Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guest identified himself as a diplomat attached to the Bulgarian embassy in Belgrade, but he had come to see me in an "entirely private and unofficial capacity." He said he was "a personal friend" of Lukanov's, who had apparently contacted him through some sort of Balkan back channel and asked him to prevail on me, "very discreetly," not to run the story...
...reporter hates to lose a story, especially at the behest of a Communist diplomat who makes house calls. But journalists also have to be careful about a version of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in physics: sometimes by observing -- and reporting -- a phenomenon, we alter it, perhaps to the detriment of people who have cooperated with us. If, as Lukanov feared, publishing a profile of him were to end a career that was supposedly so promising, then not only would I have burned my source but I would also have misinformed my readers. So I swallowed hard and sent a cable...
...move any military units eastward after unification. It was only after a reassuring two-hour discussion with Genscher that Shevardnadze agreed to the two-plus-four formula, and U.S. officials say the Soviets have been more flexible in private than in public. In London a high-ranking British diplomat said, "They are already talking to us as if it were a fait accompli." Said a senior Soviet diplomat: "We of course would prefer a neutral Germany under our influence. If that cannot be . . . we would prefer the Genscher plan to an unanchored neutral Germany on its own. It is better...
...proved to be a huge embarrassment. Amid a blizzard of rumors and allegations of spying for the KGB and kinky sex with a Viennese prostitute known only as "Tina," U.S. diplomat Felix Bloch has survived the obsessive scrutiny of both the press and the FBI without blowing his cool. None of the accusations have stuck, however, and though he has been on administrative leave since June, Bloch continues to draw his $80,000 salary. While still convinced there is substance to the charges, the FBI reluctantly scaled back its investigation in December...
...dour diplomat without triggering a potentially compromising countersuit? Last week a frustrated State Department, invoking a little-known statute, prepared to fire Bloch "in the interest of national security." Precisely what national-security "interest" was not disclosed. After so many months of stonewalling, how far will Bloch go to defend himself? Prosecutors are concerned that the State Department's action could jeopardize an already shaky criminal case...