Word: bonne
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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London: Christopher Ogden, Anne Constable Paris: Christopher Redman, Margot Hornblower European Economic Correspondent: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson, James L. Graff Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez
...corridors of the United Nations. "Is it possible that Gorbachev has reached the crucible?" asked a West German Kremlinologist. "Yes it is." Even a senior Soviet diplomat admitted, "The worst could happen, and it could come soon." Yet for all the jittery expressions of concern, officials in Bonn, Paris and London roundly dismissed any talk of burying Gorbachev prematurely. In Washington officials contended that the rumors had been fanned by the East Germans and Czechs, and resulted from wishful thinking...
...questioning produced the Bonn government's clearest admission to date of the real purpose of the facility, which Libya still maintains is a pharmaceutical plant. Said Chancellery Chief of Staff Wolfgang Schauble: "On the basis of secret-service intelligence reports, we must conclude that the plant in Rabta is capable of producing chemical weapons...
...Washington alone in conveying its alarm to Bonn over the Libyan project. Israeli intelligence officials also established the complicity of West German firms and in July notified their counterparts in Bonn of their findings. Unlike the U.S., however, Israel did not try to take the story public. One reason might be that West Germany has become the Israeli defense industry's best foreign customer. Bonn buys $300 million worth of ammunition and spare parts for tank guns and electronic equipment annually, helping provide employment for 7,000 Israeli workers...
...Bonn's denials also began to erode in the face of a series of embarrassing disclosures in the West German press. The most detailed appeared last Thursday in the weekly Stern, which traced the Libyan project to I.B.I. Engineering, a now defunct firm. I.B.I. had set up an office in Frankfurt through which the firm's chief, an exiled Iraqi arms merchant named Ihsan Barbouti, 64, orchestrated the involvement of Imhausen and as many as 30 other firms and individuals from West Germany, Switzerland and Austria. At least some of the equipment shipped to Libya was ostensibly purchased by I.B.I...