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...immediate hope for "fruitful negotiations." Despite a gut sense that both sides might be looking for a peaceful exit from the crisis, neither seemed prepared to give way on its basic -- and irreconcilable -- demands. "It's a cat-and-mouse game," said British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd in a remark about Saddam's treatment of the hostages. "Now a little mercy, now some more ruthlessness...
...Saddam had hoped his bizarre turn in front of the camera would revise opinions in the West, he was quickly disillusioned. The State Department called it "shameful theatrics." British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said it was "the most sickening thing I've seen for a long time...
...talks in reaction to the unsuccessful Palestinian raid on Israel's coast. Secretary of State James Baker, who has given Europeans the impression that he opposed the cutoff, has privately asked the British to act as a link between the U.S. and the P.L.O. British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has agreed to Baker's request, and will soon visit the Middle East, where he is expected to meet with Yasser Arafat. The P.L.O. leader has accepted the Baker approach...
...suggest that neutrality is totally unacceptable. The new Germany, they insist, must remain firmly embedded in NATO and the E.C.; otherwise it could become an unpredictable force in the heart of Europe. "Our main concern is with the future of the North Atlantic Alliance," says British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, "and the crucial importance for that alliance and the security of Europe of continued German membership...
...been signed, ran an almost continuous series of bilateral and multilateral talks in side rooms, corridors and hotel suites. They focused on how to impose order on the rush toward unification and reassure the nations that are most unsettled by the prospect. They agreed, said British Foreign Minister Douglas Hurd, on "a framework for avoiding free-fall...