23 MARCH 1985, page 11

The Soviet Union

Lucky funeral ... Mark Frankl and Moscow I t isn't easy to honour a dead statesman exactly as his merits demand. The late Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet President and Party leader......

Pacific Cold War?

Paul Johnson Sydney T he decision by New Zealand's Labour Prime Minister to ban American nuc- lear armed warships from his country's ports has led, in effect, to the scrapping......