Word: parleys
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...past year or so, a group of conservative and liberal activists have been meeting quietly for dinner in Washington. Given the guest list, one might expect this parley to produce the sort of verbal food fight that typifies American political debate and alienates so many voters. But the New Paradigm Society, as the participants call their group, isn't looking for arguments; it is searching for bipartisan solutions to America's problems. The fact that they meet at all suggests a sort of harmonic convergence between those who believe that the ideas that powered both the political left and right...
...would be Palestinian representatives, seeking to enhance their political power in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. If the Palestinians could be satisfied, Baker believes, Syria and Jordan could bury their differences with Israel. So could other Arab states like Saudi Arabia, now slated to attend the parley in some adjunct status...
...French go even further than the E.C. on the question of linkage. They would flatly promise Saddam a Middle East conference in exchange for Baghdad's pledge to give up Kuwait. Paris argues that since it has long sought such a parley, it is actually giving Saddam nothing new. Washington sees it differently. Says French President Francois Mitterrand: "I respect Mr. Bush, but I do not feel myself to be in the position of a second-class private obliged to obey his commander in chief...
Though it is far from certain that Saddam would return Kuwait in exchange for this prize, the trophy is already within his grasp. Last week attempts to draft a U.N. resolution endorsing a Middle East parley in terms acceptable to the U.S. broke down. But despite its posture at the U.N., and contrary to its publicly stated position, Washington, under pressure from its European and Arab allies, has privately acquiesced to such talks after the gulf crisis is resolved...
...intended to repair U.S.-Kenyan relations, which have become increasingly strained since President Daniel arap Moi's crackdown on dissidents last month. Afterward, Moi described the talks in such glowing terms as "friendly," "genuine" and "sincere." But U.S. officials had a decidedly different assessment of the three-day parley. One diplomat declared that Kenya had "backstepped politically and economically...