Word: diplomat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Other alarming cases have since surfaced. Earlier this month two Japanese businessmen and two Hungarian diplomats were indicted in Asheville, N.C., and charged with diverting to Hungary an advanced U.S. laser trimming system used to manufacture semiconductors. The product had been shipped from Charlotte, N.C., to Tokyo as an ordinary "carpet trimmer." From there it was smuggled to Budapest as part of a diplomat's "household goods." The Hungarians, according to the indictment, paid the Japanese $380,000 for their trouble...
Schooled as an electrical engineer, Ben Ali received military training in France and in the U.S. Director of military security from 1958 to 1974, he became Interior Minister in 1986. According to Western diplomats, Ben Ali shrewdly avoided becoming a victim of Bourguiba's purges by convincing the President of his loyalty. "He managed to cultivate that 'I am your son' image," said one diplomat. Starting last summer, Ben Ali gave speeches to the party faithful in an attempt to build support and shed his reputation as a military...
...will be difficult to keep. His main challenge will be Islamic fundamentalism, the chief opposition movement in the country. Ben Ali displayed sound judgment when he reportedly intervened to prevent mass executions of the militants convicted in September. "He recognizes the danger of going too far," said one Western diplomat. An acknowledgment of limits will be an asset if Ben Ali is to succeed as the second President of the troubled North African nation...
...concern is the Torrejon air base outside Madrid, which houses 72 F-16 fighters assigned to help protect NATO's southern and central flanks. The Spanish want all the F-16s redeployed to some other country. The U.S. has offered to remove one-third of them. Concluded a European diplomat: "The two sides are at a dead...
...respondents believed it was necessary to reform the political structure. When the Novosti press agency surveyed a sample group of Moscow factory workers after the Central Committee plenum last June for their views on democratization and glasnost, 83% said neither had reached the necessary levels. A Western diplomat in Beijing explains, "Once managers begin making economic decisions for themselves, they will be less willing to have political decisions made for them." If so, then a third revolution in thinking may still lie ahead before the race to reform reaches the finish line...