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...shuttle diplomacy last month. A senior British Cabinet member described it as "an American car painted in Peruvian colors with Haig in the driver's seat." The chief elements of the package were 1) a cease-fire with a simultaneous Argentine withdrawal from the islands and a pullback of the British fleet; 2) an end to economic sanctions against Argentina imposed by Britain's supporters; 3) establishment of an interim U.S.-Brazilian-West German-Peruvian authority for the Falklands while the two disputing countries negotiate ultimate sovereignty over the territory. Belaúnde's chief contribution...
...opening up at the U.N., through the offices of Secretary-General Pérez de Cuéllar, himself a Peruvian. Some key details of Pérez de Cuéllar's peace proposals were deliberately unclear, but they also called for a cease-fire and pullback by the forces of both sides, as well as a temporary administration for the Falklands (this time under U.N. auspices...
...last week's action was diplomatic. The day of the South Georgia assault, Argentine Foreign Minister Costa Méndez had been scheduled to meet with Haig to discuss U.S. proposals for a peaceful solution to the crisis. They included 1) an Argentine withdrawal from the islands and pullback of the British fleet; 2) an end to economic sanctions against Argentina imposed by Britain's supporters; 3) establishment of an interim U.S.-British-Argentine authority for the Falklands while the two disputing countries negotiate ultimate sovereignty over the territory. The U.S. already knew the principal British objection...
Haig crisscrossed the Atlantic in an exhausting attempt to arrange a military pullback. As a possible compromise, he suggested a temporary British-Argentine-U.S. administration of the Falklands, pending a final settlement to be negotiated. Britain said it could accept such a tripartite government, but only if Argentina first surrendered sovereignty. Argentina refused, and even insisted upon leaving behind an Argentine police force once its troops were withdrawn. That in turn was unacceptable to the British. As the negotiations wore on, Haig tried several variations of the joint-administration scheme, but each foundered on the sovereignty issue...
Despite the Israeli government's commitment to the Sinai withdrawal the subject is a controversial one at home. In fact, Begin's annexation of the Golan Heights was, to some extent, a way of reassuring Israel's ultranationalists who have angrily protested the pullback from the Sinai. Last week, by a vote of five to four (with many abstentions), the Israeli Cabinet set aside $250 million to be divided among the 1,400 Jewish families who will be obliged to vacate their homes, farms and businesses in the Sinai. The debate over the generous compensation, which ranges...