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...representative would then communicate with his home government. When the replies were disappointing, the Secretary-General would look for "some conciliatory U.N. formula." His worst fear, he said, was "the danger of a great military incident in the area. I am always wondering whether one of the parties would withdraw from the negotiating table because of such an incident...
...Napoleón Duarte, who was a member of the junta that implemented the program with strong U.S. support in 1980, is also concerned that D'Aubuisson's backers may try to subvert it. If this should happen, Duarte told TIME last week, he will withdraw his Christian Democratic deputies from the new assembly, thereby denying it "legitimacy." Said he: "This country needs a change of structure. We have to use what few natural resources we have, along with our best natural resource-our people. We call this justice. The extreme right calls this Communism...
Instead of stepping up investments, though, many U.S. corporations, out of fear of terrorism and revolution, are actually scaling back their activities in the area. Said Richard Feinberg, a visiting fellow at the Overseas Development Council: "Businessmen looking at the turmoil there are certainly more inclined to withdraw funds than to invest more money, regardless of the apparent incentives." Added Joseph Grunwald, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution: "I don't see U.S. business rushing down there. The profit prospects are simply not very encouraging...
...corner. There were others at hand, quite prepared to oust him if his venture failed. Among the admirals were men of much more fascist temper than he. The air force generals, long in second place to the admirals, were gaining in clout. Galtieri had to succeed. How could he withdraw-and survive...
...said we would evacuate the Sinai when certain conditions were met, and we did. Here [on the West Bank] we said we would not withdraw, and indeed...