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Solidarity Sen. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Walesa's envoy to coalition talks, said the independent trade union movement would not abandon its efforts to form a government. Kaczynski said Kiszczak was trying to "make it...very difficult, if not impossible" for Solidarity to form the government, but that he did not think that the proposal of Malinowski for prime minister would succeed...
...going through "the most difficult time of my presidency," and by week's end the strain in his face was pronounced. To save Cicippio, the State Department set up a round-the-clock hostage task force, while the White House launched a diplomatic rescue effort that one U.S. envoy called "a full-court press on everybody we know." Characteristically, the President worked the phone with the heads of state of most European allies and nations in the Middle East -- with the notable exception of Syria's Hafez Assad, whom Bush does not trust...
...Florida real estate developer Melvin Sembler, 59, has been nominated as envoy to Australia, and his sometime partner Joseph Zappala, 56, is proposed for Spain. Both are members of Team 100, a roster of G.O.P. contributors who gave more than $100,000 to party causes in the past year. On his qualifications form, under the heading "Languages Spoken," Sembler listed "English (fluent...
...chief negotiators seemed almost chummy when the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks resumed in Geneva last week. U.S. envoy Richard Burt joked about the danger of falling asleep due to jet lag, and his Soviet counterpart, Yuri Nazarkin, quipped that he had not yet mastered the jargon of arms control. Then, as talks progressed, Burt put forth a surprising proposal that threatened to sour the mood...
...meet with the Panamanian leader. There were hints that Noriega might also be amenable to talks. One of the general's supporters, former Commerce Minister Mario Rognoni, suggested that possible intermediaries for such an undertaking might be Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez, a Mexican official or a papal envoy. But precisely what would be negotiated at such a session remained unclear. Noriega may plan eventually to schedule another presidential election and find another loyalist to serve as his stand-in. Endara and his allies, for their part, are adamant that any pact with Noriega must include his departure...