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Ending the Embargo...
Haig seems to have set aside his struggles for turf, for example, with Agriculture Secretary John Block over the grain embargo against the Soviet Union, and with Special Trade Representative Bill Brock over Japanese auto imports. In recent weeks he actively lobbied the White House for a fresh start. Peace apparently has been made...
Haig is sensitive to the appearance of zigzag confusion in irreconcilable statements put out by various Administration spokesmen on such issues as a trade embargo if the Soviets invade Poland or potential U.S. construction of the neutron bomb. He is pushing hard for consistency. One major concern at the NATO meeting was what Weinberger - regarded by Europeans as a loose cannon - would do and say at a gathering this week of the Atlantic Alliance's defense ministers. Said one aide: "Haig wants Weinberger to sing from the same sheet music...
This parting concord was remarkable considering several recent storms in trans-Pacific relations. Only a week before his departure for the U.S., Suzuki allowed that he had been "bewildered" by Washington's decision to lift the grain embargo against the Soviet Union and angered by the American failure to consult his government "sufficiently in advance." Suzuki's countrymen were also outraged when a U.S. submarine in April collided with a Japanese freighter in the East China Sea and then inexplicably left it to sink and two crew members to die. The resolution of a third and longer-standing...
Meanwhile, the partial Soviet grain embargo continues, despite Reagan's campaign promises to end it. Administration officials fear that lifting the embargo would be seen by the Soviets as a sign of weakness. American farmers, who once loudly protested the embargo, do not seem to be hurting. Most of its ill effects have been offset by increased grain sales to China and Mexico...