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...Haig ousts an envoy who spoke up once too often...
...shipped to Israel. At the beginning of the week, Reagan and his top aides flew to the summit in Canada with the matter still undecided. There they learned of an Israeli commando raid in Lebanon. That seemed to settle it. The following evening, Secretary of State Alexander Haig told reporters, "The President has decided to defer the shipment of F-16s to Israel. This matter remains under review...
...that is when his troubleshooting jobs really began. That year he served as special adviser to Cyrus Vance, vainly seeking a permanent solution to the civil war in Lebanon. And in May, hunting for the right man for what looked like a thankless job, Secretary of State Alexander Haig personally chose him to try to ease tensions in the Middle East. The results were on display last week...
...position. Just last year, for example, the Carter Administration authorized the sale of more than $500 million in American arms to Taiwan. Peking said very little then, but the strident language emanating from the Chinese these days marks a significant change in attitude. Before Secretary of State Alexander Haig's visit to Peking in June, the Chinese issued a series of warnings, each blunter than the one before, expressing opposition to American arms sales to Taiwan. The outcry culminated in a front-page declaration by the People's Daily, saying that "if the U.S. sells arms to Taiwan...
Peking apparently remembered that Ronald Reagan had expressed his support of Taiwan during his presidential campaign and pledged, if elected, to upgrade U.S. relations with Taipei. During his visit to Peking, Haig sought to reassure the Chinese leadership that the U.S. had not in fact changed its position. Even before Haig had left Peking, President Reagan undercut him by telling a press conference: "I have not changed my feelings about Taiwan." The Chinese were upset enough to collar Haig at the airport, minutes before his scheduled departure, and upbraid him for the President's remarks. Since then, the attacks...