Word: envoys
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...full control of the compound they seized almost two weeks ago in a gunfight during an Independence Day reception given by the Dominican Ambassador. They had a bonanza of prisoners: more than a score of diplomats from 18 countries, including the papal nuncio; Washington's respected Spanish-born envoy, Diego Asencio, 48, and 13 other ambassadors...
...Reagan at least deflated the balloon of Bush, his highest-flying early challenger. Bush, the former envoy to the United Nations and to China, former Republican National Chairman and former CIA director, had modeled his entire campaign strategy on the one followed by Jimmy Carter in 1976. He hoped to win national attention in Iowa, as he certainly did, ride the sudden burst of publicity into upset victories or at least strong showings in the early pri maries, and then parlay those triumphs into the nomination...
...ballplayer who has never held one position long enough to know it well or to be able to be judged by his performance at that slot. In a short six years, from 1971 to 1977, Bush was chief delegate to the United Nations, National Chairman of the G.O.P., chief envoy to Peking and director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The public does not seem to mind this grocery list of short-term administrative posts; Bush bills himslf as a leader "the country won't have to train," and most polls give high marks to his potential ability to deal with...
While Brzezinski and Christopher were trying to clarify U.S. policy abroad, there was increasing concern in Washington because the Carter Administration was once again sending out conflicting signals. There were still reverberations from Special Envoy Clark Clifford's visit to New Delhi, where he told a press conference that the U.S. would go to war if the Soviets "move toward the Persian Gulf." Secretary of State Cyrus Vance gently rebuked Clifford, apparently feeling that stating the policy too bluntly could only make Washington's dealings with Moscow more tense than they already are. Such slips may be minor...
...Libya in mind when he denounced "a neighboring state specializing in this kind of operation." Premier Hedi Nouira also accused Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi of "a diabolic plot" to make it appear that Algeria was responsible for the attack. The Tunisians expelled the Libyan ambassador and withdrew their own envoy from Tripoli, a move just short of breaking diplomatic relations...