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...secret of his success, says former U.S. Diplomat Averell Harriman, is his special gift of understanding "the other man's point of view," thereby gaining the precious element of trust. No talent is more vital in the Middle East, and Philip Charles Habib, 61, has so far used it impressively during his eleven-week mission. Says one Israeli admirer: "If he hears the word no, he pretends he hasn't heard...
...prospect of another Begin government evoked no joy in European capitals, and there was even less cause for celebration over the likelihood of many more months of political uncertainty. One senior British diplomat reasoned that even a strong Begin government would have been preferable to.a weak one that would make the Prime Minister more difficult to deal with, especially if his support comes from the extremists. "We expect him to pursue a tough and adventurous policy toward his Arab neighbors, with the threat of force never far from the surface," said the official...
...disease than a collection of symptoms. Chief among them is a growing fear of a nuclear confrontation with the Soviets and a conviction among the disaffected (which Moscow skillfully exploits) that the country is merely a pawn in the bellicose designs of the Reagan Administration. Says one senior Western diplomat based in Bonn: "It comes as a surprise at first, but a generation of West Germans who remember neither the war nor the cold war are perfectly capable of accepting Soviet statements at face value...
...professional diplomat with some 30 years of experience abroad, including long stints in France's former colonies and eight years as a member of the Brussels-based European Commission, Claude Cheysson, 61, is expected to have a strong hand not only in explaining but in shaping Mitterrand's foreign policy. Cheysson took an hour last week to outline his views to TIME Correspondents Henry Muller and Jordan Bonfante. Excerpts...
...timing, at least, Israel may have been right about the raid. So thinks a senior Western diplomat in Beirut, who feels that the Israelis suspect, correctly, that as the Reagan Administration clarifies its Middle East policy, "it will almost certainly move more in favor of the Arabs. So, if a strike against Iraq were necessary, there would never be a better time." The same diplomat doubts that Israel will soon strike the Syrian missiles in Lebanon. Says he: "Any attempt to remove the missiles will involve Israeli casualties, and the last thing the Israeli Prime Minister needs as the country...