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...play a "Soviet card" to show its displeasure with U.S. policy. They noted that border talks between the Soviet Union and China are nothing new and that the volume of trade between the two countries ($400 million annually, vs. $5.5 billion with the U.S.) remains small. Says an Administration Kremlinologist: "This is not the first time we've seen the specter of a rapprochement. But every time we put it under the microscope, the threat vanishes...
...interview with White House Kremlinologist Richard Pipes...
...been trying to avoid publicity, Pipes until now was under orders to keep his strong views out of the press. Following the recent shake-up of the NSC, the new National Security Adviser, William Clark, not only asked Pipes to stay on as the White House's resident Kremlinologist but also allowed him to grant his first interview. Talking with TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott, Pipes discussed the future of Soviet Communism and the possibility of nuclear war. Excerpts...
...Communist Party chief. Had he outlived Brezhnev, Suslov was expected to use his formidable authority as senior Politburo member to ensure an orderly transfer of power. The leading contenders for Brezhnev's job now include Politburo Stalwarts Andrei Kirilenko, 75, and Konstantin Chernenko, 70. According to Yale University Kremlinologist Wolfgang Leonhard, no current Soviet leader except Brezhnev comes "anywhere near Suslov in influence, stature, administrative skill and statesmanship...
...result is not just what Yugoslavia's Communist-turned-critic, Milovan Djilas, denounced 24 years ago as a "new class"; it is a new aristocracy. Among its most visible and prestigious members are the military. According to Johns Hopkins University Kremlinologist Dimitri Simes, "The Soviet military elite has become a privileged and self-perpetuating caste. As just one indication, 70% of the Odessa High Artillery Military School graduates a few years ago were sons of active duty officers...