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...emphasize that his reforms did not pose a threat to foreign capital. That mainly comes from U.S. corporations, who have a $1 billion stake-more than in any other Asian country except Japan-in oil, mining and other industries in the Philippines. In a telegram to Malacanang Palace, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Manila, forgetting its manners as a foreign guest, effusively praised Marcos' program...
...ever repaid, and the Jesuits eventually went bankrupt. In addition, he used Kennelly as a middle-man for distributing some very dubious gifts to state officials. In spite of it all, after the SEC and the press had shown what Sharp had been doing, the Pope sent Sharp a telegram in which he expressed his sympathy and told Sharp that prayers were being offered on his behalf...
...Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, who has opposed Amin from the beginning, Amin sent an incoherent telegram: "I want to assure you that I love you very much and if you had been a woman I would have considered marrying you." Nyerere did not reply. Neighboring Kenya's President Jomo Kenyatta watched Amin's wild career in silent horror. Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda condemned Amin's actions as "terrible, abominable, shameful." Added the Times of Zambia: "Only in the befuddled mind of a punch-drunk ex-boxer could the fact be disputed that his operations against...
...little frightening that The Rowdyman's American premiere audience should receive a telegram from Pierre Elliot Trudeau claiming that he liked the film. Nobody who runs a country should have such terrible taste in movies. This is a film about Canada, and the Canadian government wants to encourage such films--showing Canada as a place with its own traditions and quirks, and different from the United States...
...known to share this concern, and apparently thinks that he needs some spectacular victory over inflation to talk about in the campaign. At any rate, he gave Rumsfeld the go-ahead to set up meetings in the White House with chiefs of the auto companies. They were invited by telegram to discuss "the impact" of the price increases that they sought, then urged by Rumsfeld to withdraw their proposed boosts. They were asked to reply by week...