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...Pakistanis and Turks also resent, and reject, what they have privately dubbed "the Brzezinski Doctrine." That describes the Carter Administration's policy of relying on "regional influentials" ?Zbigniew Brzezinski's term?to shoulder much of the burden of maintaining security in their area. The "influentials" in this case are Iran and India?and the concept annoys Turkey and terrifies Pakistan. Says Zia angrily: "If the U.S. is thinking of aligning with pillars of strength in this region, then I'm not having any part of it. Instead of turning to Tehran and New Delhi, why can't Pakistan turn...
...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sessions will be held less than a quarter mile up the road in Laurel Lodge, where the rectangular conference table has been replaced by a circular one.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...
...There is an obvious element of risk involved: no one is hiding that," acknowledged Carter's National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski in a discussion with TIME Correspondent Christopher Ogden, who covered the latest Vance mission. But the Administration was determined, Brzezinski added, to take an optimistic view. "Pessimism is a luxury that policymakers can't afford," he reflected, "because pessimism, on the part of people who try to shape events, can become a self-fulfilling prophecy...
...statement is drafted in Geneva but based on extensive guidance from the White House. "Basic instructions," those containing a new proposal, for example, are approved by the President himself; "amplifying instructions" are cleared by National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. The Soviet statement is translated into English by the U.S. delegation's team of five resident interpreters and flashed back to Washington over the State Department's own coded communications network...
Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps has led the battle against Brzezinski, with support from both the State Department and the Treasury. This group argues that any trade shutoff will not soften Russia's stand on human rights and will hurt U.S. economic interests. American sales, it notes, make up only a small percentage of Soviet imports. Though U.S. goods are sometimes superior, Carter's move would hardly cripple the huge Soviet economy, and Moscow can always turn to other countries that are eager to do business. Said one top U.S. official in Washington: "It's a Greek tragedy...