Queen Beatrix kicks off a drive to improve relations be-
tween the Netherlands and the United States. Some
Reagan administration officials consider the Netherlands
an unreliable ally due to their neutralist stance and eco-
nomic strategies. The Dutch parliament says, "We are
misunderstood but Washington increasingly views the
Netherlands as a fair weather friend", who treated the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan lightly, refused to apply
sanctions against Moscow, and refused to accept a share
of medium-range nuclear weapons NATO wanted. Es-
pecially among the young, anti-nuclear and anti-American
sentiment runs strong; for this generation sees the United
States not as Holland's liberator from the Nazi German
occupation in WW II, but as an aggressor in Vietnam and El
Salvador. April 19, 1982
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