Some years ago, one of America’s two most widely read news magazines declined to carry a cover story on the KGB on the grounds that unlike the CIA (which had had several cover stories that year) it was not under indictment. The other day, the other most widely read news magazine, Time, did carry a cover story about the KGB, and let me say straightaway that it was, on the whole, good and helpful.
Nevertheless, it managed to perpetrate several stunning political solecisms. I propose to examine them, because the most important problem in world politics is the behavior of the Soviet Union, and it would be reassuring to think a) that the problem is correctly assessed in high places, and b) that the public is correctly informed about it. Present indications are that neither a) nor b) yet applies in the fullest sense.
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