviser to President and Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, met in Moscow with TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Erik Amfitheatrof and TIME editors. At one point he speciously compared the presence of 85,000 Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan with the approximately 400 American military advisers in Egypt. But he mainly talked about the threat of nuclear war, angrily denying the validity of Reagan's comment that the Soviets believe a nuclear war would be "winnable. "Excerpts...
Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof/ Belfast and Bonnie Angela/ London
...lively dinner partner, interested in everything -and great fun. Anybody who wants to can mount a case against the monarchy, but as long as the British like the idea, they couldn't have a better next-up than this unstuffy, concerned and remarkably egalitarian man." Correspondent Erik Amfitheatrof, meanwhile, set out to sketch a detailed portrait of the elusive Lady Diana. On the day the engagement was announced, he spotted Lord Spencer, Diana's father, taking pictures of the crowds in front of Buckingham Palace. He turned the chance encounter into an interview. Says Amfitheatrof...
Meanwhile, Correspondent Arthur White delved into the life of a young radical leader, and Frank Melville traced the evolution of Thatcher's economic policies. Correspondent Erik Amfitheatrof interviewed dozens of distressed workers. He found a surprising number who say they are sticking with Thatcher no matter how painful the consequences -and for some the consequences are painful indeed. Says Amfitheatrof: "One metalworker who had just been laid off at a plant near Manchester despaired of ever finding another job in his field. His father had worked at the plant before him. 'My family's always been...
...once you do give in, you will not rise back for a long time. Indeed, we cannot surrender, for those who will follow us will say, 'The were so close, and they failed.' History would not absolve us then." - By Stephen Smith. Reported by Erik Amfitheatrof and Barry Kalb/Warsaw