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FISHING AROUND. James Baker is not immune from presidential ambitions, but as a Texan he's effectively prevented from becoming George Bush's running mate in 1992. The Secretary of State, however, owns a spread in Wyoming, the state where he very publicly entertained Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last September. If Baker switched his official residence, he could replace Dan Quayle in 1992 or run for the Senate in 1994. For the moment, aides dismiss such speculation, pointing out that the only structure on the property is a "small fishing shack." It could be a good place to wait...
...hard and drawn-out negotiations," said an American diplomat in Moscow. "Lithuania has a united population on the issue of independence, and I don't think they'll back down. And Moscow has pretty much ruled out force." At independence ceremonies in Namibia last week, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said, "We are against the use of force in any region, and we are particularly against the ^ use of force domestically...
Even in the Soviet Union, where new estimates say 26 million died in World War II, surveys indicate that a majority does not worry about a single Germany. Nevertheless, Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze has warned of "sinister shadows of the past . . . a possible growth of militarism . . . the ghost of political revenge." The Soviet government is profoundly ambivalent about a unification it would much rather delay if not prevent altogether. In Poland, a third of which is made up of former German territory, opinion polls indicate that 64% are against unification...
...Eastern outpost where the Russian Empire retreated was Alaska. The U.S. had made an offer for it back during the Crimean War, but the Russians refused. In 1867 Secretary of State William Seward tried again, asking first for various fishing and trading rights. The Russian Minister to the U.S., Eduard de Stoekl, refused. "Very well," said Seward. "Will Russia sell the whole territory?" Stoekl said the Russians might consider it if the price were right. Seward consulted President Andrew Johnson, then offered $5 million. Stoekl, who had been authorized to sell at that price, refused, saying he could not consider...
...doubts the right of Germans to self-determination," said Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze in Ottawa last week. "But Germany's neighbors are entitled to guarantees that a united Germany will not be a threat to them, that it will not seek to revise European borders and that it will not see a rebirth of Nazism and fascism...