Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that were not enough, Pretoria's official exports within the continent have risen by 40% this year, and promise to reach a record $800 million. Any Western blow against South Africa could amount to a killer blow against many of the so-called frontline states. Warns a South African diplomat in London: "Whereas it would take years, perhaps longer, to bring South Africa's economy to its knees, those of the frontline states could be in shambles within months...
...only power in a position to exert influence over Israel. Therefore the U.S. and the Arabs still need the help and cooperation of each other. But this is not much comfort at a time of such desperately flagging spirits. Surveying the political landscape last week, a senior British diplomat concluded, "The prospects for a Middle East settlement are worse than they have been for a very long time...
Allied officials leaked word that unless the measure was rescinded, their countries might retaliate by canceling planned high-level visits to East Germany. U.S. diplomats in Bonn denied reports that the responses under consideration could include, as a last resort, a break in relations. But, warned one U.S. diplomat, "talk of it might just sober up the East German government...
...long SASC sit-in at the Harvard Corporation's headquarters at 17 Quincy St., Kashani invited the South African consulate general to address a closed meeting of conservative at Lowell House. A mob of students, including many SASC members, blockaded Lowell House, preventing the departure of the South African diplomat until the police were able to extricate him. Following this incident, the University revived a Vietnam-era disciplinary committee which eventually placed 10 students--all SASC members--on academic probation for the Lowell blockade...
While neither side lost face in the negotiations over the plane, Peking clearly gained ground in its efforts to portray Taiwan as an integral part of China. Said one West European diplomat: "It seems that the rest of the world has accepted Peking's position that its dealing with Taiwan is an internal matter." Faced with that reality, Taiwan's nearly 40-year-old policy of the "three nos" may find itself bending more and more with the prevailing wind...