Word: pullout
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...South African pullout from Angola by Sept. 1, by which time Cuba and Angola will present a timetable for the withdrawal of Cuban troops...
...alternative to the current policy, a unilateral American pullout from the Gulf, would merely take the pressure off Iran at a point when it is feeling the full impact of a war it has glorified, enhance the stature of those radicals in Iran who call for violence and not negotiation, and weaken U.S. credibility once again in the Middle East. No wonder Iranian officials are seizing the initiative after this incident to demand an American withdrawal...
...pullout from Japan, however, is highly unlikely. Along with Britain and Israel, Japan is the junior partner in one of the U.S.'s few truly special relationships. The two nations engage in ventures ranging from joint development of a $6.5 billion jet fighter known as the FSX to intelligence gathering on North Korean radicals in advance of the Seoul Olympics. "There will continue to be a tremendous mutual dependence between the U.S. and Japan," says Historian Edwin Reischauer, author of The Japanese Today and former U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo. "If they turned uncooperative it would be a disaster...
...only lighten the burden on a desperately ailing economy but also make Viet Nam less of a pariah in Southeast Asia. The government announced that by the end of the year it would withdraw 50,000 Vietnamese troops from neighboring Kampuchea as part of a total, phased pullout of 120,000 troops...
There will be few fireworks over what summiteers call "regional issues." Besides its Afghan pullout, the Kremlin is eager to wind down other conflicts that are a drain on its treasury, particularly those in Angola, Ethiopia and Kampuchea. In the area of humanitarian concerns, U.S. complaints are likely to be pro forma. Jewish emigration, one barometer of Moscow's human rights record, is now high. In April, 1,086 Soviet Jews emigrated, the biggest monthly total since...