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AUTHOR EXAMINES DETENTE, QUESTIONING WHETHER THE USSR SAW IT AS A DECEPTIVE STRATEGY TO SEDUCE THE WEST INTO COMPLACENCY; WHETHER IT WAS A WILLING SELF-DECEPTION ON THE PART OF THE US; OR PERHAPS WHETHER SOME REAL ELEMENT OF COOPERATION AND CONSTRAINT WAS INVOLVED. THE ARTICLE TRACES THE STRATEGY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS IN THE EARLY 70'S; EXAMINES US ACTIONS THAT DISTURBED THE SOVIETS; AND LOOKS AT FUTURE.

THE ESSAY EXAMINES CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY AND FOCUSES ON CHINA'S PERCEPTION OF THE SOVIET UNION AS THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE PRC. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES CHINA'S VIEW OF THE SOVIET'S OFFENSIVE STRATEGY TO DOMINATE BOTH THE PERSIAN GULF AREA AND CHINA ITSELF. A DISCUSSION OF THE SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP FOCUSES ON US SECURITY NEEDS AND CHINA'S DESIRE FOR AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES.

ARTICLE DISCUSSES HOW A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND ITS CLIENTS, THE DECISION-MAKERS, CAN LEAD TO MORE SATISFACTORY, WELL-INTEGRATED PERFORMANCE. AFTER A DISCUSSION OF THE SPECIAL TRAITS OF THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE: THE CREATION OF COMPREHENSIVE INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS, CAREFUL PERSONNEL SELECTION, COORDINATION OF COLLECTION.

ARTICLE, BY PAKISTAN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, DISCUSSES THE STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT COUNTRY PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF RECENT SOVIET MOVES INTO AFGHANISTAN. INDIAN-PAKISTANI RELATIONS AND CONFLICTS ARE REVIEWED, AS ARE PAKISTAN'S RELATIONS WITH THE MUSLIM WORLD AND ITS STANCE ON THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM & RECOMMENDS BETTER US RELATIONS.

ESSAY SERVES AS A PRESCRIPTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER FACETS OF FOREIGN POLICY /SECURITY POLICY MAKING INSTITUTIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THE NSC CAN BEST SERVE TO IDENTIFY ISSUES AND FORCE DECISIONS, MANAGING THE INTERAGENCY DECISION PROCESS. HE SUGGESTS THAT CURRENT PROCESSES DO NOT COORDINATE STATE, DEFENSE AND ACDA WELL.