Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Neither side has gained or lost much ground over the past three years, and all signs point to a continuing stalemate. Although diplomats began to speculate last November that new Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov would try to find a face-saving compromise that would allow the Soviet Union to withdraw from its Afghan quagmire, there has been no evidence of that so far. Says a senior British diplomat: "No one is winning, and short of a decision by Andropov to extricate himself from the country, of which we see no meaningful sign at present, it could drag on for years...
...Chinese have long insisted on three conditions before ties could be improved: the Soviets remove some of their 49 divisions from Mongolia and the shared border; they withdraw from Afghanistan; and they end their support of Viet Nam's occupation of Kampuchea. Lately, the Chinese have hinted that they would be willing to settle for less. One possibility, which the Soviets may accept, is a token reduction of Soviet troops along the border. Agreement on that issue alone, Chinese diplomats now say, would be enough to allow the two countries to conduct serious negotiations on trade, thus sidestepping...
There was a time, in the early fall, when U.S. officials believed they could persuade Israel, Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization to withdraw their armies from Lebanon by the end of 1982. It did not work out that way. When direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel finally began last week, some diplomats in the Middle East predicted that the talks would last two months. Others speculated that the process could easily take a year...
...Helms to threaten the Senate leadership with a ten-hour filibuster to block confirmation. In Helms' view, even the hawkish President was not selecting tried and true conservatives to the arms negotiating posts. In a sudden twist, the White House gave up the fight and is expected to withdraw Grey's name...
...party, for talks on the future of Ulster. After the disco deaths, Thatcher denounced the visit and urged that it be canceled. But Ken Livingstone, the leftist leader of the Greater London Council (the local government of the capital) and would-be host of the Sinn Feiners, refused to withdraw his invitation. Home Secretary William Whitelaw finally banned the visit outright at the request of police, even though some security experts feared that the move could inspire fresh I.R.A. revenge attacks in England. Noted an angry Ulster Protestant: "The Sinn Fein are not allowed to walk the streets of London...