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...Paul Scoon, the once ceremonial representative of the British Queen in the Commonwealth nation, was running the island as Governor-General. With a British lawyer at his side, he announced the appointment of a nine-man "advisory council" that will help administer affairs in Grenada until a new government is elected, presumably under a democratic constitution. No one could say when that might be. The council, composed of non-political Grenadians with administrative skills, is to be headed by Meredith Alister McIntyre, 51, now deputy secretary-general of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva. Scoon gave high...
...embassy, of Soviet citizens in the Grenada chancellery to Moscow, as well as the embassy's request for instructions on what to do next. The Kremlin orders, sent through Washington, were that everyone, including a number of East Germans, North Koreans and Bulgarians, should leave the island, as Scoon had demanded. The Soviets, who had paid $40,000 each for two Mercedes embassy cars, reached the dealer on the island to see if he would buy the autos back. He did, for $4,000 each...
...various factions must now work to create a new administration to serve all Grenadians. Sir Paul Scoon must now move from a ceremonial position to the real challenge of assembling a government that represents everyone, favors no one and functions efficiently. Above all, both Grenada and the U.S. must exercise great skill in striking a careful balance that will promote our development without smothering us under a blanket of dollar bills. Grenada is already grateful to the U.S. If this delicate mission is accomplished, we will have even more reason to be grateful...
...Castro resorted to a propaganda offensive. Beginning shortly after the invasion of Grenada, the Cuban government has been ferrying reporters and TV crews in from Miami by chartered plane for an unprecedented round of press conferences, communiques and briefings. The primary message at the moment is that Sir Paul Scoon, the Grenadian Governor General who represents Queen Elizabeth II, is a U.S. stooge, and any Grenadian government that might be set up with his help would be a puppet of Washington. Thus Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcdn last week sneered that "some U.S. Army memorandum" probably gave Scoon...
...government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl maintained its formal opposition to the invasion, Kohl last week expressed "understanding" for the U.S. move. West German Government Spokesman Jürgen Sudhoff explained that "additional elements," such as the discovery of armed Cuban construction workers and the Grenadian Governor-General Sir Paul Scoon's plea for help, had cast new light on the events...