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Your article titled "Seniors Unfazed by News" (Feb. 25) struck me and several of my friends as unbelievably skewed. The Radcliffe Senior Soiree has nothing to do with the war. Senior women and their dates should not be presented as thoughtless socialites enjoying themselves on the eve of international disaster because they attended a social event that had been organized long before even the January 15 U.N. deadline. You completely missed the point of the soiree, and misrepresented the evening, as it was enjoyed by most everybody there...
...would like to respond to Hazem Ben-Gacem's insulting questioning of my knowledge of the Middle East. In his article, "Pan-Arabism Is Not Dead," (Feb. 28), Mr. Ben-Gacem rudely asserts: "Dear Bader, the Arab masses are united. Maybe if you hadn't lived in Belgium for 12 years, you would understand what I am talking about...
...conversation with Saddam was also not easy, and yet there was every reason for me to sum it up in a cable to Moscow this way: "There are certain promising signs." After our conversation on the night of Feb. 12, Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz told me about the decision of the Iraqi leadership to send him to the Soviet Union to continue the contacts. Three days later, on the eve of Aziz's arrival in Moscow, the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq issued its sensational statement, acknowledging for the first time its readiness to pull Iraqi troops out of Kuwait...
Thus it was no wonder the eyes of the world were focused on Moscow last Monday, Feb. 18, when President Gorbachev met for several hours with Aziz. Saadoun Hammadi, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, attended the meeting, as did Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh. I also took part...
...without preconditions and without the continuation of war. This time there was not the usual rhetoric from Aziz. He took the firm Soviet stand calmly, almost in a businesslike manner, showing no signs of displeasure. Aziz then returned to Baghdad to confer with Saddam. Three days later, on Thursday, Feb. 21, he flew back to Moscow with a reply. After another meeting between Aziz and Gorbachev, the U.S.S.R. emerged from the meeting with a fresh proposal that captured the world's attention. The Gorbachev plan, which incorporates an unconditional and complete withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait, was accepted...