Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...paper they were printed on. Reason: a year after shooting the imperial family, the Soviet revolutionary government repudiated $192 million in the hands of U.S. bondholders. But last week the State Department said U.S. and Soviet officials have started negotiating a repayment of the Czarist loans. Including interest, the settlement could reach $900 million...
I.D.F. generals have been among the strongest advocates of a political solution. Chief of Staff Shomron told the Knesset that the I.D.F. could not eradicate the intifadeh because "it expresses the struggle of nationalism." But however much the generals yearn for a political settlement, they prefer to use every weapon available to fight the uprising without legal and political constraints. The army's job, Shomron added, is "to enable the political echelon to negotiate from a position of strength...
...South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), determined to keep Hanoi from overrunning the region, want to oust the invaders, even if that means risking a return of the Khmer Rouge killers. Suddenly, however, a rare convergence of interests among all parties has made the prospect appear bright that a political settlement may finally end the fighting in Kampuchea. The new optimism has been triggered by a "peace blitz" in Asian capitals. Kampuchean President Heng Samrin began raising hopes earlier this month when he said Hanoi might be willing to withdraw its estimated 50,000 remaining troops by September...
...Viet Nam's expansive military, China promptly invited First Deputy Foreign Minister Dinh Nho Liem to Beijing last week for the highest- level discussions between the two nations in ten years. Liem presumably asked for assurances that China would reduce aid to the rebels as part of a political settlement...
...crucial underlying impetus for a settlement, however, is the detente that began emerging last summer between China and the Soviet Union, which have been bankrolling the opposing armies in Kampuchea. "There's recognition on both sides that it's time to move their respective clients toward resolution," said a State Department analyst. A Chinese official put it more bluntly: "Viet Nam is worried about the Soviets reaching an agreement with China and being left...