Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...speculate that Heller might join forces with Johnson and the two other Reagan appointees to form a new majority in favor of faster money growth and lower interest rates. That could undermine the leadership of Volcker, who fears that stimulative policies could rekindle inflation. Heller, though, was playing the diplomat. Said he: "I have a lot of respect for the chairman...
...accord that Mikhail Gorbachev can point to if he joins Reagan at a summit this year. Last week they presented a draft treaty incorporating their earlier proposals for reducing medium-range weapons. Kampelman was quick to knock it down. "There was nothing new in that treaty," said the diplomat. "It was merely a formal treaty carrying out statements they had previously made...
...leader, who first came to power when Soviet troops stormed Kabul in December 1979, was denied a private audience by Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The following month Karmal abruptly disappeared from view, even failing to show up at his country's Revolutionary Day parade--the equivalent, noted a Western diplomat in Islamabad, of "staying away from one's own birthday party." Meanwhile, the Soviet newspaper Pravda ran a front-page story attacking Karmal's failure to build a stable base of support for his Communist regime. Rumors had it that the Afghan chieftain was visiting the Soviet Union for treatment...
...seems unlikely to lead his country in any radically new directions. However, having built the secret police into a disciplined, KGB-style network of 60,000 agents, the major general may bring a new intensity to the civil war with the mujahedin rebels. Najibullah is, says a European diplomat in Islamabad, "an efficient killer...
...past year Mikhail Gorbachev has attempted to build an image of a new style of Moscow ruler--responsible, candid and sophisticated. Yet today's Soviet leadership looked very much like those of the past. Soviet credibility in Western Europe, which had been a target of much of the new diplomatic offensive, has been particularly damaged. Gorbachev's goal of taking up the mantle of the recognized champion of a nuclear-free world has certainly been set back. Last Tuesday, when a Soviet diplomat was trying to elicit West German help with the accident cleanup while providing as little information...