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...soil, Washington might recognize them as a provisional government-in-arms. Such a scenario, which would require the U.S. to break diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, has been rumored for the past two years. But the Sandinistas apparently are growing more worried. Two weeks ago Carlos Tunnermann, the capable Nicaraguan Ambassador to Washington, gave up that post to become his country's representative to the Organization of American States. Says one U.S. official: "They don't want to lose him, in case the embassy here gets shut down...
...Howe went much further. After calling the act a "monstrous and inhumane" crime, he said, "It is totally unacceptable that the Syrian Ambassador, members of his staff and the Syrian authorities in Damascus should be involved with a criminal like Hindawi." Then, to a roar of approval from Members of Parliament, Howe gave his extraordinary news: "We have therefore decided to break diplomatic relations with Syria...
...move was also cheered by other Western governments. In Washington the White House announced that the U.S. was indefinitely withdrawing its Ambassador to Damascus to underscore its endorsement of the diplomatic cutoff. "We support the British decision," said White House Spokesman Larry Speakes. "In the coming days we will be in close consultation with Her Majesty's government and other allies regarding additional steps that we and others will take." In Ottawa, Minister of External Affairs Joe Clark announced that Canada was also calling home its Ambassador...
...administration source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the reduction was carried out gradually and was decided on after Britain broke relations with Syria and the United States recalled its ambassador from Syria, the major power broker in Lebanon...
Bush was just one of the U.S. officials caught last week in the ever widening web of intrigue surrounding the downed plane. Two days after Edwin Corr, the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, denied knowing Gomez, a Corr aide said the two men had lunched together. Meanwhile, Philip Buechler, a director in the State Department's Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office whose card was carried on the C-123K flight by Pilot William Cooper, angrily denied any connection with the supply runs. Said he: "Maybe it's none of anybody's business. Whatever happened to the right of privacy, to basic...