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...suprisingly large number of Cabinet officials claim either opposition or ignorance to the diversion of arms to the Contras. The "opposers" include Shultz and Weinberger while the "ignorants" include policy makers as prominent as the Chief of Staff, the Vice President and the President himself. The fact that such a prominent assortment of officials were not involved in a deal that went directly against the Administration's stated foreign policy demonstrates the decentralization of that policy...
...greeted the news warily. The Shevardnadze-Dobrynin mission, said Secretary of State George Shultz, showed that the Soviets realized they could not "get their way" in Afghanistan. Indeed, the Soviet army has suffered an estimated 35,000 dead and wounded. Privately, U.S. officials say they are convinced that Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, frustrated by the expensive military stalemate and eager to bolster the ailing Soviet economy, is anxious to bring his soldiers home from Afghanistan. The question facing Gorbachev is how. The rebels refuse to join a government that is not independent, while the Soviets want a regime friendly...
Tambo may have adopted the softer tone with an eye toward his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington later this month. The U.S. shares the A.N.C.'s goal of a multiparty democracy in South Africa but objects to its violent tactics and Communist connections. Last week the Secretary departed on an eight-day trip to six black African countries that are considered U.S. allies -- Senegal, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast and Liberia -- but had no plans to meet with Tambo or visit South Africa during his journey. Said Shultz: "Right now there doesn't seem...
Since she came to power, however, Aquino has systematically gone about stilling many of those doubts. Before visiting her in Manila in May, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz privately expressed doubts about her ability to govern. Afterward, and ever since, the normally poker-faced Secretary has fairly glowed at the very mention of Aquino's name. When Cory spoke before a joint session of Congress, she received the most thunderous reception given any foreign leader in more than a generation. Indeed, the entire U.S. tour, observed a State Department official who accompanied her, was "staggeringly successful. She had hard...
...Shultz and Weinberger are strongly opposed, but the group reluctantly agrees to give Israel the green light to proceed...