Word: missions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...totally against Lance's leaving office. But the decision, he insisted, must come from Bert. At the time, Lance was determined to remain. On his own initiative, Presidential Assistant Hamilton Jordan flew that Saturday to Lance's vacation home in Sea Island, Ga., on the delicate mission of telling Lance that the continuing controversy threatened to cost the President and Lance too much. Recalls Jordan: "It was like going to see someone who was seriously ill in the hospital...
...economic field, Washington has protested Israeli offshore oil exploration in the Gulf of Suez. Publicity forced cancellation of a cozy arrangement under which the expenses of the 202-man Israeli arms-purchasing mission in New York was picked up by the U.S. Washington could drag its feet in helping develop Israel's own armaments industry, and refuse to deliver a promised nuclear power plant. The Administration could abolish the tax deduction that encourages Americans to send tens of millions of dollars to Israel via the United Jewish Appeal and other channels. The U.S. could end a policy of joint...
What was Dayan up to? The second change in plans was for the luxury-loving minister's comfort and convenience. The first one, however, involved an important and secret diplomatic mission. TIME has learned that the reason for Dayan's mysterious disappearance and his unscheduled return to Israel was a rendezvous with Morocco's Hassan II at the King's summer palace in Tangier. Dayan flew to Tangier after disguising himself by taking off his famous black eyepatch and donning dark glasses and a diplomat's Homburg hat. The Moroccan King has met before with...
...much as Charles de Gaulle was able to pacify the French right and yet also end the Algerian War. One promising sign: Vorster has already warned Smith to accept two senior emissaries if, as expected, the Security Council passes a British resolution this week endorsing such a peace-keeping mission. The officials would be empowered to visit both the Rhodesian armed forces and the guerrilla armies of the Patriotic Front to try to arrange a ceasefire...
...enigmatic Ko brothers become more comprehensible, as loyalties dissolve, Jerry finds himself questioning his own motives and, finally, his orders, the discipline of his "tradecraft." The object of his sudden, intense affection is Drake Ko's beautiful mistress, Lizzie Worthington, an involvement that jeopardizes Westerby's entire mission. The carefully engineered defection of Nelson Ko becomes a ploy within a ploy with apocalyptic result...