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...somewhat of a nervous time, but we did take care of a lot of good business." So said Secretary of State Alexander Haig to President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines in Manila last week, summarizing his three days of talks with Chinese leaders in Peking. Haig probably understated both the achievements and the hazards of what had been accomplished. The Secretary not only enhanced a U.S.-China relationship that had been deteriorating since Ronald Reagan took office but moved the two countries closer to a partnership that was sure to alarm the Soviets. The most visible symbol...
Still, the President's mandate was substantial enough to leave him indisputably the Philippines' dominant political figure. U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig, in Manila to attend a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers, handed Marcos a letter from President Ronald Reagan, who warmly congratulated the Philippine leader and promised that no less a dignitary than Vice President George Bush would represent the U.S. at the inaugural next week, reflecting "the high value my Administration places on its relations with the Philippines...
Even Marcos' opponents were surprised by their solidarity. Said Salvador Laurel, once a presidential hopeful: "This is the first time since martial law was declared in 1972 that this motley crowd of ours has been truly united." At a Manila rally urging voters to stay away from the polls, ex-Senator Gerardo Roxas attacked Marcos' record: "Every election, plebiscite and referendum has been characterized by cheating, and the people no longer have faith in the government...
...more saddened than surprised by the fact that someone would shoot the Pope. And that saddened me more than anything else." Rome Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn was in Beirut reporting on the current confrontation between Israel and Syria when he received news of the attack. Wynn, who was in Manila in 1970 when a knife-wielding Bolivian fanatic lunged at Pope Paul VI, hurried back to Rome to cover his second attempted papal assassination. "In the wake of the Lennon killing and the Reagan shooting, this attack looks like part of a chain reaction of violence," says Wynn. "One such...
Aquino faces arrest if he returns to the Philippines, Filipino President Ferdinand E. Marcos warned Saturday, saying that Aquino faces charges implicating him in a series of summer bombings in Manila...