,. Thursday, December 9, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Thrdy Dcme 9 96TH IHGA ALgPg he Russia urp to renew c trade relai MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviets are sending strong signals to Washingion during the White House trpnsition period that they want to rekindle dampened trade relations despite Kremlin assertions not long ago that Russia can thrive without Am- erican business.. The Soviet message is not new in substance but it seems to carry a sense ofturgency and accommodation not seen here since trade detente collapsed in early 1975. The essence is that Moscow would like to do real business with America if Congress will only repeal the trade law, which is regarded here as a sla in the face. IN RETURN for repeal of. the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to the 1974 Trade Act, the So- viets have hinted that they may ease some of their traditionally awkward business practices and turn this country into a more profitable market for Uncle Sam. Leonid Brezhnev gathered a group of leading American bus- inessmen around him last week and told them that restrictive U.S. trade policies have result- ed in the loss of nearly $2 bil- lion worth of Soviet trade with America over the past two years. The Communist party chief was clearly not addressing just the businesspeople, who have al- ready counted their losses and have taken a stand against the restrictions. THE LAW PLACES a $300 mil- lion ceiling on Export-Import Bank credits and t withholds most - favored - nation status, which would lower tariffs on imports, from Communist coun- tries that restrict emigration. Since the trade law has done little for either emigration or business, the Kremlin is evident- ly hoping the Carter adminis- tration and the new Congress will take a fresh look at the legislation. Some 200 American businesspeople, here for the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade Council meeting earlier this month, were urged to put pressure in the right places when they get home. Some Western specialists be- lieve the Soviets are putting too much hope on repeal of U.S. leg- islative restrictions. They say even if Congress does change its mood - and there are few signs of such a change - the Soviets are ignoring other obsta- cles that may lie in the path of significant U.S. - Soviet trade growth. THEY CITE such examples as opposition in some American circles to transferring U.S. tech- nology to a Communist competi- tor, the concern over Moscow's growing financial indebtedness and the problems in doing busi- ness with the Soviet bureaucra- "Russians have been privately confiding to U.S. business rep- resentatives that the congres- sional legislation has forced Brezhnev and his pro-detente supporters into a corner, block- ed by Kremlin hardliners. Brezhnev needs a "nondiscrim- inatory" trade agreement with the United States before he can University Showcase Production Sir George Etherege's Comedy The Man of Mode DEC. 8-11, 8:00 P.M. ARENA THEATRE (Frieze Bldg.) $2.00 Adm. PTP Box Office [ 764-0450 es U.S. Nixon to confront past in lampened T -nterviewswithrost [ion s LOS ANGELES 0P) - Former President sessions, Frost said. The British TV talk Richard Nixon has come to terms with the show host said he will edit the 24 hours of either boost business with Am- Watergate scandal and "wants to confront tape down to four 90-minute shows. erica or loosen emigration poll- his past" in public, says entertainer David "I HAVE SOLE control of the content," cies at home, these Russians Frost, who will do a series of TV interviews said Frost, "and Mr. Nixon has no right to say. There is no way of know- with Nixon. know any questions in advance or to view ing if these confidences are "I think that Richard Nixon wants to the shows before they are aired." more tactical than genuine. confront his past, to give his version, to Under questioning, Frost conceded that no i The annual volume of trade be candid," Frost said in a speech Tuesday one company "has come rushing forward" turnover between the countries to the Hollywood Radio and Television, Si- with an offer to sponsor all four shows.r has grown from $127 million in ciety. The interviews were initially planned for 19t, the threstimatyedar$2.7 bl "I THINK IT'S up to us to press him td go this month, Frost said, but were delayed lion this year.. This puts the flrther," he added. Nixon is willing to dis- because of Pat Nixon's stroke, which putr United States second, behind cuss "the whole Watergate saga," Frost Nixon behind schedule in writing his mem- West Germany, among Russia's said. "He seems to have come to terms oirs.r capitalist trading partners. j with it, -which is why he wants to confront "I WANTED him to finish the book, to However, the bulk of the trade . his ownupast now." finish reviewing things before we begin," this year was in U.S. agricultur- Frost, who is paying Nixon an undisclosed Frost said. al exports, such as wheat and sum for the exclusive interviews, said he Frost said later that he has received piles corn, leaving the Soviets with will begin taping at Nixon's San Clemente of mail from Americans. suggesting ques- a whopping 10-to-one import-ex- estate next March and will conclude in tions for Nixon. The most popular ques- port deficit and leaving Ameri-I Anril. tion, he said, concerns the unexplained 18 - can business without nuch of Nixt the coveted Russian raw mate- Nixon has agreed to 12 two-hour taping minute gap on one of the Watergate tapes rials or potential equipm ent ......*.......**...***r°...*.........r."... .....:.......... sales. Soviet raw materials in- clude oil, such rare metals as " 1 rhodium and palladium, and un-' ' w an 00 alls THE LEVEL OF Soviet ex- r ai ports to the United States is about equal to Soviet exports to Greece. The level of U.S. exports to the Soviet Union is about equal to U.S. exports to Peru. I SEOUL. South Korea (AP) -the Tongsun Park scandal." I officials are under investigation WASHINGTON (AP) - The. National Park Service says alien animals ranging from wild burros to the mongoose are de- stroying nationalparkland,aand the 'rangers are going after them. To rangers whose policy is to manageand enhance a park's natural and historical attrib- utes, these animals have one thing in common: They are non- native to the eco-system. Envi- ronmentally, in other words, the animals are from out of town. RANGERS HAVE SHOT goats at Hawaii Volcanoes NationalI Park and burros at the Grand Canyon National Monument, bul plans being considered are much more ambitious. Nothing has been decided be- yond the fact that there is a problem, says John Cook, as- sociate park service director for management. The options for reducing the number of ani- mals, he adds, include capture and shooting. The latter already, nas aroused some humane groups who have heard of the' plans. Potential targets for removal Let Sun's Own Photographers ' Take Your GREETING PICTURES it's not too late SUN PHOTO 3180 PACKARDI 2 Blks. E. of Platt include wild horses and burros at Dinosaur National Monument; burros in Grand Canyon, Death Valley National Monument in California, and BandelierNa- tional Monument in New Mexi- co; fallow deer at Point Reyes National Seashore in California; European wild boar at Great Smokies National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee; and the goats and mongoose at Vol- canoes. Toby Cooper of the Defend- ers of Wildlife organization says the goats have turned part of the Hawaiian tropical land- scape into a desert. The mon- goose was introduced to kill the rat, which were introduced by trading ships. But the mongoose has developed a taste for rare birds. Cooper says his organi- zation will support, elimination Animals destroying parkland of the animals - in a humane THE DEER, horses, burros and goats trample the land manner - if it can be shown causing erosion, says the park they are damaging the habitat. service, or else they graze the The National Wildlife Federa- land to depletion. Lion echoes that position. . _ °-r- _.. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DANCE COMPANY with THE UNIVERSITY PHILHARMONIC and the CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS ENSEMBLE Elizabeth Weil Bergman's THE PLANETS by Gustav Hoist Gay Defonghe's LA CREATION DU MONDE by Darius Milhaud In balance, the Soviets are suffering the most from this sit- uation, and this explains why most of the pressure to boost Soviet-American trade is com- ing from them. Not only does Moscow owe approximately $7.5 billion in loans, to Western gov- ernments and commercial banks but it has been unable to build a strong export market for its machinery and manufactured goodA in order to help pay its1 hard currency debts.- Although Western banks have not said the Soviets have reach- ed their borrowing saturation, there is concern about Mos- cow's debt. "They have to look harder, wait longer and pay higher rates than they used to for credit," one informed sources said. Korean students demanded yes- terday that their government give them the full story of the Korean bribery scandal in Washington. Plainclothes police broke up a demonstration by some 500 students, most of them from' the Seoul National University's, law school, demanding the lift- ing of the government's black- out on news of the scandal. A number of 'the demonstrators were reported arrested. THE STUDENTS also called for democratic reforms and ex- pressed disapproval of the 1972 constitution which gives Presi- dent Park Chung-hee extraordi- nary powers. Placards carried by the stu- dents read, "Lift Presidential Decree No. 9," and "Clarify The presidential decree of May 13, 1975, bans virtually all forms of political dissent. More than 200 persons, including ma- ny students, are believed to have been arrested under it. TONGSUN PARK is a South Korean businessman alleged to be a key lobbyist in Washing- ton for President Park's govern- ment. Gifts by him to members of Congress and other American by a U.S. federal grand jury. Meanwhile, a high-ranking South Korean official issued a press statement charging that the U.S. government was re- fusing to let officials of the Korean Embassy in Washington interview an embassy officer who the FBI reported last week was cooperating with the inves- tigation into the Korean lobby- ing. 9 t f 3 i R POWER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS DECEMBER 10, 11 at 8:00, DECEMBER 12at 3:00 Tickets at Power Box Office and Hudson's JOHN FORD'S 1940 THE LONG VOYAGE HOME John Wayne, Ward Bond, Barry Fitz- gerald and Thomas Mitchell star in this story of a British merchant ship that takes on a suspected saboteur as well as a cargo of munitions. Based on the play by Eugene O'Neil. FRI: Capra's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUD. 7:00 & 9:05 \Admission $1.25 -r AN ALL-TIME FIRST! UAC Soph Show presents glow -i- $11, ush wSS For the first time ever . a WOMAN'S rise to the top! 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