MEMORANDUM TO (Sanitized) FROM LEWIS J. LAPHAM

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• Publication Date: October 21, 1976
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MEMOR,~NDUM FaR:.
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Herewith the ~~ manuscript with
-our comments. They were prepared by
Chief-of our Soviet Staff..
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+. LEWIS J.
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Comments' ?ori~ Chapter I`T"I" and IV of paler on the~lace _
of the t-~`raTe un~.on movement. in ~ ayie~' ~iol~c~
We found this expos ion, overall, well informed and
? infarmatiVe,
1. A, question might be raised, Iiawever, with respect
to one major point: do th.e Saviets'at present attribute as
much significance to international labor. as an instrument
of policy as inhere suggested?
? has established a degree of autonomy, or
whether they find themselves confronted with
situations in which they have t:a take a stand:
naturally, against "capitalism,"
p, 36, The CGIL has also withdrawn from active
membership in the I~1FTU, Of course, it remains
to be seen how meaningful this withdrawal i_s,
but in view of the PCPs strained relations with
Moscow it may not be entirely without mean,.ing,
p, 41, Agree with the analysis in the first para-
graph, which however, somewhat contradicts the
earlier suggestion that the Soviets give priority
to strikes or other actions wh~'.ch would directly
weaken the West.
p: 4~,Re the suspicions of pess;imists: There is
one key difference, This time around Soviet
control of the ~lestern European CP"s is no longer
unquestioned.
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3* pi_nally~ the analysis might be strengthened if
the poss~;l~le i~tplications for Soviet TU policy of P?~oscaw's
strained relations with same of the majox'~vrestern Paxties
were to be explicitly discussed in the Euxopean section,
For example, is there any evidence that inter~Party conflicts
-have affected r%toscow~'~s support of TU unificatian? in Ztal}r,
France, or Spain? if not, at what-point might Soviet atti-
tudes change? What implications would this have for the
priorities 1~7ascow has assigned to cultivating relations with.
TU movements in other parts of the world?
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