Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...King's activism worries some of his supporters. One high Western diplomat, for example, fears that Bhumibol might tarnish his image as an individual above politics, and thus deprive the Thais of "the one thing they have going for them: the stability that the King provides." In that case, unrest and turmoil could mount and lead to a return of military rule. As one member of the constitutional-drafting committee puts it: "The military has the guns and planes. All we have to stop them is the constitution and our idealism." For the moment, at least, idealism in Thailand...
...Touch. Faced with such an impasse, Kissinger and Tho could do little in their meeting last week but reaffirm their support of the Paris agreement and promise to keep in touch. "No amount of official hand wringing on the Avenue Kleber," remarked a Western diplomat in Saigon, "can affect Hanoi's attempt to hold and aggrandize, and Saigon's attempt to prove that that hold doesn't exist...
...European diplomat has spoken out as strongly as Jobert against a major Kissinger achievement: American-Soviet detente. In an interview last week in his Quai d'Orsay offices with TIME
...Sadat reshuffled his army's command. He replaced his Chief of Staff, Lieut. General Saadeddin Shazli, who had been praised only two months ago for his troops' daring canal crossing. The new Chief of Staff is Major General Mohamed Abdel Ghani el Gamasi, the soft-spoken officer-diplomat who represented the Egyptians at the Kilometer 101 negotiations. This change, as well as the appointment of new commanders for the Second and Third Armies, was interpreted in Cairo as a strong indication of Egypt's desire for a peaceful settlement...
...orthodoxy, has so far done little to check the feeling of governmental drift. Although his appointment was widely praised by business leaders, it has failed to quell intraparty squabbling. "All they seem to care about is how it will affect the Upper House elections in July," said one Western diplomat last week...