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...possibly aided by deliberate Kremlin disinformation. He does, however, have a reputation as the best-informed and most sophisticated Soviet leader since Lenin. Western diplomats who visited him in Moscow early in his tenure were impressed by his command of facts and sardonic humor. But French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson, who met Andropov last February, found him "extraordinarily devoid of the passion and human warmth" that Russians often display...
...CLAUDE CHEYSSON...
...carnage wearing a helmet and flak jacket. On Thursday, Secretary of State George Shultz conferred with his French, Italian and British counterparts in the Paris suburb La Celle-Saint-Cloud. After a five-hour meeting under unusually tight security, at a secluded 17th century chateau, French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson reiterated "the support of our governments for the Multi-National Force." In his nationwide address on television Thursday evening, President Ronald Reagan made the most forceful pitch for a continuation of the U.S. presence in Lebanon. Said he: "We cannot and will not dishonor them now, and the sacrifices they...
...many soldiers were presumed to be trapped under the debris, as many as 100 French troops could have perished. Declaring the bombing "an odious and cowardly attack," French Defense Minister Charles Hernu immediately departed for Beirut. "What kind of insanity are we talking about?" asked Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson. "This is madness." For France, it was the worst military loss since the end of the Algerian war 22 years...
...Britain and Japan, have tried to dissuade the government of President Francois Mitterrand from delivering the planes, but the nations succeeded only in postponing the shipment for several weeks. The French, who still refuse to confirm or deny that the planes were sent, made no apologies. Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson down-played the effect of any such shipment. "Five planes, more or less. What does that change?" he asked rhetorically. Other officials noted that the shipment was consistent with France's policy of quite openly favoring Iraq over Iran. The French also claimed that once Iran realizes that Iraq...