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State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said in Washington the United States condemns "the forceful repression of peaceful demonstrators. By criminalizing and suppressing the exercise of basic political and human rights, the South African government is shutting off avenues for nonviolent change." Two American diplomats attended a service Tutu conducted at St. George's before the march, the U.S. Embassy said...
...resolution, marking one of the few times the U.S. has failed to back Israel in the Security Council. What particularly upset the Reagan Administration was Israel's use of live ammunition in confronting protesters. "Order must be maintained without the use of lethal force," declared State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley. "Techniques are available to accomplish this, and we urge they be employed...
...Reagan Administration was delighted with the attack. "It is in fact the largest single operation that the resistance has carried out," noted a State Department military analyst. He declared the drive a strategic success because it targeted Sandinista staging areas and income-producing gold mines. State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley credited "military pressure" with bringing the Sandinistas to the bargaining table...
...Washington, State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley denounced Israel's "harsh security measures," while Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy urged Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was visiting the U.S. capital, to use restraint. "We are sorry we have to use force," Rabin said later. "But whenever there is a violent demonstration using Molotov cocktail bottles, throwing stones, setting fires, attacking car passengers, the police and the military will use whatever is needed to prevent...
...Ortega went to unusual lengths to demonstrate his commitment to the Guatemala agreement. His boldest gesture was to name Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, one of the Sandinistas' harshest critics, to a four-person commission that will oversee Managua's compliance with the plan. While State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley applauded Obando's appointment, she charged that "the Sandinistas have stacked the council in their favor...