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...Germany all but applauded it. By last week, however, each of the Western powers appeared to understand that an opportunity was at hand, and seemed eager to ensure that it not be squandered. With these forces at work, Clinton sent National Security Advisor Anthony Lake to London, Paris and Bonn (Spain, Italy and Russia were later added to the itinerary) with the new plan in his briefcase. Lake was accompanied by Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Peter Tarnoff...
Such earnest talk may leave cynics wondering whether the Clintonites were still analyzing leadership more than exercising it. The early reports are not encouraging. "The whole deck was reshuffled," said one German diplomat after the meeting in Bonn, "and Lake and Tarnoff came here not showing a great deal of imagination." A French diplomat called the U.S. visit a "very positive element" and said, "We feel that the Contact Group should first develop a common approach and then present it to the parties in ex-Yugoslavia." It would appear that in neither case did the Americans take charge...
...Reported by Edward Barnes/Bihac, Massimo Calabresi/Banja Luka, Dean Fischer and Douglas Waller/Washington, Alexandra Stiglmayer/Zagreb and Bruce van Voorst/ Bonn...
...ship before it reached French waters off the Mururoa atoll where eight tests are planned, was "totally over the top." To make matters worse, the incident fell on the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the first Rainbow Warrior by French agents in New Zealand. Protesters in London, Bonn, Hong Kong and other cities carried effigies of French President Jacques Chirac, chained themselves to the gates of French diplomatic compounds or held angry rallies. French Prime Minister Alain Juppe, unmoved, said the tests were in the national interest. "The French have no pangs of conscience about that," says TIME Paris...
...everything seemed normal. He had recently returned from home leave in Moscow, and there were no signs of trouble. But two days later, he was recalled, ostensibly to discuss a new assignment. Four days after that, his wife Raisa and their two children were hustled out of Bonn after being told that they were being given a new apartment in Moscow. En route to the airport, Raisa realized she'd forgotten her passport. When she returned to the apartment, she saw that it had been ransacked by the kgb. Varenik didn't have time to alert the CIA before...