Word: accords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eight years of reporting on Arab-Israeli diplomacy and violence since the 1967 war, newsmen have become alert to the subtle nuances of Middle East peacemaking. While it was no secret that a new Sinai accord was in the air, TIME correspondents in Washington, Jerusalem and Cairo saw unofficial signs that the talks had reached a critical stage well before any word that Henry Kissinger might be resuming his shuttle diplomacy. "When the two sides - and their American intermediaries - are at odds," explains State Department Correspondent Strobe Talbott, "then official sources are more likely to let information out to tell...
...cool, clear air of the Colorado mountains. Gerald Ford golfed, swam, dined with old friends and danced cheek-to-cheek with his wife in a Vail nightclub. He was briefed daily on international developments, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's efforts to work out a peace accord between Israel and Egypt (see THE WORLD). He called together his top aides for a conference on oil prices, and met with White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld to affix the presidential signature to routine bills and appointments. But for the most part. Ford kept himself a chip shot away...
...expected that such pressure would be exerted immediately. Last week, to the contrary, there were some superficial indications of progress that could be attributed at least partly to the accord. Bonn and Warsaw reached an interim agreement, for instance, providing for the repatriation of some 125,000 ethnic Germans (out of a total of 280,000) from Poland to West Germany. Cost to Bonn: almost $1 billion in credits and pensions. In addition, the conversations at Helsinki between West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and East German Communist Boss Erich Honecker were said to have led to some progress...
Even if Israel and Egypt do reach an early accord, Middle East tensions will not automatically diminish. On at least one other Israeli-Arab border-the Golan Heights-they will probably increase. Another U.N. mandate on the Golan expires in November, and there is no immediate prospect of any disengagement talks on this front. Syria and Israel both suspect each other of preparing pre-emptive attacks. Last week also, Israel accused Jordan's King Hussein of massing troops for a possible attack-even though the border is quiet and record numbers of Palestinians are crossing the open bridges...
...ROLE IN SPAIN: We cannot understand the policy of the United States. It seems that there is an accord between the superpowers to prevent progressive forces from coming to power in Western Europe. The radicalization in Portugal is to a great degree the fault of the Americans. They could have stopped...