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West, East s By Cindy Pierce *-? ? a i?? nasi-west relations are drifting apart, Sir Oliver Wright said Friday afternoon in Gambrell Hall. Wright, British ambassador to Washington, D.C., was in Columbia to talk to U?C students about Britain's viewpoint of NATO alliance and U.S. relations with Europe concerning the Soviet Union. Major differences in America's and Britain's economy and views to the Soviet Union are causing the two continents tr? Hrift nnart in Mjywiv III pviiiivai IVI lUdv Wright said. AMERICA'S CENTER of economy is shifting from the Northeast to the West, while Britain has found a new role in the European community. Britain generates more international trade and now has the attributes to become an economic superpower, Wright said. "The definition of a superpower is a power that no one else can push nrnnnH " hf caJH Wright said the two countries used different approaches to the Soviet problem after the Korean Airline incident. 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Americans shouldn't accuse the Soviets of recklessness. The Soviets are paranoid, but one must remember their strength, Wright said. The United States and Britain must share continuity and a will to survive. The United States should use the Soviets' views of human rights and their treatment of satellite countries as a reminder of what the fight is about. "If I had a wish, to celebrate the bicentennial of the Treaty of Paris (signed by the United States and Britain after the American Revolution), it would be that there's enough continuity in Western policy as in Soviet policy," Wright said. "There was nothing new in the KAL incident, and nothing was surprising in their reaction. It should have reminded us of something we would like to forget," he said. AN IMPORTANT idea is that "Soviet actions are also counterproductive," Wright said. "They are their own enemies." If the Korean Airliner was never shot down, U.S. Congress may not have approved the MX missiles. 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