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...energetic diplomat who made shuttle diplomacy famous during the Nixon and Ford Administrations has maintained a whirlwind pace ever since his controversial appointment by President Reagan last month. He has conferred with congressional leaders and huddled with the top-ranking diplomats of Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, the so-called Contadora group that is seeking a negotiated settlement in the region. He has also talked with the envoys of all the Central American nations involved in the conflict, including the new ambassador from the U.S.-opposed Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. But, amid all the activity, Kissinger still found time...
...first it seemed like a standard spy story. Last April, six weeks after sweeping to power, the government of Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke expelled Valeri Ivanov, a Soviet diplomat, for espionage. To the government's embarrassment, however, the story refused to leave along with the diplomat. Two weeks ago, Special Minister of State Mick Young resigned when it was learned that he had talked to a lobbyist about confidential Cabinet security committee discussions concerning David Combe, a former Labor official who had become friendly with the Russian. Moreover, it was widely believed that similar information had been leaked...
...acquiesce in his choice of a retired admiral, Gerald Thomas, to replace Hinton. But senior members of the Foreign Service, led by Under Secretary Lawrence Eagleburger, balked at the appointment, claiming it was an insult to the department's professionals. Shultz eventually prevailed in placing a career diplomat, Thomas Pickering, in San Salvador, but the Secretary's pliant attitude served to reinforce the image of State Department weakness...
...patrol southern Lebanon once the redeployment was completed. When Gemayel finished his talks in Washington, according to a top State Department official, the U.S. promised "to do the best possible with the given circumstances." What was accomplished last week is not likely to satisfy Gemayel, but as a U.S. diplomat candidly admitted, "there was no alternative...
...Communist standards. Nor does the policy break new ground when compared with Premier Alexei Kosygin's largely unsuccessful effort to decentralize Soviet industry in the 1960s. It might take years before the changes could be applied outside the factories that were singled out last week. Said a Western diplomat: "Andropov is gently approaching the tricky question of how to decentralize a state-run economy...