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...Prime Minister is "as untutored about law as he is about economics." But last week Shamir decided he wanted Moda'i in his Cabinet. Peres balked. As the new Foreign Minister, Peres was determined that he should be permitted to name a close aide as the new Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. This time Shamir balked...
...week's end, with more perilous matters facing the country, Peres and Shamir agreed that Moda'i would rejoin the Cabinet but only as a Minister Without Portfolio. Shamir conceded to Peres the power to nominate the new U.S. Ambassador, but reserved for himself the right of veto. To be sure, a new fracas could break out at any time within the fragile ruling coalition. But for the moment, the way was cleared at last for the rotation to take place this week...
Last July, Alex Goldfarb appealed to Armand Hammer, 88, chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and a friend of Soviet leaders for some 60 years, for help. Last week, when Hammer was in the Soviet Union, he met Anatoly Dobrynin, the former Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. "I'd like to take Mr. Goldfarb home with me tomorrow," said Hammer. Replied Dobrynin: "That's impossible." Said Hammer: "Anatoly, I'm accustomed to doing the impossible." Later, Dobrynin telephoned Hammer to say, "Permission granted." Hammer rushed to tell Goldfarb, who was in a hospital with multiple ailments, including failing eyesight, diabetes...
...then Assistant Secretary of War, shaped a vague "declaration" to Japan that was agreeable to other U.S. officials but that did nothing to avert the use of the Bomb. Bohlen, a career man in the Foreign Service, was instrumental in getting the views of his lifelong friend and fellow Ambassador to Moscow George Kennan accepted in Washington. "A curious blend of arrogance and insecurity, haughtiness and self-pity" is how Isaacson and Thomas describe Kennan. Yet they have no doubts about his unmatched foresight. He predicted the Sino- Soviet split and accurately saw that Russia would continue...
Even so, experts testifying last week before the House Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs were not convinced of Washington's innocence. Robert White, Ambassador to El Salvador under Jimmy Carter, charged that the "CIA bears primary responsibility for U.S. (supply) operations inside the Ilopango airport." White's claim was buttressed by a nine-month report conducted by the staff of Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. Kerry, who released the study last week, said it "raises serious questions about whether the U.S. has abided by the law in its handling of the contras over the past three years. Until...