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Professors
QYjieci little change
in. Soviet-American rel
By Jin Benyrcnri
Soviet-American rela
tions will not undergo
any major changes under
incoming Soviet leader
Konstantin Chernenko,
two UNL political science
professor said Monday.
Chernenko, 72, succe
eds former President Yuri
Andropov, who died Thur
sday at age 69.
Despite the-change of
leaders in the Kremlin,
relations between the two
super powers will remain
unchanged, as long as.
President F.crgn b in
office, said David For
sythe, UNL professor of
political science.
"Everything Reagan has
done, such as the astro
nomical arms buildup,
has been considered an
act of hostility to the
Soviets," Forsythe said.
"The last three years have
Lightened the Soviet
Union."
As a result, the Soviets
will wait until the Nov
ember presidential elec
tion to begin any negotia
tions with the United
States, said Ivan Volgyes,
UNL political science pro-
fi
ing in Sovi
et relations. If the Krem
lin would negotiate with
the United States, it would
help Reagan's bid for re
election, which the Sovi
ets want to avoid, Volgyes
said.
"The Soviets are not
going to do anything to
help Reagan get re-elected,"
he said.
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president in office, Vol
gyes said, the chances of
going back to the bargain
ing table with the Soviets
are better than if Reagan
is re-elected.
Born in Siberia, Cher
nenko is the oldest man
ever appointed to the
supreme cfCce cf the Krem
lin, Volgyes said. As form
er President Leonid Brezh
nev's right-hand-man, Ch
ernenko gained power in
the Kremlin during Brezh
nev's 18 years in office.
When Brezhnev died, how
ever, Chernenko's rival
Andropov was named the
the leader, and Chernen
ko's status in the Soviet
Union began to slip, he
said.
But upon Andropov's
serious illness, Cher
nenko once again began
- making public appear
ances in order to prove
himself a leader, Volgyes
said. On Monday, Cher
nenko stepped into one
of the most powerful
positions in the world, an
occurence not without
' controversy, he said.
"It took four days to
name the successor to
Andropov," Volgyes said.
"They had a hard time
naming the successor."
Andropov had been
dead for almost 24 hours
before Soviet officials an
nounced his death, he
said. This indicated a
great amount of in-fight-
ing among party members
concerning who would re
place the fallen leader,
Volgyes said.
When the announce
ment came, Volgyes said
he was not impressed.
"Chernenko's record is
mediocre, althoug he has
been faithful to his party,"
the Soviet expert said.
"He dislikes Western ways
and considers them dec
adent." Both Forsythe and Vol
gyes said Andropov's 15
months in office were
equally unimpressive.
"He continued the pol
icies he inherited, but
wasn't in office long
enough to make a mark,"
Forsythe said. "He was an
ineffective leader and was
unable to create any real
changes." . ' .
Reagan's decision not
to attend Andropov's fu
neral Tuesday was a wise
one, Volgyes said.
"I would be appalled if
an American president
would honor a person of
Andropov's stature," he
said, referring to Androp
ov's 15 years as head of
the KGB. "People tend to
forget about these things."
Future Soviet-American
relations may depend
on the November election,
Forsythe said.
"It's a question on how
much of what Reagan is
saving is just campaign
rhetoric or true action,"
he said.
Volgyes said he sees no
immediate change in re
lations between the super
powers. "American-Soviet rela
tions will not be changed
by individuals, but by
changing interests," Vol
gyes said.
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National and international news
from the Reuters Ncwz Report
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WASHINGTON President Rean h opti
mistic that new Soviet leader Konstor.tb Chern
enko wiH have the flexibility to fcr.prove ties
with the United States, observing ia an inter
view published Tuesday that Chernenko is not
locked into any policy by a long record of pub
lic statements.
Chernenko "has not been on record with any
position that might cause him problems," Rea
gan said in an interview with correspondents
for the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain.
Vice President George Bush, who met Cher
nenko Tuesday following the funeral of late
Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, said the new
leader agreed U.S.- Soviet relations should be
conducted "upon a more constructive path."
Administration officials were pleased that
Chernenko's maiden speech Monday was
devoid of personal attacks on Reagan that
often laced Andropov's public statements.
Chernenko stressed the need for "peaceful
coexistence " among states with different social
systems.
But Reagan said in the interview that he
would not seek an early "get acquainted" ses
sion with the new Soviet leader.
Navy's role in Lebanon disputed
WASHINGTON Navy secretary John Leh
man clashed with the White House Tuesday
over whether it is U.S. policy in Beirut to use air
naval power to support the Lebanese armed
forces. Lehman told a news conference it was
U.S. policy to fire into Syrian-held territory to
support the Lebanese armed forces.
Shortly afterward, White House spokesman
Larry Speakes told reporters that Lehman was
in error, saying "Whatever we do ... is in sup
port of Americans and the multinational force."
Asked why Lehman would not know the rea
son for gunfire from U.S. ships, Speakes told
reporters to "ask the Navy secretary."
President Reagan announced on Feb. 9 the1
1,600-man Marine force will withdraw from its'
ground positions in Beirut to U.S. Navy ships'
offshore.
Lebanese forced to 'redeploy'
BEIRUT The Lebanese Army said Tuesday
it had been forced to "redeploy" after day-long
attacks by opposition militias in the moun
tains outside Beirut. It said units defending a
strategic mountain ridge just south of Beirut
had been forced to take up new positions after
nearly 18 hours of fighting that began at mid
night. Four times during the day, pairs of aging
government Hawker Hunter jets strafed and
rocketed the attacking forces of the mainly
Druze Progressive Socialist Party as troops
battled to hold their positions. Opposition
sources said 3,000 militiamen had been thrown
into what could be a "decisive battle" to seize
the ridge and link up with their forces in the
mountains with Shi'ite Moslem "Amal" (Hope)
militiamen who seized West Beirut last week.
El Salvador guardsmen to bz tried
WASHINGTON El Salvador's supreme
court has cleared the way for the trial of five
Salvadoran national guardsmen accused of
murdering four U.S, churchvvomen, a U.S. con
gressman said Tuesday. Guy Molinari, a New
York Republican, said the State Department
had told him the last legal obstacle to the trial
was removed when the supreme court affirmed
a lower court ruling to take the case to trial.
The women, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan,
Ita Ford and Dorothy Kazel, were abducted at
Salvador's international airport on Dec. 2,
1980, and killed later that evening.
Amish go back to old ways
MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio Amish farmers in
Northeast Ohio have gone back to harvesting
ice from frozen ponds this winter for the first
time in a half-century. Rising prices for com
mercial ice prompted the move, said the farm
ers who eschew electricity and depend on ice
boxes for refrigeration in the summer. Last
summer the price of commercial ice jumped by
20 percent because of production cost inc
reases, to $57 per 1 ,000 pounds.
The Amish in this area switched to commer
cial ice in the 1930s. when truck-deliveries
began in rural areas. In rolling back the clock,
however, the farmers have made one com
promise with their usually plain way of doing
things gasoline powered chain saws are
being used to cut the ice.