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...change the Soviets' minds before the June 2 deadline for an irrevocable decision seem about as minuscule as the chances of a 31-ft. long jump.* To the contrary, the rumor in both sports and diplomatic circles last week was that the Kremlin would try to organize a rival competition???a sort of Communist Olympics?some time this summer...
...Moreover, the new President's men were eager to do more than just finish Henry Kissinger's work for him. On a loftier plane, the Carter inner circle had an idealistic commitment to "real arms control"?measures to halt the arms race rather than merely establish rules for competition???and they felt that in the postInaugural honeymoon they had a unique opportunity to move boldly in that direction...
...need for caution?"When in doubt, leave it out," their editors ordered?and had decided early to forgo generalizations in favor of only the specific and solid. They checked every fresh fact against at least two different sources. But the pressure of keeping one scoop ahead of the competition???notably TIME's Sandy Smith?inevitably led to slips in the pair's failsafe procedure. A hasty conversation with Hugh Sloan resulted in a misunderstanding and a Woodward-Bernstein story containing the erroneous assertion that Sloan had told the grand jury that Haldeman was involved in funding the political espionage scheme...
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