Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coming to Washington at the end of February. Lawrence Eagleburger, whom Haig had designated Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, managed to insert a clear-cut endorsement of the 1979 decision into the text of remarks that Reagan would make during a public appearance with Thatcher. Eagleburger, a career diplomat and former aide to Henry Kissinger, was, like Haig, concerned with reassuring the Europeans that the new Administration felt bound to preserve a certain amount of continuity in U.S. policy. The ploy worked. Now the President had committed his Administration to following both tracks, deployment and negotiation...
...mind. Denktash also sought to gain international attention, impatient as he is over the stalemate in negotiations with the Greeks. Moreover, some observers insist, he has personal ambitions. "He wouldn't be happy being the governor of a Turkish province [of a federal Cypriot republic]," said a Western diplomat last week...
...energy rich of the Arab gulf nations, officials have allocated $75.4 billion for the current fiscal year, down 17% from the previous period. But the region's wealth remains so great that such cutbacks have not yet caused much hardship. "The gold rush is over," says one U.S. diplomat stationed in the area. "But that doesn't mean that there's no gold out here. It just means that you can't pick up the nuggets on the street any more...
Chayes, who was at a formal lunch hosted by the Venezuelan ambassador, learned of the assassination when the diplomat was called back to his embassy. Back at the State Department, Chayes, who was then Legal Advisor to the State Department, and coworkers gathered in his office to listen for news...
...addition, the U.S. will want Israel to be more forthcoming on negotiations dealing with the future of the West Bank. Washington will also ask Israel to stop protesting loudly about U.S. attempts to maintain good relations and secure arms deals with moderate Arab states. Says a top U.S. diplomat: "Israel has got to understand that cooperation does not mean exclusivity. We can and must be friends with both." Most of all, U.S. officials hope the newly forged bond with Israel will send a fresh signal to Damascus. "Assad has been smelling weakness, and that's bad," notes an Administration...