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<text id=89TT2369>
<title>
Sep. 11, 1989: Grapevine
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Sep. 11, 1989 The Lonely War:Drugs
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 27
Grapevine
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<p> RISKY READING. When the vacationing George Bush was not
busy not catching fish (his staff refers to his futile outings
as "boating trips"), he was sailing through Tom Clancy's
techno-thriller, Clear and Present Danger. The President
recommended the novel -- about a covert U.S. operation against
the Colombian drug lords -- to White House staffers. Since the
villain turns out to be the National Security Adviser,
colleagues joked to Brent Scowcroft that "maybe the President
is trying to tell us something."
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<p> BEIRUT BUNKER. State Department veterans are appalled by
Secretary James Baker's refusal to withdraw two dozen diplomats
from Beirut, where they spend much time in underground shelters
avoiding shells. Some officials want the Americans relocated to
Cyprus, but Baker sees this as a retreat. Complains one
diplomat: "We seem to be waiting for a sacrificial lamb. If one
of our people dies, the rest will be taken out immediately."
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<p> TAPS FOR MIA'S. Officially, 2,338 U.S. servicemen are still
missing in Southeast Asia, but retired General John Vessey, who
has completed an investigation, is not optimistic. Hanoi has
returned the remains of 227 Americans since 1987, and, despite
numerous purported "live sightings," Vessey believes there is
no credible evidence that any MIA is still alive.
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