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U.S.I.A. PLANS SATELLITE NEWS PARLEYS

Date: 03 February 1984

By David Burnham

David Burnham

The United States Information Agency said today that it planned to use communications satellites to enable reporters around the world to question Reagan Administration officials in Washington or wherever they happened to be. It said the system would be called Worldnet. The plans were discussed at a briefing on the U.S.I.A.'s proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The Reagan Administration has recommended a 28 percent increase in the agency's budget, increasing it to $849 million from $665.2 million.

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Labor Dispute Settled At The Times of London

Date: 03 February 1984

Reuters

A labor dispute at The Times of London was settled today and the paper will reappear on Saturday after seven days off the streets, unions and management announced. They said both sides made concessions in a dispute that arose when the paper hired a librarian without consulting the union, which in Fleet Street tradition has a right to say which jobs its members do.

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Views Divided on Rules on Political Broadcasts

Date: 03 February 1984

AP

The Senate Commerce Committee, after hearing nothing but endorsements earlier this week for a bill to repeal laws regulating broadcasters' treatment of politics and public issues, has been told that the proposal posed ''a serious danger to the proper functioning of our democratic system.'' Reed Irvine, the chairman of the watchdog group Accuracy in Media, testified Wednesday that repeal of the laws would provide broadcasters with ''the uninhibited power'' to limit debate on controversial issues and to decide which candidates receive air time.

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SANDINISTA PROMISES OPPOSITION WILL GET ELECTION ASSISTANCE

Date: 03 February 1984

By Hedrick Smith, Special To the New York Times

Hedrick Smith

A high-ranking Nicaraguan official said today that the Government was prepared to grant financial subsidies and guarantee television and radio time to opposition parties in presidential elections promised for 1985. He also pledged that the army would accept the authority of the winner, even if from another party. The official, Tomas Borge, Minister of the Interior and one of the nine- member directorate, said in an interview that the Sandinista leadership might lift press censorship completely in the final phase of the political campaign. He estimated the campaign would last four to six weeks.

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ARMY CHIEFS, IN SENATE, PRESS 1985 ARMS BUDGET

Date: 03 February 1984

By Richard Halloran

Richard Halloran

The Army's Chief of Staff, Gen. John A. Wickham Jr., told Congress today that two light infantry divisions the Army proposed to form next year could be inserted into distant crises quickly in an effort to snuff them out before they spread. But the Secretary of the Army, John O. Marsh Jr., told the Senate Armed Services Committee in the same hearing that continuing shortages of Air Force transports and Navy ships would hinder the Army's ability to fulfill its missions in a contingency. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger ran into more opposition to the military budget of $305 billion proposed for the 1985 fiscal year in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee. As in the Senate committee Wednesday, Democrats vowed to cut it.

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WARNING ISSUED BY STATE DEPT. ON BEIRUT ROLE

Date: 03 February 1984

By Steven V. Roberts

Steven Roberts

Excerpts from statement, page A4. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - The Reagan Administration told Congress today that adoption of a resolution calling for the ''prompt and orderly'' withdrawal of the marines from Lebanon would embolden ''the forces of radicalism and extremism'' in the Middle East. Lawrence S. Eagleburger, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said the resolution could also lead to the commitment of more American troops in the region ''in even more dangerous circumstances.'' Mr. Eagleburger's remarks, at a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appeared to mark a new step in the confrontation between the White House and Congressional Democrats over the Lebanon issue, which is also emerging as a major issue in this year's political campaign.

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PENTAGON REPORT RENEWS CRITICISM

Date: 02 February 1984

By Charles Mohr

Charles Mohr

A Pentagon policy analyst has prepared a study that may cast doubt on Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger's prediction to Congress today that it should be possible to slow the growth of military spending significantly within two years. The study was prepared by Franklin C. Spinney, a middle-level civil servant employed in the Defense Department Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, who is regarded as a dissident by some senior Pentagon officials. The study is to be presented to the House Budget Committee next Wednesday. Mr. Spinney gave similiar testimony to several Congressional committees last year after members of Congress insisted that he be permitted to do so over Mr. Weinberger's protests. Mr. Spinney's new study is based on budget data to which he was denied access for many months, until Senators and Representatives prevailed on the Pentagon.

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WHITE HOUSE SAYS DEMOCRATS PLAY POLITICS ON BEIRUT

Date: 02 February 1984

By Francis X. Clines

Francis Clines

Text of draft resolution, page A8. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 - The White House accused Congressional Democrats today of ''playing politics'' on the Lebanon issue and of drafting a resolution that ''aids and abets'' those opposed to peace in the Middle East. ''I'm not going to pay any attention to it,'' President Reagan commented briefly. He made the statement after his spokesman, Larry Speakes, issued a strong denunciation of the House Democrats' resolution, which would press the President to begin a ''prompt and orderly withdrawal'' of the marines from Beirut.

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GROUNDWORK FOR ARMS PROGRESS

Date: 02 February 1984

By Edward L. Rowny

Edward Rowny

As the United States awaits the Soviet Union's next move in the strategic arms negotiations, it is important to review how far the Geneva talks have come and what is in store. Moscow, which has not yet agreed to a date for resumption of the talks, said in December it needed more time to reassess the situation in view of the deployments of American intermediate-range missiles in Europe. In the negotiations, which began in June 1982, America's opening proposal called for deep reductions in ballistic missile warheads, to a level of 5,000 on each side. The Soviet proposal continues to place primary emphasis on limiting the numbers of missiles and bombers, to 1,800 on both sides. But, on a positive note, Moscow has agreed that limiting launchers alone is not sufficient, and has proposed that we limit nuclear weapons as well. Both sides have not, however, reached agreement on which weapons to include in any accord.

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DEMOCRATS VOW TO REDUCE PENTAGON OUTLAY FOR 1985

Date: 02 February 1984

By Richard Halloran

Richard Halloran

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger told Congress today that growth rates in military spending could be slowed after next year if Congress approved the big increase that President Reagan proposed for the fiscal year 1985. But Mr. Weinberger, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, ran into an immediate barrage of criticism from Democrats. The Democrats, led by Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, said the question was not whether the military budget would be cut this year but by how much. The Defense Secretary said in his annual report to Congress, ''If we are allowed to continue on the path we have set, we can look forward to a time, only two fiscal years from now, when defense increases can begin to slow dramatically.''

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