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...sudden, a flurry of diplomatic activity made it appear as though everyone was willing, even anxious, to sit down and discuss the complex crises in Central America. Nicaragua claimed that it was eager for talks with the U.S. The top U.S. diplomat in El Salvador proposed that the country's government should "consider options to end the massacre," which was interpreted to mean talking with the rebel leaders. Earlier, an American envoy had flown to Havana for talks with Cuban President Fidel Castro, suggesting to some that the two major Caribbean Basin antagonists might agree to work directly...
...that morning as a coup by young reformers turned into something that more resembled a comic opera. At 9 p.m., when the new leaders appeared on national television, it became painfully apparent that the young officers had no real plan for setting up a new government. Observed a foreign diplomat: "Unfortunately they came up with only half a plan-how to throw the rascals...
...third of the Sinai on April 25. Egypt also does not want to give Israel any reason to back out of the continuing Camp David talks on autonomy for the Palestinians. For similar reasons, the Reagan Administration was keeping silent. The tension on the West Bank, said one U.S. diplomat, was something that Washington "just has to live with and pray it doesn't get worse...
...experts anticipate the imminent renewal of a Sino-Soviet alliance. Says a Western diplomat in Moscow: "The Chinese have not changed their strategic posture, which holds that the real threat comes from the Soviet Union." Last week Peking once again attacked the Soviet Union as the "most dangerous source of war in the world today." In a reference to the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, which many Chinese interpreted as a move to encircle their country with pro-Soviet states, the People's Daily warned: "Don't forget Afghanistan...
...future, the revolutionary government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini has discovered that a protracted war has its benefits as well as its penalties. The Iraqi invasion has served to unify Iran in the midst of revolutionary turmoil, rallying disparate and even dissident elements behind a patriotic cause. Says one Arab diplomat who has had extensive dealings with Tehran: "The Iranians now believe that the longer the war goes on the more they are in control. With every week that passes they feel they are placing added pressure on Saddam to resign...