Word: aspens
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Sadat then traveled by helicopter to Camp David, where he greeted Carter with exuberant Arab-style hugs. He embraced Rosalynn with somewhat more restraint, giving her a quick peck on the cheek. Carter and Sadat strolled to Aspen Lodge, the presidential residence, and then on to Dogwood Lodge, the Egyptian's quarters...
Carter himself will occupy the plush Aspen Lodge, which was extravagantly refurbished by Richard Nixon. Begin will stay in Birch house and Sadat in Dogwood, both located about 50 yds. from Aspen Lodge. The guests' "cabins" are similar, each with two large bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large sitting room with a fireplace. Cooks at Aspen Lodge are on 24-hr, call to prepare any dish the guests order, and they have a list of the two visitors' gastronomic favorites. Sadat, nonetheless, is bringing his own chef; the Egyptian leader is a health buff who carefully watches his diet. Kosher...
Some of the negotiating will take place in armchairs around the huge central fireplace in Aspen Lodge, where Nixon spent agonizing hours trying to construct a Watergate defense. Other sessions will be held less than a quarter mile up the road in Laurel Lodge, where the rectangular conference table has been replaced by a circular one. For these enlarged conferences, Vance, Vice President Walter Mondale, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and other key officials will be available, as will the top aides of the two other leaders...
This summit meeting may be the most trying test Carter has had of his ability as a negotiator and reconciler. Sitting on the porch of Aspen Lodge, overlooking the pool, he will try to dispel the suspicions and antagonisms that have built up between Sadat and Begin. Said one top Administration official: "It's not so mechanical as in a strategic negotiating session. A lot stems from human qualities and reactions. The introduction of ideas depends on intuitive insight...
...hour as for extra time. "I don't have to get here that early," he told a friend. "I like to get up and come over here to be by myself." The special joy of Camp David is that in a little corner of the patio of Aspen Lodge the rest of the world can be held off for a few hours. Servants do not intrude. Security men are at a distance because the camp's access is tightly guarded...