Word: cordiality
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...have traditionally sided with the nation that exerted the greatest influence in the region. During World War II, they first supported the Japanese, then the Allies. Now, with the U.S. in the process of reducing its military presence in Southeast Asia, the pragmatic Thais are expected to seek more cordial relations with China...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER, 65. An old G.O.P. rival, he is now a fairly cordial supporter of Nixon's, and as four-term Governor of New York he ranks among the nation's most experienced politicians. Main drawback: despite his age. Rocky reportedly still covets the presidency and might thus start acting on his own as soon as he was confirmed...
...most notable change involved the first hesitant steps toward the on-again, off-again merger of Egypt and Libya. While Waldheim was in Damas cus, where he got an unexpectedly cordial reception from Syria's government heads, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat was closeted at his country home, 50 miles north of Cairo, with Libya's mercurial strongman, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Sadat had just concluded a jet-propelled, hush-hush tour of his own to two oil-rich neighbors and Syria. With Saudi Arabia's King Feisal and the Emir of Qatar, Sadat had discussed...
Despite such tensions. Iran maintains overtly cordial relations with the Soviet Union, with whom it shares nearly 2,000 miles of common border. Indeed, Iran has even received antiaircraft guns and military vehicles, as well as economic aid. from the Soviets. But there is an edge to Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida's voice when he says: "Subversion under whatever name and from whatever source will not be tolerated in the Persian Gulf...
There were no monumental accords signed; yet the meetings enhanced both leaders' images as international statesmen. Overall, even the minor agreements served to spur on the momentum of cordial top-level negotiations between the two countries that began with Nixon's visit to Moscow last year...