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Early in 1981, Under Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, a veteran diplomat who had served every President since Eisenhower, commented that the Reagan Administration had the look of a coalition government. He meant an ideological coalition, and it has turned out to be an uneasy one at best, particularly where arms control is concerned...
...Moscow. Although the major Sino-Soviet disputes are still unresolved, trade between the two nations is increasing and the first Soviet tourists in two decades will be allowed in China this year. Small symbols of ties with the U.S.S.R. have been highlighted in the Chinese press. Said one Western diplomat in Peking: "The Soviets have a golden opportunity, in that Sino-U.S. relations right now are going nowhere." With some irritation, Washington officials point out that the 1982 communique that envisioned the eventual cessation of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan represented a considerable modification by Ronald Reagan of long...
Among the Soviets sent packing were Nikolai Chetverikov, the third-ranking diplomat at the Soviet embassy, who was considered to be the head of all KGB activities in France; Oleg Shirokov, bureau chief of the official press agency TASS; and Vladimir Kulikovskikh, a TASS reporter. Forty of the group held diplomatic passports. Said a member of France's counterespionage agency, the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST): "Ten or 15 years ago, the Soviets instructed their young agents that France was no problem. Well, all that has changed. Now they'll have to send their best recruits...
Taken aback by what one Moscow source described as Mitterrand's "un-French" behavior, the Soviets bitterly protested against the "arbitrary nature" of the expulsions. Though Moscow told a British diplomat and a newsman to leave, it took no immediate retaliatory action against France. Trade reprisals seemed improbable, since France already has a worsening trade deficit with the Soviet Union. Nor was it likely that Moscow would cancel imports of French machinery needed for the Soviet natural-gas pipeline project to Western Europe. The Soviets undoubtedly will find ways to make their displeasure felt, but experts do not expect...
Gray is a doctor, not an author, and his writing occasionally wanders into verbosity. But the pace of his storytelling never lags. As a doctor, Gray had access to both the rich and the poor, seeing more facets of the Saudi culture than a diplomat might. The narrative skips around in time as the author tries, sometimes confusingly, to cram all of three years of experience into 300 pages; he shares dinner with a Bedouin tribe, attends a royal wedding, and spends a great deal of time in conversations with a wide range of Saudi patients and acquaintances, from poor...