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...participation of at least one other Latin American country. The idea of U.S. membership in a peace-keeping force came up during Reagan's meeting with Thatcher in Paris, but both sides said no commitment was made. Referring to Thatcher's proposal at week's end, Haig told a news conference that it was "too early to say" whether the U.S. would participate in a peace-keeping force. He added noncommittally: "The U.S. is anxious to do anything it can to bring about a peaceful, long-term solution to the situation." No doubt. But just what Washington...
Secretary of State Alexander Haig and U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick long feuded over the basic question of whether and when to side with the British in the Falklands dispute. The quarrel not only is a personality clash between two stubborn, prideful antagonists, but it reflects deep ideological splits within the Administration...
...expert on Latin America. Conservative and staunchly antiCommunist, she repaired the U.S.'s ties with Buenos Aires last year and fervently hoped to build a strategic barricade against leftist infiltration in the Western Hemisphere by forging closer links with authoritarian regimes like the military junta in Argentina. Though Haig shares Kirkpatrick's fears about Communist advances in Latin America, he is a political pragmatist who is generally more flexible on foreign policy issues. Having been Supreme Commander of NATO from 1974 to 1979, he tends to be more sympathetic to European interests...
After Argentina invaded the Falklands last April, Kirkpatrick cautioned that the U.S. should remain neutral lest Washington force Buenos Aires into the orbit of the Soviet Union. When the Administration eventually accepted Haig's argument and took Britain's side, Kirkpatrick spoke against providing London with military intelligence and equipment. Alexander Haig...
...Haig exploded when he learned that Kirkpatrick had met in New York with Air Force Brigadier José Miret, a political-military strategist in the Argentine government, to discuss U.N. peace initiatives. Haig tracked her down by telephone at an aide's apartment where, TIME has learned, she was conferring with Enrique Ros, the Deputy Argentine Foreign Minister. Haig, understandably angry at Kirkpatrick's apparent disagreement with U.S. support for Britain, blasted her for undermining U.S. foreign policy and blindly supporting Latin interests. Kirkpatrick, in turn, charged Haig with being ignorant of Latin American affairs and suffering from...