Word: uncertainity
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...this year, Reagan held a second full-scale discussion. Shultz and Weinberger again argued strenuously against the arms sales, but they left the conference feeling uncertain that they had swayed an enthusiastic Reagan and his equally gung-ho NSC and CIA advisers. Ten days later the President signed a secret intelligence "finding," thus permitting "occasional" arms transactions with Iran in spite of the continuing embargo. He assigned management of the deals to the CIA and instructed Casey to conceal the project from Congress. At the same time, Reagan ordered that intelligence traffic on the arms shipments be kept from...
Duarte and a democratic El Salvador may find it difficult to last without substantial doses of continued American economic and military support. The U.S. has a high stake in Duarte's survival but seems uncertain precisely how best to strengthen his hand, apart from providing massive aid indefinitely. Says a Salvadoran banker: "The poor are a lot less afraid of Communism than the wealthy, and it is the poor who are suffering." U.S. policymakers are mindful of that assessment. To counter the implicit threat, Duarte, whose government is reportedly plagued by low-level official corruption, must not only obtain additional...
...organize the process, and a political base different from the coalition that overthrew Marcos. Without such a new base, it will be difficult to take the tough and often unpopular measures that will be required. It is in building this new political base that Aquino has been most uncertain...
...Chrysler (1985 sales: $21.3 billion) will head into that uncertain and highly competitive period in strong condition. The automaker is expected to post earnings of $1.25 billion for 1986, which will follow $4.7 billion in profits during the previous three years. The profit stream will enable Chrysler to devote a hefty $12.5 billion between 1986 and 1990 to developing new models and equipping old factories to produce them. During that time, Chrysler plans to rebuild aggressively its share of the auto market to nearly the level it claimed before the company's slide in the late 1970s. At Chrysler...
...revelations of the secret talks with Iran put Secretary of State George Shultz in a particularly uncomfortable spot. What he knew about them is uncertain. He was surely aware of the meetings between National Security Council officials and Iranian representatives. As a member of the NSC, he was privy to a presidential memorandum in February summarizing the meetings to that date and directing that they continue. According to some reports, he heard about the arms shipments and protested vainly against them to the President. Some of Shultz's subordinates, however, think the Secretary did not learn about the arms transactions...