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More ambitious was an effort by Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, Swedish Social Democratic Party Leader Olof Palme and Spanish Socialist Workers Party Leader Felipe González, who flew to Iran to talk with Banisadr and other government officials on an ostensible "fact-finding" mission. Later, on his way home, Kreisky said that in regard to the hostages the group had made its "deep criticism clear...
Bullionaire Bunker Hunt, for example, anted up 69,485 head of cattle from ranches in seven states and more than 700 Thoroughbred race horses, including some with appropriate names like Goofed, Extravagant and Overdrawn. Bunker also kicked in 65 Krugerrands, 60 bags of silver coins, 1,000 Austrian gold Ducats and 3,000 Austrian gold Coronas, plus some odds and ends like a renowned collection of porcelain birds and an oil painting of himself...
...Tehran, which does not recognize the court's jurisdiction, is expected to defy the order. But some hopes for a break in the crisis were raised at week's end when three prominent Socialist party leaders-Sweden's Olof Palme, Spain's Felipe Gonzalez and Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky-met in Vienna and discussed the possibility of flying together to Tehran to probe the chances for the hostages' liberation...
...might take. What the meeting did show is two things: 1) the Carter Administration's determination to deal sternly with Moscow so long as Soviet troops remain in Afghanistan and 2) Muskie's readiness to be a blunt spokesman for this position. In his address at the Austrian celebrations, with Gromyko sitting just a few feet from him, Muskie clearly alluded to the Afghanistan invasion as he said that "the principles of neutrality, of independence and territorial integrity so respected in the case of Austria are today being violated . . . An act of aggression anywhere threatens security everywhere...
Unlike Cyrus Vance, who was reticent and believed that the less he said on an issue the better, Muskie is talkative to the point of garrulity. Only once did his diplomatic presence fail him totally. During a lengthy speech on Austrian history at the festivities in Vienna, Muskie fell asleep in his very prominent front-row seat. Lord Carrington tried to wake him with a jab of his elbow, but finally gave up. Not until applause rang out did the Secretary of State's head snap up and his body straighten. Muskie did not seem particularly embarrassed...