From the Continent: On Gas and Grain

The Soviet Union is, with West Germany’s financial and technical aid, going ahead with the Siberian gas pipeline to which the United States objects—an objection which I share, not only as a friend of the United States, but as a good European.

Let me say, parenthetically, that I am less sure about the American sanctions against Poland; I might well question whether this is a wise step either humanly or politically, although I realize that any aid given to Poland will indirectly profit the Soviet Union. But the U.S. sanctions against the USSR, particularly in connection with the gas pipeline, are a different matter. This difference is recognized (contrary to the impression given by much of the press) by a majority of the intelligent people over here, who object to the gas deal not only because it strengthens the Eastern bloc but, worse yet, because it will increase Western Europe’s dependence on the Soviet Union.

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The Soviet Union is, with West Germany’s financial and technical aid, going ahead with the Siberian gas pipeline to which the United States objects—an objection which I share, not only as a friend of the United States, but as a good European.

Let me say, parenthetically, that I am less sure about the American sanctions against Poland; I might well question whether this is a wise step either humanly or politically, although I realize that any aid given to Poland will indirectly profit the Soviet Union. But the U.S. sanctions against the USSR, particularly in connection with the gas pipeline, are a different matter. This difference is recognized (contrary to the impression given by much of the press) by a majority of the intelligent people over here, who object to the gas deal not only because it strengthens the Eastern bloc but, worse yet, because it will increase Western Europe’s dependence on the Soviet Union.