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State Department spokesmen maintain that Marcos is paying attention to U.S. warnings. They say that Marcos has responded to Laxalt's visit with several announcements. Though none are new, they include a promise to increase the military budget by 39% and let U.S. observers be present for the 1986 and 1987 elections. Marcos also gave Laxalt two lengthy reports, one on the economy and the other on the military, to support his view that the insurgency is not as grave as the U.S. portrays. Said a State Department analyst: "We've got our own sources, and they indicate that...
...Actually, as the American political spectrum has moved rightward, the far left is without enough numbers, money or influence to be an effective pressure group. The influential spectrum now moves from liberals to Establishment conservatives ("moderates") to right-wingers, who have the most money, the most articulate and aggressive spokesmen and the most effective computerized mailing lists, like Dolan...
Sessions between White House spokesmen and reporters often include a sharp word or two, but the briefings by Larry Speakes on Ronald Reagan's health, which sometimes seemed more like sparring matches than news conferences, have highlighted some frailties of the President's press office and its tense relationship with the often abrasive White House press corps. The tone was set when Speakes distributed copies of the letter temporarily transferring presidential powers to Vice President George Bush but refused to read the missive on live television. The ensuing chaos embarrassed all involved: while TV reporters in the front row faced...
...Even more threatening than bombs or guns are those who might wield them. Malaysian security officials in Kuala Lumpur say five armed Thai Muslim militants were arrested at the city's central train station on March 9. Perhaps in an indication of the sensitivity of the arrests, Malaysian police spokesmen denied they had taken place. But TIME confirmed the incident with two Malaysian intelligence officials familiar with the case. Details of the arrest and what, if anything, the group had planned remained sketchy. But the intelligence sources say the Thais' presence in Kuala Lumpur, which has so far been spared...
...bombs because they are very, very difficult to detect," says one senior government official. "And at that size we can only think of one purpose: airplanes." In Malaysia, two intelligence officials in Kuala Lumpur told TIME that five armed Thai Muslim militants were arrested on March 9. Malaysian police spokesmen denied the arrests had taken place. The two intelligence officials say the Thais' presence in Kuala Lumpur, which has so far been spared a terrorist attack, is a disturbing sign. Malaysia recently arrested what...