Word: envoys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Behind the pageantry and the politicking, the Americans and Egyptians were working on the issues still stalling the peace settlement. Involved in various aspects of the bargaining was the platoon of advisers accompanying Carter. In addition to Vance, they included Brzezinski, Defense Secretary Harold Brown and U.S. Envoy Roy Atherton. White House officials had been careful not to encourage hopes of success. On the flight to Cairo, a senior presidential aide stressed that Carter was "not particularly" optimistic and was "well aware of the fact that it is much easier for things to go wrong than to go right." This...
...Tehran Sullivan initially reinforced the policy of his predecessor, former CIA Director Richard Helms, that embassy staffers should avoid contact with the Shah's opposition. Sullivan later reversed that position when the dimensions of the protest became apparent. American businessmen in Iran have found the silver-thatched envoy approachable and friendly, but many complain that he kept them in the dark about U.S. plans and perceptions. One of Sullivan's own insights was oddly prescient. After taking over the embassy in June 1977, he was asked about parallels between Tehran and Vientiane. His reply: "We ran Laos...
Among them was George Bush, 54, a former Congressman, CIA director and U.S. envoy to Peking, who likes to be described as "the thinking man's candidate." Said he: "Call me a conservative, but one with compassion." Bush lunched with G.O.P. Congressmen, breakfasted with reporters and made a low-key speech in Georgetown...
...Chile, the angry Argentines balked. In 1977 an international tribunal appointed by the British government supported Chile's claim, and once again the Argentines objected. So last month, amid threats of war, the two strongly Catholic countries accepted Pope John Paul II s offer to send a special envoy...
...attack, and a continuation of "government-to-government" relations between Washington and Taipei. Though there was hope in both capitals that economic and political relations would continue in another framework, everybody seemed to agree that the week of Jan. 1 was not an auspicious time for reconciliation. Pleading fatigue, Envoy Christopher canceled a formal dinner with Taiwanese leaders and, at week's end, returned to Washington to sort out America's newest Chinese puzzle...