sweet talk
noun
cajolery; soft soap.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Both the Poles and Soviets have been sweet-talking the West Germans of late, an activity as unlikely as it is an anathema to Ulbricht.
From Time Magazine Archive
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