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...week's end the negotiating process was interrupted as Ambassador Parsons flew back to London to consult with his government. There was no indication of whether his departure was an omen for good or ill, although Parsons on arriving in Britain declared that this week "things will move very rapidly one way or another." Underscoring that point, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sounded far from hopeful as she told a Conservative Party audience in Perth, Scotland, that a negotiated settlement of the Falklands dispute "may prove unattainable." Said she with passion: "I hope with all my heart that...
Complaining that O'Neill had displayed "no give whatsoever," the President met with five Republican leaders from the Hill to plan future strategy sessions. Reagan said he would "consult with responsible members of the Democratic Party in the Congress to make this a truly bipartisan effort." But the only Democrat he approached was House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Jones, whom the President praised for acting responsibly throughout the budget talks...
...Secretary-General, Javier Pérez de Cuellar. Even though British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had earlier ruled out the possibility of any U.N.-sponsored peace effort, British Foreign Secretary Francis Pym announced in London that he would be returning to the U.S., first to consult with Secretary of State Haig and then to visit the U.N. in Manhattan. But Pym also had tough words for Costa Méndez: "Let him put his money where his mouth is. All the junta has to do is officially apply for British transit permission for troops to be withdrawn [from the islands...
...announcement of the bank's participation in a consortium loan to South Africa in September 1980. Much to the Corporation's dismay, Harvard's commendable action received unexpectedly widespread press coverage and proved highly embarrassing to Citibank and the South African regime. Soon after, Citibank dispatched a representative to consult with the Corporation and lobby University officials to relax their present policy. The Corporation responded by applying pressure on the ACSR to approve the repeal of the 1978 concession, but the ACSR proved itself more than an ornamental rubber-stamp and voted down the proposal in May 1981. The ACSR...
...rested on the Senate's keeping the President's promise to the Saudi ruling family to sell the reconnaissance aircraft. Taken to its logical extreme, that philosophy would strip the Senate of all responsibility for foreign agreements, leaving it at the mercy of Presidents who strike deals first and consult Congress later. It would also effectively nullify any post-Vietnam limits on executive foreign policy making privileges...