Opposition to the NATO actions in Serbia may hinder progress toward arms reduction, but the dispute should not cause the unraveling of existing agreements or the dusting off of the leftover Soviet nuclear arsenal. Russia's response to the Kosovo conflict consists of plans to send seven vessels from its Black Sea fleet through the Bosporus into the Mediterranean, where it already has one intelligence-gathering ship. Still, President Boris Yeltsin has pledged to keep Russia out of the military conflict, making the response more political than military. Russia's concern about the intervention in Serbia is understandable in view of its traditional ties to the Serbs. But at some point Russia could play an important role in reaching a settlement of the conflict and should be encouraged by NATO members to continue in that quest.
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The key to success was winning over the Teamsters Local 399 leader, Leo Reed, who represents the union truck drivers and resisted grant-ing concessions sought by the producers. Governor Cayetano and City Councilman Mufi Hannemann played major roles in clinching the deal.