I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn't necessarily make a lot of generalizations.

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To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for...

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for...

Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point...

Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point...

It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look...

It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look...

There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of...

There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of...

I think there, there also had been just before I got to Honduras a rather...

I think there, there also had been just before I got to Honduras a rather...

Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does...

Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does...

We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face...

We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face...

Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until...

Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until...

We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for...

We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for...

Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on...

Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on...

The populations of Central America are very, very small indeed, so that while no one...

The populations of Central America are very, very small indeed, so that while no one...