Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final makeup of the Politburo, its Standing Committee and the party Secretariat will not be known until early this week, it appears that the top positions will be divided almost evenly between reformers and conservatives. The result will be continuing stalemates that only Deng can break. Said a Western diplomat in Beijing: "Deng has made it clear that he will have to continue to run the show...
...shooting in the gulf climaxed a series of bluffs and threats from Iranian naval forces in the wake of the Sept. 21 seizure of the Iran Ajr, which was disabled by U.S. helicopters as it was laying mines. Although the Iranians have come under increasing diplomatic pressure and have been bloodied in recent confrontations with the U.S., they "are bolder and more belligerent than ever," says a Bahrain-based Western diplomat. Previously the diplomat thought Iran would not dare to attack American ships. Now he says, "We're headed for a confrontation...
...well beyond conditions the U.S. has tried to press on any other nation. Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon observed that Reagan's requirement "isn't a standard we apply to Albania or China" -- nations with which the U.S. nevertheless does business. Says Wayne Smith, a former U.S. diplomat and sharp critic of the Administration: "The Sandinistas are Reagan's MobyDick, and he is their Captain Ahab...
...Madrid, is favorably disposed toward Washington, he is expected to keep his distance lest he offend Mexican sensibilities. "Salinas is hardheaded enough to know that Mexico's future is bound to the U.S. and not to a tiny Third World country in Central America," says a European diplomat based in Mexico City, referring to Nicaragua. "But there has to be a little prickliness in the relationship for it to be right...
ABOUT this time our good friend Buddy Commyovich, the Russian diplomat, comes sneaking up to the table wearing a trench coat and a touring cap pulled low down over his face. "Hey, guys," he whispers, "Spot...