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Even so, the final outcome remained uncertain as the two principal players repeatedly thought they had an agreement, only to find that the other had failed to deliver what had been expected. In the end, it was the persistent middleman efforts by Swedish diplomats that helped close the deal...
...stolen money through secret bank accounts and then used it to buy four Manhattan buildings. The indictment accused Marcos of having defrauded U.S. lenders of more than $165 million that was borrowed to finance the properties. Co-defendants include Adnan Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian financier, arms dealer and middleman in the Iran-contra scandal, who allegedly posed as the owner of the properties to protect the Marcos interests. "This case amounted to the Marcoses and their co-defendants using their position of trust to turn the Philippines' treasury into their own treasury," said James Fox, head of the FBI office...
When the Ill Wind cases come to court, some of the defense contractors may contend they had no idea that the middleman may have acquired his helpful knowledge illegally. This is something, in all probability, that the contractor does not want to know. "There is an enormous flow of information between the Pentagon and the contractors," explains Aspin. "The dividing line is when bribes are given or taken. This is just plain illegal...
...moving on Ligachev, Gorbachev seemed to be strengthening his credentials as the evenhanded middleman in the argument over reform. Six months ago, he deposed the foremost proponent of a faster pace, Boris Yeltsin, one of his closest allies. After Yeltsin complained loudly at a meeting of the Central Committee that political changes were moving too sluggishly, Gorbachev had him removed from both the Politburo and his job as head of the Moscow party organization. Significantly, with glasnost under fire from conservatives, Yeltsin last week seemed to be resurfacing. In an interview in the German edition of Moscow News, a glasnost...
Strauss has gained influence by practicing politics the old-fashioned way. Whether he is pushing the Democrats' trade bill or trying to get federal help for Texas banks and savings and loans (including one in which he has an interest) or acting as a middleman for the U.S. and Canada on bilateral trade, the techniques are the same: press flesh, build relationships, probe for strengths and weaknesses. If he can't shake your hand, he'll give you a call. Strauss spends hours a day on the phone, staying in touch with his network of friends, his cello-like Texas...