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Beyond the key operational military commanders, only a few high civilian officials knew the nature of the secret mission. They included Vice President Mondale, Brown, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, CIA Director Stansfield Turner and White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan. Not even Stuart Eizenstat, Carter's chief adviser on domestic policy, was told about the raid. In mid-April Carter summoned the team's leaders to the White House Situation Room and wished them well on their perilous mission...
...disruption in world oil supplies if other Persian Gulf countries reacted to U.S. military moves by cutting oil shipments to the West. Insisted Jordan: "'The President has made no decision, not even a tentative one, to embark on such a course." When news of the dissension leaked out, Brzezinski was furious, terming such disclosures "a sickening business...
Last week, with protests and promises still ringing across the oceans, Brzezinski summed up the problems facing the alliance. The U.S. certainly must continue to pursue its leadership role, he said, which inevitably "creates frictions, and we acknowledge it. But without such a role for the U.S., there will be no action. Therefore, we are prepared to accept friction as a necessary preliminary to a collective response that needs to be made. At the same time, we must be careful not to force our allies into positions where their vital interests are jeopardized. This dilemma, the recognition of diversity...
...acceptable," then it was tacitly accepted. At times, the allies contend, it has been totally unclear who really has been in charge of formulating the Administration's approach to the Soviets: the generally cautious Secretary of State Cyrus Vance or the more hawkish National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. This has prompted the West Germans to label the U.S. policy as one characterized by Wirrwarr or confusion. Concludes a top-ranking chancellery official in Bonn: "Carter's motives have been beyond question, as has been his integrity. It's been his lack of aptitude that has undermined his reliability...
...Watergate, I was one of those who fell on their knees and prayed for Jimmy Carter to be elected President. But on the issue of the Soviets' threat to world peace, President Carter has been toeing too soft a line. Give Ronald Reagan a chance and retain Zbigniew Brzezinski...