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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...power is that if a nation tells the world it wants to get rid of a corrupt government, as the U.S. did in Panama, that nation had better have the means and the will to carry it through once an opportunity develops." So spoke old cold warrior Richard Helms, former director of the CIA, last week...
That the situation in Panama was confused and information inadequate is nothing new for such incidents. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a crisis manager of considerable success, claims that in almost every crunch there is never enough information and always uncertainty, and the final decision must frequently ride more on a President's intuition than his briefing books. That is what leadership is all about...
...only a few instances did calmer heads prevail. "It's not our business to use military force to change governments we don't like," said Democratic Senator Alan Cranston of California. Said Ambler Moss, former U.S. Ambassador to Panama: "What is needed now is patience and diplomacy...
...near the Western (Wailing) Wall are teaching nearly 200 students the elaborate details of Temple service. Other groups are researching the family lines of Jewish priests who alone may conduct sacrifices. Next year an organizing convention will be held for those who believe themselves to be of priestly descent. Former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren, who heads another Temple Mount organization, believes his research has fixed the location of the ancient Holy of Holies so that Jews can enter the Mount without sacrilege. He insists, "I cannot leave this world without assuring that Jews will once again pray on the Mount...
...violence could worsen since the rebel gang, headed by former mine surveyor Francis Ona, has grown increasingly radical in its aims. In April the group called for the secession of the North Solomons province, of which Bougainville forms the major part. Meanwhile, the economy of P.N.G., which draws 20% of its domestic revenues from the mine, is hemorrhaging. The government is offering a $200,000 reward for Ona and seven others, dead or alive...