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...terms, he told the Senators, differing interpretations cannot block U.S. efforts to protect the canal. Said he: "We are under no obligation to consult with or seek approval from any other nation or international body before acting to maintain the neutrality of the canal." More loftily, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance argued that the treaties should be approved because "the American people want to live in peace with their neighbors, want to be strong but use their strength with restraint...
Last week's unscheduled session at the White House was convened at Gromyko s request. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance dashed back to Washington from the U.N. General Assembly session in Manhattan. Gromyko brought the Politburo's approval of a formula aimed at breaking the SALT deadlock. From the White House meeting and Vance-Gromyko talks in New York City later in the week, the following prospective compromise for SALT II has emerged...
...that they had put "tough" pressure on Israel to withdraw, but denied rumors that Washington had threatened to hold up arms supplies. The first U.S. message to Israel to get out was sent on Sept. 18, two days after the intervention. Next day President Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance told visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan that Israeli units had to withdraw. When the Israelis ignored the demands, one senior Middle East expert explained, "We had to get very deeply involved in pushing for a pullback and cease-fire." Specifically, Washington complained to Jerusalem that American-made weapons...
...These talks were not designed to I reach agreement." That warning was sounded by Press Secretary Jody Powell as high-level foreign officials began trooping to Washington for meetings with Jimmy Carter and Cyrus Vance. The President and his Secretary of State were looking for movement on peace talks in the Middle East and on strategic arms negotiations with the Soviets but were careful not to let expectations get out of hand. In the end, SALT was still stalemated. However, there seemed to be a minute improvement in a procedural bottleneck that has blocked a reconvening of the Geneva Conference...
...expires. After that the U.S. and the Soviet Union will no longer be bound by the ceilings on offensive, strategic weapons to which they agreed five years ago. Despite Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's meetings in Washington last week with President Jimmy Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, there is virtually no chance that a new arms accord can be reached before the deadline...