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Although military action was decided on Monday, April 7, final approval of a plan and targets did not come until the following Sunday. That allowed time for a last-minute mission by Vernon Walters, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and a veteran troubleshooter, to sound out European allies on their attitudes. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, he visited in quick succession London, Madrid, Bonn, Paris and Rome...
Walters implied that Spain also had refused overflight permission before he got to Madrid Saturday. Said the Ambassador: "Sometimes it is better not to ask the question when you don't think you will like the answer." But Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez said later that during his meeting with Walters, the Ambassador--again on a what-if basis--specifically asked if Spain would permit overflight, or, failing that, at least allow tanker planes taking off from Spanish bases to refuel the F-111s in flight over the Atlantic. Whenever asked, Gonzalez replied with a firm...
That optimistic assessment stemmed from last week's visit to Washington by Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin, who has just completed 24 years of service as Moscow's man in the capital and who now takes on a job as a senior foreign policy adviser to Gorbachev. In his talks with Reagan and other Administration officials, Dobrynin continued to refrain from setting an actual date for a summit. But he did bring word that Soviet Foreign Minister Edward Shevardnadze was prepared to come to Washington for talks with Shultz on May 14 and 15 to lay the groundwork for a summit conference...
Until the assault on Fao, the Iraqis seemed to be in control of the military situation. Says one Western ambassador: "We used to ask how long the Iraqis could sustain such costly victories. Now we wonder how long they can sustain such costly defeats." Nonetheless, the Iraqi command seems to have regained its composure since the first weeks of the Iranian onslaught. They are well prepared for a long-predicted Iranian offensive through the Hawazia marshes that flank the highway north of Basra, which is just 50 miles from Fao. Defensive earthworks have been built along the road, with machine...
Some of the affected countries are trying to fight back with promotional campaigns. Greece is running a $3 million U.S. video-and-print promotion that stars such non-Hellenic celebrities as Sally Struthers and E.G. Marshall, who proclaim that they are "going home to Greece." A former Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S., Ashraf Ghorbal, went on a goodwill tour of six American states last month to boost his country's image among travel writers and politicians. Governments have improved security in recent months, but the displays of armed force in some cases may have frightened off more tourists than terrorists...