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...distressing knowledge that Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov had not been seen in public since Aug. 18, however often his name had been evoked in print and over the air waves. But in a nation where political successions have brought both terror and hope, the idea that another change in command was under way after little more than a year seemed hard to believe. Soviet citizens knew Andropov was ill, but many, uneasy with the prospect of a new transition, believed reports that he was convalescing. So a guessing game began. Some Soviets thought that Vasili Kuznetsov, the oldest member...
Still, even Soviet servicemen equipped with the best Soviet weaponry often fall short of the Pentagon's image of the Soviet military as a fighting force. On paper, for example, Soviet air-defense forces command a string of 7,000 radar installations and 2,300 interceptor jets. Yet the fact that two Korean civilian aircraft were able to stray into Soviet airspace without being rapidly intercepted suggests that the defense shield is sievelike in spots...
...agrees that occasional tensions were apparent. but says they had no effect on him. "I never felt any tensions at my level but there were certain tensions among the men," he says, "I am not aware and have not been aware for many years of any difficulties on the command staff and I was there for seven years. Nobody ever said anything to my face." he adds...
...Sergeant on the beat and in the cruisers. He wasn't politically inclined [a political appointee] like some people," says Lewis G. McConkey. a detective at Area B and 28-year veteran of the Boston Police. Johnson's past gave him increased authority and a more effective style of command, McConkey adds...
...Harvard surroundings over the past two months. The lesson of Area B he says, was "to talk to everybody." To that end, the Chief says, he has had "many, many" conversations with deans, directors of security for various areas (such as the Medical School and the Business School), department command staff and officers and security guards themselves "I think I've got a pretty good handle on what's going on here. he says...