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(Archived document, may contain errors) 11/3/86 28 MAKING ROMANIA'PAY FOR VIOLATING WORKERS" RIGHTS (Updating "Why Romania No Longer Deserves to Be a Most Favored Nation," Heritage Backgrounder No. 441, June 26, 1985.)
Section 501 of the U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of1948 (Smith-Mundt Act) prohibits domestic dissemination ofinformation designed for foreign consumption, ostensibly to ban"domestic propaganda." In the war on terrorism, this amounts toself-sabotage. Until Congress relegates this piece of legislationto the dustbin of history, the U.S. cannot expect to conduct publicdiplomacy effectively.
The Soviet Union has pulled ahead of the U.S. not only in missiles and other strategic weapons. The Soviets continue to overpower the U.S. on the critically important diplomatic front. On it there is no balance of forces. According to FBI estimates, the number of Soviet employees in the U.S. today totals about 980. In dismal contrast, the number of U.S. government employees in the Soviet Union is a mere 320. Some 270 of the Soviets are employed by the United Nations and thus have special status. Of the remaining 710 Soviet civilians--including typists and secre- taries--nearly half are identif...
(Archived document, may contain errors) 5/7/86 118 THE U.S.-U.K. EXTRADITION ' :ATY-. NEW WEAPON AGAINST '----SM
(Archived document, may contain errors) 10/17/85 97 ROMANIA DOES NOT.-.- DESERVE. 1 SPECIAL U.S. FAVORS Congressional concern for promoting human rights evinced in its demands for economic sanctions against South Africa, in fairness, should also apply to Romania. The regime of Nicolad Ceausescu is one of the world's most repressive dictatorships. Yet Romani a continues to be given special and generous treatment by the U.S.