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Weinberger said little until his plane reached the Jordanian capital of Amman. But then he declared that he "favors" the sale of U.S. mobile Hawk antiaircraft missiles and F-16 fighters to Jordan. The Israelis were aghast at the prospect of these weapons in the hands of an unfriendly state that has rejected all overtures to join the Camp David peace process. Haig, returning to the U.S. from a trip to Portugal, Spain, Morocco, and Rumania, just as Weinberger was getting back from Amman, hastened to assert that "there was no specific request [from Jordan for U.S. arms], no offer...
...Everybody has the same story," said Tom Hawk, the director of the overflowing United Nations-sponsored refugee camp at Mocoron, Honduras. "You hear it again and again." The camp is in a muddy meadow of thatched lean-tos surrounded by jungle. It has become home for 5,100 Miskito Indians who fled across the border into Honduras. Another 3,000 to 5,000 are expected in coming weeks. Food shipments are infrequent, and many of the refugees had not eaten in three days when Willwerth visited...
...unreflective activist" keep popping up. He admires the gubernatorial record, but is disturbed by what he feels was Rockefeller's emotional freeze after ordering the grisly assault on rebellious prisoners at Attica. Behind the image of a liberal Republican was an old-fashioned cold-warrior and bare-taloned hawk, who dismissed all Viet Nam draft resisters with the remark, "Those guys just didn't want to get killed...
...principal arms supplier, has recently been concerned about Hussein's decision to order 320 SA-6 surface-to-air missiles from the Soviet Union. Even though that deal has already been made, Weinberger tried to sell the King on the idea of buying the U.S.-built Hawk missile, and added that the Reagan Administration was prepared to consider a Jordanian request to purchase advanced F-16 fighter planes. The King seemed interested. The suggestion obviously displeased the Israelis, who were not on Weinberger's itinerary this time, but it undoubtedly assuaged any feelings of neglect that Hussein...
Clark has so far been reticent about pushing his own positions on specific is sues, or even revealing them. Those who know him consider him an instinctive hawk. Eventually, as he gains confidence, he is likely to reinforce Reagan's own hard-line feelings. If that happens, Haig, who is more flexible, will be less eager to applaud the new master of the West Wing