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...National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski to TIME, commenting on Vance's designated successor...
...reasons behind Vance's quitting raised grave questions about nothing less than President Carter's methods and judgment in forming foreign policy. On one level, the resignation involved a personal struggle. As Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance had lost his duel with National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, 52, over who was to be the chief architect of the Administration's foreign policy. Perhaps even more important, the resignation reflected the power that had accrued to the office of National Security Adviser, a post that was not even a part of the U.S. Government until...
Carter, however, had his own candidate in mind: Muskie. Vice President Walter Mondale also favored Muskie. He doubted that the reserved Christopher could accomplish a necessary job: moving Brzezinski back into the shadows a bit. Mondale and a number of White House staffers believed that the National Security Adviser was hurting Carter by acting so flamboyantly. Muskie, they felt, could handle Brzezinski: he was well known for his self-confidence and his hair-trigger temper...
...closest councils of the President only proves that our worries about the Administration are sound." A Foreign Minister returning from the summit meeting of the European Community cited European fears that Vance's departure would leave an opening at the top that would quickly be filled by Brzezinski, who was mistrusted. Said a Quai d'Orsay diplomat: "It's not just Brzezinski's rabidly anti-Soviet line that galled, it was his erratic personality. In negotiations, we found him intellectually undisciplined." Dominique Moïsy, an analyst at the French Institute of International Relations, observed: "Some Europeans believe that Carter...
Back in the White House, the crisis managers had gathered earlier. Mondale, Brzezinski, Vance, Brown, Jordan and Jody Powell jammed into the President's small study. They discussed how, if at all, the news of the embarrassing failure should be broken. Some leaned toward remaining mum, letting Iranian authorities deal with the desert wreckage and the night's mysterious events in any fashion that they chose...