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...speech was part of a calculated White House campaign to persuade Moscow that Carter is serious about human rights and arms control. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski in particular believes that much...
...Brzezinski told TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott: "Part of the problem with detente is that there have been too many atmospherics, too many ups and downs. We've got to stop going on this roller coaster and develop a mature, continuing relationship. Also, there is a lot going on in Soviet-American relations, and a lot is going well, so it is a mistake to judge it just on SALT...
...Games. Brzezinski bases his carefully qualified optimism on agreements for technical and scientific cooperation in space projects, environmental problems and other areas. It is, in fact, precisely because there are so many Government agencies involved in Soviet-American relations that a special interagency committee was formed last week in order to coordinate their diverse activities. The committee will have no policymaking power but will pull together material on the Soviet Union gathered by all Government offices in order to help the White House and State Department develop a coherent policy...
After listening to Begin, Administration aides had to rethink the kind of Geneva Conference that could be held. Before the Washington summit. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski had drawn up alternatives that were described at the White House as "Geneva Up" and "Geneva Down." Geneva Up would be a conference at which the parties would go in with the procedural details worked out in advance and a relatively clear idea of the substantive matters to be discussed. At a Geneva Down conference, even the procedural issues-who should attend and how to approach the substantive issues-would have...
Carter got word of the tragedy while at a state dinner for visiting West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. The President remained at the party. But National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski rounded up Pentagon Chief Harold Brown and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and headed to the Situation Room of the White House to study possible U.S. responses. Joining the session an hour later, Carter ordered that the initial U.S. reaction be conciliatory. Thus Press Secretary Powell announced that "any penetration of North Korean airspace that may have taken place was unintentional and regrettable...