Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...warm sentiments: "Brilliant move." "Courageous feat." "Well done." In Fergus Falls, Minn., Radio Station KBRF got an enthusiastic response to its suggestion that listeners send I LOVE YOU valentine messages to Flora MacDonald, Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs, who, as her nation's top diplomat, had proudly confirmed the rescue story...
Despite the secrecy, the available facts provided a fascinating tale of intrigue, involving CIA-doctored documents and bold "rehearsals" in Tehran on how to slip the Americans past Iranian airport inspectors. The plot's mastermind and instant hero was Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, 45, a gregarious diplomat whose gravelly voice and hearty laugh had made him a popular intermediary between visiting Westerners and Iran's unpredictable government officials. His superiors, Prune Minister Clark and Secretary MacDonald, let Taylor direct every detail of the risky rescue...
...fugitives split up after walking about four blocks. They agreed to meet later at the British embassy. But by the next day the student militants had taken control of that embassy, too, holding it for about five hours. As King was not a U.S. diplomat, his problems were more financial than political. Equipped with new documents, he managed to borrow money for air passage home and flew...
...Soviet orbit. Many European foreign policy experts also insist that the occupation of Afghanistan gives the West a golden opportunity to turn the Third World against the Soviets, but that this chance will be lost if Soviet-Western relations deteriorate into a new cold war. Says one Italian diplomat: "If there is a confrontation, the Third World would not be able to align itself with the West because this would cause internal problems with its population. But if the West avoided a confrontation, it could rally Third World countries and the Soviet Union would be isolated...
...ruled his country uninterruptedly since 1945, sitting in a wheelchair, smiling broadly at his two sons. Because of his age, the critical postoperative period could last for several weeks. But the official Tanjug news agency said that Tito had already resumed "some of his duties." Commented a Western diplomat in Belgrade: "He's a tough old bird, and according to everything else we've heard, he's in pretty good overall shape...