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Gor bachev is the smiling master of pub- [lic relations just like any American [politician,” Frank E. Vandiver, pres ident of Texas A&M University, [said. Although an unabashed admirer [of Gorbachev, Dimitri K. Simes, Se nior Associate and Director of the Carnegie Endowment for Interna tional Peace’s Project on U.S.-Soviet Relations, said the General Secretary I should not be seen as American. “Gorbachev is an admirable ad versary,” Simes said, “but he has his own heritage, a Russian one. ‘The real problem in Soviet- American relations is not that we misunderstand each other. It is that we understand each other too well — and we don’t like what we see,” he said. These nations are not at each other throats because of similar po litical and social systems but because of conflicting interests, he said. Glasnost translates to public dis closure. Its purpose is to promote perestroika, or restructuring a set of reforms to loosen totalitarian control over economic, social and private life. Simes said Americans either be lieve glasnost is a charade, or it is the beginning of a democracy. "Glasnost is not a creation to lull I the west into a false sense of security, it is a real Soviet policy,” he said. “The slogan was used by Russian dissidents for several centuries,” he said. “Gorbachev was not born yes terday. He knew the message glas- nosf would send and the fact that he chose it is remarkable.” The Soviets felt they had no alter native to glasnost, he said. “The economic growth rate was down, the mortality rate was up, al- cohal consumption was rising and patriotic enthusiasm was down,” he said. “The people were cynical and the ruling class was deteriorating. They knew things had to be turned around. “The Soviet people want a leader to succeed. Unless he makes gross mistakes, the people won’t turn against him.” Some Americans predict that when glasnost takes effect, it will make the Soviet Union a more plu ralistic, economically advanced country that will not have time to worry about exterminating others, he said. Americans want to think of glas nost in familiar terms, but they need to understand it on Russian terms, Simes said. “The Soviet Union will not turn into the United States,” he said. “People are trying to compare apples and oranges. Glasnost means more socialism. The people can only express opinions that express social ism and that won’t change.” When Gorbachev addresses the media he tells them to be coura geous, bold and entrepreneurial, but he also wants them to follow a gov ernment agenda. There is no west ern freedom of the press, he said. “The media is being manipulated for a purpose — but not for free dom,” he said. Glasnost is not without Soviet crit ics. Party officials don’t like criticism and many of the people aren’t com fortable with it, he said. Glasnost hasn’t affected lives yet. It hasn’t changed living conditions. It is exciting to intellectuals, but Gor bachev must capture the imagina tion of the common people. Until then, glasnost is just a slogan, he said. “The Soviet people have a social contract with their government,” he said. “The Soviet Union is a welfare state. People are taken care of and are not bothered with the responsi bility of government.” Photo by Beth Murray Dr. Dimitri Simes, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Project on U.S.-Soviet relations, discusses glasnost Wednesday night. tudent conference examines attitudes Professionals: AIDS funding not enough LUBBOCK (AP) — Health care professionals who work with AIDS patients told members of a legislative task force Tuesday that more funding is needed to care for patients. In the second of eight public hearings around the state, the task force heard testimony from more than a dozen doctors, pub lic health officials and others about the economic burden of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and existing programs for patient care. Charged with developing rec ommendations for state AIDS policies, the task force is sched uled to give its report to the next legislature. Although specific figures were not cited, most witnesses agreed that AIDS is not confined to Texas’ urban areas. “While, admittedly, the AIDS problem is greater in the larger urban areas, in no way does the rural habitat discriminate against that terrible organism,” Dr. Bern- hard Mittemeyer, executive vice president of the Texas Tech Uni versity Health Sciences Center, said. Dr. Anthony Way of the Lub bock Health Department said leg islative help is needed to protect AIDS patients from job and hous ing discrimination. 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