Word: summits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...asked the Chinese for assistance in getting Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk to help negotiate an end to the war in Cambodia, the Chinese did not even reply. On the other hand, the Soviets appear eager to move ahead with detente and nuclear-arms negotiations. Ford plans to hold a summit in Washington with Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev this summer...
...permit the Soviets to avoid any official response that could damage relations between the two nations. Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev is due to visit the U.S. this summer, and CIA officials remember all too well that Moscow used the U-2 spy-plane incident to ruin a summit in 1960. Last week, when the Jennifer saga broke, the acting Soviet ambassador in Washington sent a strong cable to Moscow advising the Kremlin to make a firm protest to Washington. But Moscow has remained silent, and the Soviet press has not mentioned the matter...
...Liberals. For the moment, at least, public opinion seems to be on the side of Europe. The most recent Harris poll indicated that 45% of the voters favor staying in the Community, with 33% opposed and 22% undecided. The poll was taken before this month's Dublin summit of Common Market government leaders who granted concessions to make Britain's continued participation more acceptable. They approved renegotiated terms that could give Britain an annual refund of up to $300 million on its contributions to the Community budget and allow it to import New Zealand butter at low duty...
...Iraq-Iran reconciliation took place two weeks ago in Algiers at the summit meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Shortly before that conference ended, Algerian President Houari Boumedienne dramatically announced that the two neighbors had agreed to settle "problems" that had made them bitter enemies for almost half a century. As the OPEC delegates cheered wildly, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Iraqi Strongman Saddam Hussein Takriti embraced each other...
...getting Israel and Egypt to reach a second-stage disengagement agreement in the Sinai. The Palestinians fear that such a deal would not only separate Egypt from the other Arab confrontation powers but also dilute the credibility and momentum that the P.L.O. gained last year from the Arab summit at Rabat and Arafat's appearance at the United Nations. Israeli officials, at least, insist that Arafat's position is declining significantly on the West Bank because Palestinians are beginning to question his power. For the West Bankers, a plausible alternative to Arafat is Jordan's King Hussein...