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...Tory party, Lord Carrington was once considered a strong candidate for the job of Prime Minister. Although Carrington denied interest in the position, he enjoyed more widespread respect than the present P. M. Many also saw him as one of the two or three people that could tell Margaret Thatcher when it was time for her to step down...
Carrington's associates and followers all point to his successful conclusion of his negotiating effort to create a democratic Zimbabwe as his greatest accomplishment. The peer's effort came to fruition in late 1979, only after he convinced Thatcher to reverse her public position that the rebellion led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo was mere terrorism. The settlement--which even Carrington and many members of his negotiating team had believed was impossible, they later said--perhaps could have been achieved only by someone with the unflagging pragmatism and clearheadedness of Carrington, who has demonstrated time and again the willingness...
...message that Tom King carried to Washington last week was one of outrage and anger. The British government, warned Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, was distinctly unhappy about what it sees as congressional attempts to delay the approval and water down the terms of a new supplement to the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Britain. King reminded members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Thatcher had allowed U.S. planes to attack Libya from British bases. She had also backed U.S. demands for a strong antiterrorist stance by the European Community. Now, King...
Since 1969, only five I.R.A. fugitives are believed to have fled to the U.S., but London sees a point of principle. Declared Thatcher two weeks ago: "If you are fighting terrorism, you cannot fight it on one front. There is no earthly use in our fighting terrorism (in Britain) knowing that Irish terrorists can get away to the U.S." Agrees President Reagan: "(Thatcher) is our staunchest ally in our battle against international terrorism. We need to stand tall with our British allies...
Both Reagan and Thatcher oppose a compromise that would permit extradition when crimes have been committed against civilians, but allow sanctuary when the target is military. At week's end the British were watching closely to see which way the Senate would vote. "Rejection will be seen as providing sanctuary for murderers and thugs," warned a Thatcher aide. "There will be tremendous anger...