Word: diplomatized
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Such a comprehensive settlement would almost certainly open more doors in Africa to him. It would probably blunt the sanctions drive in Europe and America. It might even be enough to launch the regional heads-of-government conference that Botha wants so much to attend. A senior British diplomat observes that the front line is holding firm now, "but it is beginning to wobble." In the meantime, Botha can count on two more summits in coming months when Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko and Mozambique's Joaquim Chissano pay the return visits they have promised. Yet the real payoff...
...dares say it out loud. But hopes are rising that some or all of the 15 hostages (nine of them American) being held by terrorists in Lebanon may at last be freed. Not tomorrow; a senior British diplomat predicts that the process of arranging a release will require "months rather than weeks." But he quickly adds that freedom might be expected in "months rather than years." Subject, that is, to one gargantuan if: the terrorists and their mentors in the government of Iran for once must refrain from posing financial or political ransom demands that would force Washington, London...
...some new respect for the shy but persistent Perez de Cuellar, whose steady, closed-door approach to diplomacy is now bearing fruit. Both sides in the Iran-Iraq conflict say it was only because they trusted Perez de Cuellar that they were ultimately willing to talk. Says an Iraqi diplomat: "He is a man of his word, and he does not take sides...
...that the U.S. had intercepted Iraqi military communications confirming that lethal gas had been used against the Kurds. Iraq promptly rejected U.N. inspection as a challenge to its sovereignty and instead invited journalists to tour the disputed area, a move that many interpreted as an artful dodge. A British diplomat dryly observed, "Experts are trained to detect signs that might escape journalists...
Reports indicated soldiers shot at mostly unarmed protesters near the main government administrative building, the U.S. Embassy, Sule Pagoda and Rangoon General Hospital, which has become a major rallying point for the protesters. An Asian diplomat said the hospital subsequently admitted 67 people...