Word: diplomatically
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Western observers concurred that a full-scale invasion was unlikely. "What we see now is Gorbachev raising the ante in what will be hard and drawn-out negotiations," said an American diplomat in Moscow. "Lithuania has a united population on the issue of independence, and I don't think they'll back down. And Moscow has pretty much ruled out force." At independence ceremonies in Namibia last week, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said, "We are against the use of force in any region, and we are particularly against the ^ use of force domestically...
...that they are determined to hold on to the empire at all costs. Indeed, the costs of the empire, rather than its glory, seem uppermost in their minds. Both Gorbachev and Shevardnadze have assured President Bush that Moscow will not use force against the Baltic states. A senior Soviet diplomat says of the Baltics, "Of course they can choose independence. But the laws have to be observed, and they must keep in mind that they will have to pay a heavy economic price." In Paris last month, Gorbachev's adviser Andrei Grachev said if Lithuanians cannot be convinced that...
...Danes, Austrians and Spaniards, went on a hunger strike at a Copacabana hotel to protest the management's refusal to reimburse them for valuables stolen from 50 of the hotel's 94 safes. "There is no question that crime in Rio, especially violent crime, is increasing," says a U.S. diplomat who has been investigating the issue for the past two years, "and we know that a lot of incidents are not being reported...
...publication of a list of Afghans killed by his hard-line predecessors. And he has reached out to rebel mujahedin factions with moderate proposals that offer a degree of self-rule, even though important insurgent leaders so far are not buying. Be that as it may, a Soviet diplomat in New Delhi says Najibullah has shown himself to be in step with President Mikhail Gorbachev's new thinking...
...move any military units eastward after unification. It was only after a reassuring two-hour discussion with Genscher that Shevardnadze agreed to the two-plus-four formula, and U.S. officials say the Soviets have been more flexible in private than in public. In London a high-ranking British diplomat said, "They are already talking to us as if it were a fait accompli." Said a senior Soviet diplomat: "We of course would prefer a neutral Germany under our influence. If that cannot be . . . we would prefer the Genscher plan to an unanchored neutral Germany on its own. It is better...