Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Truth seems to be most bitter when voiced by a diplomat or a person in the limelight. There are elements of truth in what you call the "bloopers" of Andrew Young [April...
...quite omnipotent, and the two main opposition groups - the Muslim United Development Party (P.P.P.) and the Democratic Party of Indonesia (P.D.I.) - had to endorse Suharto for President as a precondition for fielding any candidates at all. "There is no question that Suharto is in charge," said one foreign diplomat shortly before balloting began. "The military is united and they support him. The great mass of people think that things are as they are, and that's that...
...move toward resumption of U.S.-Cuban relations continues to gather momentum. Last week, for the first time since Washington severed ties with Fidel Castro's regime in 1961, a U.S. diplomat arrived in Havana. Terence Todman, Inter-Assistant American Affairs, Secretary of spent four State days for there concluding fishing-and maritime-rights agreements. Expected soon: the opening of a "U.S. interests" office in Havana...
...conference does get off the ground, much of the credit will belong to its prospective chairman, British Foreign Secretary David Owen, 38. Last week the neurologist-turned-diplomat returned to London from an eight-day fact-finding trip to Africa. He impressed both white and black leaders with his candor, youthful idealism and realistic understanding of the Rhodesian impasse. Rhodesian diplomats, who were angered by the cold aloofness of a team led in January by Britain's U.N. Ambassador, Ivor Richard, described Owen as "tough" and "refreshing." He is hopeful that the heads of the front-line states-Angola...
...other hand, as one Western diplomat in Kinshasa put it late last week, the new support from Morocco and the others "is a plus because it shows that Mobutu is not isolated. The Africans respect force. If Mobutu can put forces in the field, even foreign ones, it will inevitably enhance his stature...