European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday May 16.19bb Gorbachev liked almost As much As Reagan in . New York Apt americans View Ovici Leader Mikhail Cir Bachch nearly at favourably As they do president Rea Gan and Gorbachev out polls Reagan among College educated americans Amedia i cimeral As Ionia cd pm i Del has found Lens than a month before the super Power leaders meet in Moscow the National Survey found Brand support for Reagan handling of .-sovict relations and a highly positive vie of Rea Gan generally. But while 59 percent or those who were polled held favourable opinions of Reagan virtually As Many persons 54percent expressed a positive View of Gorbachev the poll found. The spill was within the margin of sampling error. Well educated americans liked Gorbachev even belter. Among College Grad sales 71 percent rated Gorbachev favor ably while 62 percent viewed Reagan favourably. And among those who have done postgraduate work. 76 percent saw Gorbachev favourably compared with 50 percent favourable for Reagan. Despite Gorbachev s High level of a peal a majority of respondents doubted soviet trustworthiness. While icy overwhelmingly favored superpower treaties on nuclear weapons 61 percent said the soviets cannot be trusted to live up to their Armi control agreements. Thai finding appeared to Mirror inc of the Senate which had delayed consideration of inc .-soviet medium Range missile treaty because of concerns Boul he Accord s Ami cheat ing provision. Nonetheless. 73 percent in the poll favored the treaty while Only is percent opposed it and 12 percent said they did t know. The responses were precisely the same 73 percent in favor 15 percent opposed on a treaty to abolish 50 per cent of . And soviet Long Range nuclear missiles. Such an Accord or one like in is under negotiation but is not expected to be ready for the May 29-Junc 2 Summit. The treaties fared worst among con Shiva tics 20 percent opposed them and Best with liberals whose opposition was in single digits. About 67 per cent of conservatives and 83 percent of liberals were in favor the remainder did t know or did t answer. Even with their support for the trea ties a near majority of americans 49 percent said the United Stales drop a can s proposed Star wars missile defense system in Exchange for Ovici agreement to a big Cut in nuclear weapons. That response was split along political and ideological lines republicans and Mikhail Gorbachev and president Reagan came out almost in in a is. Poll. I Ai Ives strongly opposed dropping 3d Percy no said in should be reduced Ora ars for a big a Sile Cul. While dropped. Again there was a political democrats and liberals favored such an split 73 per cell of republicans warned work on Star wars continued Corn conserve Star wars agreement. In another measure of the popularity of Star wars 56 Percy no said thai without an arms agreement with the so Viets work on Star wars should proceed Asil is now or be increased while a red with 41 percent ofic Mocanu. The respondents largely rejected the opinion of critics that nuclear arms lira tick May increase the Chance of non nuclear War. Casey weakened probe group Book says Washington \ " Maneu vers by inc Lute Cia Dirc Clor. William j. C any weakened White House oversight of foreign intelligence Piper Lions while Lair Iran Contra affair was taking shape according to a Hook by a former aide to president Reagan. The Book revolution by Martin Anderson published by Harcourt Brace Javanovich. Also says that inc former while Louuse chief of staff Ranald Regan abetted Casey in Bis move Al though he was uneasy about in. Anderson who was Reagan s chief Domestic policy adviser during pan of his first irm and became a member of the president s foreign intelligence advis Ory Lolard in his second term describe Steps leading up to a reorganisation of the Board in november 185. The Board originally 21 members was reduced to 14 by firing 11 members in
