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Schooled as an electrical engineer, Ben Ali received military training in France and in the U.S. Director of military security from 1958 to 1974, he became Interior Minister in 1986. According to Western diplomats, Ben Ali shrewdly avoided becoming a victim of Bourguiba's purges by convincing the President of his loyalty. "He managed to cultivate that 'I am your son' image," said one diplomat. Starting last summer, Ben Ali gave speeches to the party faithful in an attempt to build support and shed his reputation as a military...
...will be difficult to keep. His main challenge will be Islamic fundamentalism, the chief opposition movement in the country. Ben Ali displayed sound judgment when he reportedly intervened to prevent mass executions of the militants convicted in September. "He recognizes the danger of going too far," said one Western diplomat. An acknowledgment of limits will be an asset if Ben Ali is to succeed as the second President of the troubled North African nation...
...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...
...respondents believed it was necessary to reform the political structure. When the Novosti press agency surveyed a sample group of Moscow factory workers after the Central Committee plenum last June for their views on democratization and glasnost, 83% said neither had reached the necessary levels. A Western diplomat in Beijing explains, "Once managers begin making economic decisions for themselves, they will be less willing to have political decisions made for them." If so, then a third revolution in thinking may still lie ahead before the race to reform reaches the finish line...
...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...