"They want them to leave, but they need them," a veteran European diplomat said.

The title track was inspired by veteran American diplomat Philip Habib's shuttle diplomacy during Israel's Lebanon incursion of 1982.

Two veteran European diplomats interviewed today confirmed that their governments were ready to work with the measures proposed by the administration.

Almost all ambassadorial appointments since the 1950s have been made from among veteran diplomats.

A shrewd, jowly, veteran diplomat, Primakov, 62, is moving at full tilt to take control in Yasenevo.

Knowledgeable though the veteran German diplomat was about Russian affairs, he obviously overestimated the progress in Moscow of the British and French negotiators.

Mr. Kozyrev's speech stunned veteran diplomats who had never seen anything like it.

Hrrestan, veteran diplomat, was currently chatting to the Hrruban Space Arm representative, Prrid.

"The battle between conservatives and reformers is the core of the problem in the case of the Jews," said a veteran European diplomat based in Tehran.