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Such an appeal is hardly necessary as long as most Filipinos are caught up in the euphoria of what they call liberation. But the confetti and adoring crowds cannot last forever. "This government is sincerely committed to reform," says one Western diplomat. "But they will learn that this is easier said than done." There will be a honeymoon, perhaps six months, after which 56 million Filipinos will expect to see results from their new leaders. "No matter how good she is," observed Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, "she is almost incapable of meeting the expectations of the Philippine people...
...hold its 27th congress, which will open this week in the marble-and-glass Palace of Congresses behind the walls of the Kremlin. For the 5,000 delegates chosen to attend, it is a chance to watch Party Leader Mikhail Gorbachev make history. Says one Washington-based Soviet diplomat: "This is the most important event in our history since the death of Stalin. People's expectations have been aroused...
...governments of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries that back Iraq have ample reason for concern. The Kuwait National Assembly issued a statement last week warning that the war threatens the stability of the entire region. A Saudi diplomat went so far as to declare that his country was in "imminent danger." While U.S. officials share the Gulf states' concern, State Department analysts are confident that Iraq's superior firepower will prevail. Still, the U.S. has warned Iran that any incursion into Kuwait would, in the words of one Administration official, "be regarded as directly affecting U.S. interests...
While he was education minister in 1968, he marched side-by-side with a North Vietnamese diplomat at an anti-American rally in Stockholm, which inspired complaints from Washington and demands by the Swedish political opposition that he resign...
After Reagan's press-conference remarks, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Bosworth arranged a meeting with Aquino to discuss Special Envoy Habib's impending visit. The atmosphere during the session was both awkward and frigid. Bosworth, a highly regarded career diplomat who has worked hard to gain the opposition's confidence, had apparently been taken by surprise by the President's remarks. Says a key Aquino supporter who walked in on the Bosworth-Aquino meeting: "I don't know what the Japanese Ambassador looked like when they were bombing Pearl Harbor, but I imagine he looked like Steve...