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...timing-just before Secretary of State Cyrus Vance visited Hussein-was acutely embarrassing. A Jordanian spokesman quickly insisted that the money had not been used for "personal interests"-referring to the Post's implication that the funds had gone to support Hussein's jet-set lifestyle...
...Panama Canal. Never before in twelve years of off-again, on-again talks have U.S. and Panamanian negotiators been more confident of success. In their bungalow, overlooking a white sand beach where they occasionally swim and sun themselves, they are quickly getting down to basics. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance has been described as "eupeptic" over the possibility of finally signing a treaty by this summer -even though sizable obstacles remain...
...Henry Kissinger was Henry Kissinger and Cyrus Vance is Cyrus Vance. They don't have to be the same. We like them both." Thus spoke the grand old lady of Israeli politics, former Premier Golda Meir, after meeting with the new Secretary of State during the first stop of his first foreign mission. Her conclusion was shared by just about everyone who met the lanky, soft-spoken Vance along the route of his six-day, six-nation swing (not to be called a shuttle) through the Middle East last week...
...quite Clark Kent turning into Superman, but one evening early this week mild-mannered Cyrus Vance suddenly changes from a charming, relaxed dinner partner to a tough diplomat on the run. The new Secretary of State excuses himself from a White House gala honoring Mexican President José López Portillo, dashes into a waiting Ford sedan, strips off his black bow tie and-in the pre-midnight dark -speeds south to Andrews Air Force Base. Within minutes, he is airborne in a specially outfitted Boeing...
SECRETARY OF STATE Cyrus Vance announced last week that the Carter administration will move to repeal the Byrd amendment, which allows U.S. companies to buy Rhodesian chrome in defiance of the U.N. boycott of the southern African country. At this point, the gesture would be little more than symbolic. The U.S. does not need the chrome--Rhodesia supplies less than ten per cent of this country's needs, and the government here has stockpiled enough for almost a year anyway. The effect on Rhodesia, while real, would merely be yet another blow to an economy that has been slipping rapidly...