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...Review, the U.S. refugee program has acted as a "pull factor," bleeding Viet Nam of skilled workers. American officials deny this. They point out that although many of the first refugees were professionals and educated civil and military officials, later boat people have been broadly representative. Said a U.S. diplomat in Bangkok: "There are more than enough 'push factors'-forced resettlement, political reeducation, collectivization-to account for the refugee flow...
...khiu Prison. The boat people are also seeking asylum in other Asian countries. About 15 a day arrive in Hong Kong, half of whom would be considered ineligible for resettlement in the U.S. under the new policy. What will happen to these immigrants is still unclear. An American diplomat in Bangkok explained that the new U.S. policy is meant as a warning for potential refugees: "All we are saying is that if you are the least bit uncertain, don't come, because you won't be resettled in the States...
...common anti-Soviet cause. The President, who came to office lacking experience in foreign affairs, has given such matters only intermittent personal attention. Haig, beset with bureaucratic battles, has tended to focus his formidable energy on one foreign problem at a time. In the words of a U.S. diplomat at an embassy in the Middle East, speaking of his own region but voicing a comment that has broader application: "We do not even have a framework, a bare outline of ideas, let alone a complete policy. All we are doing is playing fireman...
...those trips necessary? The U.S. obviously had to try to head off a war that could put intense strains on American alliances in Europe, Latin America .or both, and foreign policy experts praised Haig's conduct of negotiations as being, in the admiring word of one Indian diplomat, "professional." Doubtless, too, Haig got a better sense of the British and Argentine positions in face-to-face talks than Washington would have garnered through an exchange of messages. Even so, it is questionable whether Haig should have committed himself to an all-consuming mission that prevented him from watching other...
...aftermath increased tension between the Palestinians and Israelis at a particularly explosive time. For two months, the security-conscious Israeli government has been discussing plans to launch a strike against the P.L.O. in southern Lebanon. In Israeli eyes, there have been several provocations, including the murder of an Israeli diplomat in Paris, attempts by guerrillas to penetrate the West Bank by way of the Jordan Valley, and an arms buildup by the P.L.O. in southern Lebanon...