Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last February involving Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and his British, French and West German counterparts. On the basis of the leaks, the French concluded that the U.S. was trying to pressure its allies into a joint stance of opposition to the Soviets' Afghan invasion. Said one French diplomat: "Giscard has no confidence that Carter can keep a secret...
...much remains to be done, its propaganda attributes most of the country's present troubles to "networks of subversion maintained by Washington and Peking." Charged Foreign Minister Thach in an interview with TIME: "The U.S. still has agents in Ho Chi Minh City." The 57-year-old career diplomat warned Washington not to use its new friendship with Peking against Viet Nam "if you want stability in this region...
...call for conferences received an equally cool welcome. The U.S. believes that summits are useful primarily to ratify agreements already reached. Otherwise, the fanfare surrounding such meetings leads to false hopes and possible misunderstandings. As for the Warsaw Pact proposals on arms control in Europe, a senior British diplomat suggested that the most effective means of lessening tensions would be for the Soviets to halt their deployment of SS-20 nuclear missiles...
Despite open skepticism, the lengthy Soviet proposals are being carefully studied by the West for passages that might lead to fruitful negotiations in the future. Argued a West German diplomat: "We need to take initiatives ourselves in this psychological warfare...
...British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, favor an immediate thrust toward a U.N. resolution recognizing the right of Palestinians to a homeland in return for acceptance by the Palestine Liberation Organization and all the Arab states of Israel's right to exist within secure frontiers. Says a ranking British diplomat: "I don't think we're going to let this one die a natural death. We really do believe we can help by just keeping up the momentum until such time as the U.S. is able to pick up the ball again...