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Soviet Leader Konstantin Chernenko, who looked hale but moved stiffly in the brief conference footage broadcast over national TV, closed the meeting with a short speech calling on the Western democracies to let capitalism and Communism live in "peaceful coexistence." But he warned, "A dangerous test of strength, being imposed on us by the most reactionary imperialist circles, primarily in the U.S., is not our choice, not our policy. But we will be able to stand up for ourselves...
...spite of all the pomp and pseudofriendly chitchat, President Reagan's visit shows that what China wants from the West is goods and expertise and the money to pay for them without an alliance against the Soviet Union. The Chinese Communist Party knows that its strength is international Communism, which is centered in the U.S.S.R...
Late in the week Pravda charged that there was a worldwide conspiracy by Christian, Muslim and Jewish extremists to undermine Communism by promoting the practice of religion. The campaign to check "dangerous" foreign influences could mean only one thing- the Kremlin was battening down the hatches in anticipation of stormy seas...
...army in squashing the rebellion. The estimated toll: at least 10,000. The lines between official and illegal violence blurred further after the National Democratic Organization (ORDEN) was formed in the mid-1960s. ORDEN's dual purpose was to teach peasants about the evils of Communism and train them to watch out for subversives. But under the direction of a fistful of national guard intelligence officers, the group had deteriorated into a ruthless militia numbering between 50,000 and 100,000. One of the commanders: Roberto d'Aubuisson...
...January. Yet even State Department officials who defend the Administration's overall position acknowledge that Washington has sent too many "mixed signals." Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Nestor Sanchez, for example, has stated repeatedly that the U.S.'s first priority is the protection of El Salvador against Communism, a remark that some Salvadorans have interpreted to mean that the Administration, feeling forced to pick between two evils, would tolerate death squads rather than see the country fall to the guerrillas...