Word: cyrus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CAIRO, Egypt--Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance opened a new round of shuttle diplomacy yesterday in an effort to revive the Mideast peace talks by meeting for 90 minutes with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat...
...Said Crane: "Although the entire situation is deplorable, the responsibility to bring the loved ones back to the United States rests with the families, not the Federal Government." Crane demanded to know who in the State Department had authorized the operation (it was the decision of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance...
Alarmed by the new tide of refugees, U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance last month called on the U.N. General Assembly to convene a conference on the entire question, a meeting now scheduled for Geneva in December. Even before that, the U.S. Congress will hold hearings on the refugees' plight and the possibility of higher U.S. quotas...
...military interference, in the affairs of Iran, a state that borders directly on the Soviet Union, would be regarded by the U.S.S.R. as affecting the interests of its security." That warning, aimed directly at the U.S., startled and annoyed American officials. After a hasty Sunday meeting, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance issued a statement saying that "the U.S. does not intend to intervene in the internal affairs of any country." Then Vance added pointedly: "We expect other countries to conduct themselves in similar fashion and we note that the Soviet Union has said that it will not interfere...
...would pledge that 1) talks on autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza would begin within one month of the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, and 2) elections for local governing councils for those territories should take place by the end of 1979. U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance presented the plan to Begin and Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport as the Israelis were preparing to leave for home. Begin was, predictably, unenthusiastic; Dayan surprised his Premier by telling Vance: "If the Egyptians are willing to accept [this...