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2G MA~'CZl 1979
- TRANSLATIONS ON WESTERN EUROPE
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TRANSLATIONS ON WESTERN EUROPE
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CONTE~VTS � PAGE -
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Crzrter Seen ' Putting Warld in ik~nger'
(Arthur Conte; PARTS MATCH, 2 Mar 79) l
Rocard Seen as D:tvisive Force in French Socialist Paxty -
(Christian Fauvet~ Jacquea Roure; L'EXPRESS, 3 Feb 79)~ 5 -
Positions on Lur~tom, Nuclear Wastea Discusaed
(Yann de L'Ecotais; L'EXPRESS, 3 Feb 79) 9 r_
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PCF's Financial Connections Bared in Detailed Book
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CAR'rER SL~N 'PUTTING WORLD IN DANGER'
I~aris PARI5 MA7~CH in F'rench 2 Mar 73 pp 60, 79, 81
(Article by Arthur Conte~
(Text~ In attacking Vietnam, Teng Hsiao-ping must have had the impression
that he had in some way gotten the green light from the Americans. During
}~is trip to tihe United States, he stepped up his startling statemen~s and
apocalyptic visions, without ever being seriously cro3sed by thoae with
whom he spoke. Far from being satisfied, to smoke the American-Chinese
peacepipe in the temple of the White Nouse, he endlessly berated the Soviet
beast and was not seriously admonished by h.ts hosts for all that. With ex-
treme ease, he even persuaded Jimmy Carter to sign with him an unplanned
text whose anti-Soviet spirit is beyond doubt. This suggests one of two
things. Gither he in some way considers the great chief across the Atlan-
tic to be an incompetent man whose opinion matters little or who has such
w~~vering opinions that they have become ridiculous. Or else he is abso-
lutely convinced of always being able to sway the chief, or so-called chief,
of ~he American administration to accept his own views. Basically, what -
threatens world peace is the "American void." That is now the source of
thc real specter. The tragedy is that Jimmy Carter's weakness is proving
to be so great that all world balances have suddenly been affected or upset.
That is when the worst can be expected.
'I'hc Russians themselves have always been glad to hold a dialog with a
::trong and candid American president. Even during the worst period of the
Cold War, they exemplarily respected a Harry Truman, so explicit and so
i?nE>eccably direct. They were always very cautious witi~ a cowboy and
"finger-on-the-trigger" style president like Johnson. They were evidently
heartbroken over the resiqnation of Richard Nixon, who exemplified an
astute and detErmined model sovereign in foreign policy. We remember how,
in the ~ixties at the time of the incident of Soviet rockets in Cuba, the
young Kennedy was able to force Khrushchev's respect. The Russians Iike
to deal with a man who knows what he wants. They value this for three main
rcasoru^. cfie reason is that they want to be able to assess the exact risks
of tt~eir own initiatives or reactions and not to exceed the limits. The
other is that a weak or fickle president, from weakness as it happens, does
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not have good control over himself, is noti safe from re~ctiions which are
too impulsivQ and may suddenly give way to rash decisions which create an
irreparable situation. The ~hird reason is thati a president who is too
weak abandons the sphere of authority, the initiative for action or thQ
choice of response ~o forces which are not responsible, such as the army,
the treasury or intelligen~e services, which are not in a position to mea-
sure all tihe consequences of their political acts. A presiddnt who is too
weak brings in too many unknown factors on every occasion and communism
does not like to qamble with the unknown. Now as i1: happens, this is
_ exactly ~he case today.
We would probably even have to qo back very far in American history to find
a president as surprising and vague t~s the pale Georgian in charge of the
White House.
Ir? the beginning, however, the man had many assets.
Eiis origins are simple. This is a considerab.le advantage. It is better
not to be weighed down by heavy intellectual baggage for such a position. _
'I'he extraordinary Truman, one of the greatest presidents in American his-
tory, began his life as a shirtmaker. Johnson managed America no differ-
ently than a ranch. Nixon was certainly not a well of knowledqe. From his
experience in sports, Kennedy had acquired a direct and lively style which
made people forqet the refinement of his tastes and the elite side of his
development. From a family of peanut farmers, Jimmy Carter could have re-
tained much of his good country sense. He basically had a lot going for
him. The governor of Georgia, i.e., the proconsul of a modest state with
_ a relatively 1~,: population, he was able to remain in direct conL�act with
dynamic problems. He was able to remain aloof from the guile, lies and
false communications of far-flung capitals. In general, such trials harden
a man against all unreasonable fears.
He is working hard to succeed. He has a retinue which exhibits an
identical zeal. If. pitiless newspapers have cruelly published photagraphs
_ in which the American first lady appears to be conversing pleasantly in one ~
instance with .Tim Jones, the false prophet destined to order the collective
suicide of the Guyana Temple sect, and in another with John Gacy, since ar-
restEd in Chicago for the sadistic murder of 32 young men, we know that
J ihese are not rash acts, but accidents in a job which requires coming into
- contact with too many people without any control.
Obviously, the Carters have a high awareness of the public welfare. The
Fresident even handles with dignity the prohlems posed by his family.
- Ruth Carter Stapleton, his younger sister, an electrifying evangelist who
preaches the miracle of "internal healing" worldwide, was naively de-
ceived by the 1lmerican porno king Larry Flynt, who has been prosecuted in
- the courts for publishing one of the most obscene magazines, HUSTLER, and
wt~o was only too happy to take advantaye of the friendship of a Carter.
Eiilly, his younger brother, a stranqe clown afflicted with an irrepressible
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- stiammerir~g and thc~ black sheop of tho family, has madd a fortiune since
~immy has taken o~fice by lending his name, in return for huge royalties,
to beor, ~ee-shir~, and peanut candy b~r ~rademarks. The President has
exhibited deconcy and patience which demand respect. This man knows how
to calmly swallow abuse.
- In getting himself elected, he demonstrated a lot of ability and tactical
sense, even upsetting all predictions. No doubt it has lottg been knowil
that someone can be an excellent candidate as well as a poor presiden~.
- It is one thing t~ be elec~ed= it is another to deserve having beer~ elected.
This is quite true except that on such a scale, victory implies a lot of
know-how, some gift of foresight and a good deal of adroitness, qualities
required for exercising the presidency itself.
But overly severe handicaps did not fail to crop up. Carter was unable at
~irst to establi~h a clear and obvious public image, even physically.
~ 'I'elevision viewers like to define the highest figures in terms of simple
and even simplistic visual images. De Gaulle was the volatile maste.rmind,
not always easy to take. Nixon was the shrewd o~~~rator. Kennedy wa~ the
scion of an elite family agreeing to box in the most popular matches,
capable of playing Superman. ~isenhower was Percival, whose purity merited
the helmet. Truman was the tough sheriff who couldn't be duped. Car~er?
We dare not answer. We look at those teeth so real, so displayed
that they appear false. We unmask that wrinkled face, from deep discourage-
ments, which belies the good humor trying to break through. We observe the
strange vague look which, even during press conferences, seems more in-
clined to turn inward than toward those questioning him. We view the game
of hands which do not know what to do with themselves. We see a short fore-
head under a thick shock of hair, becoming furrowed with so many wrinkles
because of both big and little problems. The observer does not at all
"sense" the kind of man he is dealing with. He suddenly experiences an ir- ~
ritating feeling of uneasiness. Equally as suddenly, he is led to attribute
the same ambiguity, the same "incompleteness," to the man's thoughts as to
his face.
Next, the I~resident continued to act in a manner which was too religious.
In the long run, too many sermons sound f:alse in the White I~ouse. The ser-
mon cven begins to seem like the easiest way of avoiding real problems or
real explanations.
I~'inally, with as much evidence, Carter apraared to be contradiction itself.
There is no end to the list of his wrong moves or turnabouts. After sift- ~
ing through 4,000 pages of documents, Andre Halimi has even devoted an en-
- tire book to this, "Carter si, Carter no" [Carter yes, Carter no], as enter-
taining as~ it is ominous. A famous caricaturist depicted him as yr Samba,
one step forward, one step backward. He has come to be known as "Ji~mny
Who?" Of course the times, spinning too fast, expose any politician to
contradictions. The modern tribune, bent on overexpressing himself, can
necessarily only seriously contradict himself or act inconsistently in the
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fin~~? analysis. Yet any objective observer has no choice but ta believe
thai: ~immy Carter will ultiimately hold tihe world record �or self-
coni:radictions, providing his own antitheses and tripping himself up. We
havE~ seen hizn become entangled in his own counterpositions and counter-
prot~osals even in the most important matiters, such as Lebanon and Iran,
- whi