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...interests. To assure moderate Arab states of the U.S. dedication to a general Middle East settlement, Carter is dispatching a high-level delegation on a rush visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Reflecting the broad geopolitical concerns of the U.S., the group is headed by National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and includes General David Jones, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. To dramatize his personal involvement, the President is sending his son Chip on the mission...
...White House clearly enjoyed revealing the presidential trip. Even the regulars in the briefing room gasped when Jody Powell announced it. At Powell's elbow sat two rare visitors to the press room, Presidential Aides Hamilton Jordan and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Barely able to contain their pleasure, they had dropped by to relish the reporters' surprise...
Behind the pageantry and the politicking, the Americans and Egyptians were working on the issues still stalling the peace settlement. Involved in various aspects of the bargaining was the platoon of advisers accompanying Carter. In addition to Vance, they included Brzezinski, Defense Secretary Harold Brown and U.S. Envoy Roy Atherton. White House officials had been careful not to encourage hopes of success. On the flight to Cairo, a senior presidential aide stressed that Carter was "not particularly" optimistic and was "well aware of the fact that it is much easier for things to go wrong than to go right." This...
...National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski differed sharply. He argued that by sending Blumenthal according to schedule, the Administration was sticking to its position that the Chinese invasion is a direct result of the Soviet-encouraged Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and that simply urging all parties to restrain themselves is the best policy. Carter agreed with Brzezinski, and Blumenthal left Washington at week...
...with normalization. They also liked the idea of consummating their deal with the Americans before a signing of SALT II at a Carter-Brezhnev summit. They managed to make their impatience an imperative in the bargaining. They also managed to play brilliantly on National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski's own impatience. They knew that he could not resist the temptation to rattle the Soviets...