Rather than brook a perceived interference in its internal affairs. the Soviet Union chose to deny itself the benefit of U.S. credits and mostfavorednation trade status. Nations do not permit their perceptions of selfinterest and their policies to be changed by cash. Credits are withheld. and Soviet emigration policy is not liberalized. Credits and other concessions have been granted. and evidently it was naive for Secretary Kissinger to think that in the name of a detente pursued by such means. the Soviet role in Indochina or elsewhere would be altered. The $300 million ceiling on Exim credit which finally emerged last year was prompted by an awareness of these limitations. but also by an appreciation of the connection between economic and political issues.
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