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Among other matters, the Chinese are concerned that the Administration will honor a request by Taiwan to purchase the FX jet, an advanced American fighter plane still on the drawing boards. The White House initially favored the FX sale, but Haig has successfully delayed a decision by arguing that Taiwan's defense needs are adequately provided for and that the deal would unnecessarily antagonize the Chinese. Nevertheless, Peking is still greatly disturbed by the continuing flow of U.S. arms to the Nationalists, which amounted to nearly $800 million last year; for weeks before Haig's visit, Chinese newspapers...
...meantime, a three-man parliamentary commission is to determine whether the P2 Lodge was indeed a secret organization and therefore illegal under the constitution. Some 520 other Masonic lodges exist legally in Italy; their membership lists are available to police on request. The authorities are moving slowly to establish a firm legal footing from which to deal with the ramifications of the Masonic affair. The political consequences are just beginning to be felt...
...Democrats were leaving the Cabinet Room, however, White House Chief of Staff James Baker took Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski aside and asked, "Don't close the door." Rostenkowski took that request as a signal that the President still wanted a compromise. He met with the Democratic members of his committee trying to arrange one. On Tuesday evening, he phoned Treasury Secretary Regan to report that the Democrats seemed ready to go beyond a one-year reduction-but not so far as three years. The Treasury Secretary replied unenthusiastically: "Well, I'm not sure...
Meanwhile, the Administration displayed its willingness to help its own friends arm themselves. The White House approved a request from Venezuela for detailed technical information on the F-16 fighter plane-a sign that the Administration will eventually approve sales of the plane to that country and thus reverse a traditional U.S. policy against introducing sophisticated arms into Latin America...
...building the fence. But with the MTA, do you know what they have to do before they build the fence? They have to have an R.F.P.?Request for Proposal...