Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rescue mission was roundly condemned by both Peking and Hanoi as an "act of piracy." But the Soviets had no public reaction at all by week's end. Elsewhere in the world, the operation drew mixed, though generally favorable, responses. An experienced French diplomat expressed a fairly typical complaint that "the same result might have been obtained with less violent methods and without the loss of lives." Britons and West Germans, however, generally expressed approval of the rescue operation. The Times of London called it "both right and effectively executed." Said a West German diplomat: "People understand that Ford could...
...failure of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's bilateral shuttle negotiations. As an alternative, the Russians have demanded "an early resumption" of the Geneva Conference, but as of last week it appeared that they were having second thoughts about reconvening the talks without thorough preparation. As one Western diplomat in Moscow put it, the Soviets were having trouble getting "all their Arabs lined up in a row." Last week Pravda, with some irritation, observed that "success at Geneva would be facilitated by a common Arab position on the Palestinian issue...
...initial-not a little condescending-supersen-sitivity about the feelings of new nations," wrote Moynihan, urging the U.S. to treat Third World nations "as equals" and to end its "extraordinarily passive, even compliant" policy toward them. Doubtless bearing that sharply worded article in mind, one Latin American diplomat at the U.N. last week called Moynihan's impending appointment "an American declaration of war on the Third World." While Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger certainly have nothing so drastic in mind, Moynihan at the U.N. does seem to signal a continuation of a new U.S. toughness in the world forum...
...contest of small units using land mines and rifle squads. Today regiments and full divisions supported by armor and artillery are pitted against one another in all-out conventional warfare. It is the Communists who are on the offensive. "The North Vietnamese divisions today," remarked a European diplomat in Saigon, "remind me of good World War II armies tearing toward Berlin...
...French Diplomat Louis de Guiringaud worked almost all night to break the deadlock, but failed. The next afternoon U.S. Under Secretary of State Charles W. Robinson flew home alone from Paris, and the remaining delegates to the international energy conference last week quietly ended their meeting...