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...asked if he found any encouraging aspects to Reagan's speech. "If there were no positive seeds," said the smooth Soviet as his private talk with Reagan was about to begin, "we would not have met at all." The challenge of Geneva will be to nourish, rather than trample upon, seeds that by even the most optimistic reading are exceedingly rare and fragile. --By George J. Church. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett/Washington and Johanna McGeary/New York
Peres' apparent concession to Hussein on the matter of an international peace conference took a highly convoluted form. In his U.N. speech, the Prime Minister said that "if deemed necessary," peace talks "may be initiated with the support of an international forum, as agreed upon by the negotiating states." He suggested that permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the U.S., Britain, France, China and the Soviet Union) might be involved, an idea that seemed to give the Soviets entrée to the peace talks. But Peres quickly added that countries "who confine their diplomatic relations to one side...
...number of deaths since the disturbances began in September 1984 had exceeded 800, including more than 70 in the Cape Town area. A U.D.F. official said that with the arrests and the new state of emergency, the Botha government has made "an open declaration of war upon the people of Cape Town." --By Michael S. Serrill. Reported by Bruce W. Nelan/Johannesburg, with other bureaus
...Sheed household, including Wilfrid's older sister Rosemary, was the most movable of holy feasts. One or both parents were continually getting "mysterious marching orders." Maisie did not exaggerate when she titled a reminiscence To and Fro upon the Earth. In 1940, when Wilfrid was nine, the call took the family to the U.S. and kept them hopping from way station to way station. Young Wilfrid, the eternal transfer student, felt like a newspaper tossed on a lawn. Not even when he was struck by polio at the age of 1 3 did his parents slow down their perpetual motion...
Across Washington, even the highest officials snapped their heads in disbelief upon hearing the news of the impending press conference. CIA Director Casey, who had not told the White House about Yurchenko's disappearance over the weekend, quickly called Chief of Staff Donald Regan, who in turn told the President. Reagan apparently showed little emotion, but others in the West Wing gathered in front of televisions to watch CNN's live broadcast of the conference. What they saw for the next hour was one of the most amazing public performances ever to emerge from the foggy world of spy intrigue...