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...fighting mounted, Secretary of State Alexander Haig, who had led the U.S. only days before from the position of concerned mediator to that of avowed British ally, threw himself into an indirect attempt to provide a peaceful settlement. Haig's plan would have produced a cease-fire between the two sides by noon E.D.T. on Friday. But the effort failed, and at week's end the best hope for peace seemed to rest with the United Nations and a vague proposal sponsored by its Secretary-General, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. Both Britain and Argentina...
Pressure was growing in the U.S. Congress for the Reagan Administration to side more openly with Britain. The Senate voted 79 to 1 in favor of a pro-British resolution that called on the U.S. Government to "use all appropriate means to assist the British government." Haig, meanwhile, cabled his settlement proposals directly to the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina for transmission to that country's junta. Two days later the answer came back via Argentine Ambassador to Washington Estaban Takács: No. With that, the U.S. moved to back the British...
...sanctions announced by Haig are more important diplomatically than they are in economic terms. While Haig has been fostering improved relations with Argentina, American assistance to that country has not recovered from the chilly period when the Carter Administration was outspokenly critical of an earlier Argentine junta's human rights record...
...Begin's tough bargaining at Camp David. In a letter to Begin two weeks ago, President Reagan reaffirmed Washington's commitment to achieving "full autonomy" for the Palestinians within a "Self-Governing Authority" in the West Bank and Gaza. But even before Secretary of State Alexander Haig became embroiled in the Falkland Islands dispute, the Administration had offered little evidence of a coherent policy toward this most pressing issue in the Middle East...
...covered by water. But then, early last year, just as the delegates were putting what they thought were the final touches on the sea treaty, the newly inaugurated Reagan Administration abruptly announced that it wanted to review the whole treaty. Later the Administration introduced what Secretary of State Alexander Haig privately described as an "Encyclopaedia Britannica of changes." Its action caught the conference by surprise, because the treaty contained many provisions that would benefit the U.S. Among other things, it set a twelve-mile territorial limit for coastal nations, provided them with a 200-mile "economic" or fishing zone...