Word: wisner
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...Reagan Administration's policy of "constructive engagement" toward South Africa, however, has touched off bitter and growing controversy. The policy aims at encouraging the white South African government to ease its oppressive racial policies by behind-the-scenes pressure rather than public denunciation. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Frank Wisner claims some success; he notes that "South Africa and black Africa are talking to each other" and sees some easing of apartheid within South Africa. But the country has been racked by black protests, backed up by demonstrations in the U.S. American liberals and some South African blacks charge that...
...next stop, a woman named Frances Wisner, a south Texas telephone operator who settled on the river in 1940, sat waiting with her German shepherd under a lean-to. She wore more layers than a high-society wedding cake. She gave Ray Arnold a meat-loaf sandwich, a cup of steaming coffee and a piece of her mind. She said it might help the federal deficit if they placed higher taxes on every soft drink but Coca-Cola, which she drinks, and every candy bar but Milky Way, which she favors. Around them, gathering dusk turned...
After months of groundwork, negotiations came to a head last November. Following a meeting with Machel in the Mozambique capital of Maputo, Crocker's deputy, Frank Wisner, flew to South Africa with a message for Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha: the time was ripe for bilateral talks with Mozambique. The discussions set in motion the exchange that led to last week's formal accord...
...time to discuss Angola and Namibia. In a vigorous all-day session, Crocker convinced the South African leader that a pullout of his country's forces in Angola could lead to a ceasefire, paving the way for a Namibian settlement. Meanwhile, in meetings on the Cape Verde Islands, Wisner won agreement from Angola that in return it would restrain further SWAPO attacks. As the disengagement went into effect in February, a team of U.S. observers was sent to the Namibian capital of Windhoek to monitor the progress. So far, the cease-fire seems to be holding...