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...cause, however, was taken up by several prominent Americans, among them Secretary of State George Shultz; five months ago Feltsman and his family were abruptly given permission to leave. In short order, the State University of New York College at New Paltz handed Feltsman a teaching post at $80,000 a year, the powerful Columbia Artists agency lined up more than 50 engagements, and there was a concert at the White House. Almost as quickly as he had fallen into disfavor, Feltsman, 35, soared to international celebrity...
...they trooped to the Capitol Building for closed-door sessions with House Speaker Jim Wright. First came Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, toting a proposal for cease-fire talks between his Sandinista government and the U.S.-backed contras. After Ortega left, Secretary of State George Shultz arrived, followed by the contra leaders. Finally, Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaragua's ranking churchman, disappeared into Wright's office. An exasperated Reagan Administration, its policymaking efforts sidelined by the frenzy of congressional diplomacy, was forced like the rest of Washington to wait and see what might come of Wright's highly unusual...
...Reagan had made a concrete gesture to advance the peace process. The next day, the Secretary of State announced before the OAS that the Administration would withhold until next year a request to Congress for $270 million in additional aid to the contras. His too was a mixed message. Shultz pledged to "give peace every chance," then vowed that contra funding would continue until "full democracy is established" in Nicaragua...
...negotiations. "We've been burned before," said a Honduran official, alluding to the Reagan-Wright plan, which was unveiled without consulting the allies. Last week State Department officials continued to insist publicly that any U.S. talks with Nicaragua must include the other Central American countries. But privately they said Shultz was pushing Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica to back bilateral talks...
...Tass report did not make clear why Vorontsov mentioned November 23 as the target date. U.S. officials have said Shultz and Shevardnadze might hold another meeting before November 26, Thanksgiving, if problems with the treaty remain...