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...Cyrus Vance to President Carter, after resigning as Secretary of State...
...substance, he was polite?he is always polite. Then he climbed slowly into his limousine and began his final official trip to the Oval Office of President Carter. The two men talked for 17 minutes, but it was only a formality. The necessary letters had already been exchanged. Cyrus Vance, 63, no longer was Secretary of State...
...reasons behind Vance's quitting raised grave questions about nothing less than President Carter's methods and judgment in forming foreign policy. On one level, the resignation involved a personal struggle. As Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance had lost his duel with National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, 52, over who was to be the chief architect of the Administration's foreign policy. Perhaps even more important, the resignation reflected the power that had accrued to the office of National Security Adviser, a post that was not even a part of the U.S. Government until...
Since the beginning of the Carter Administration, TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott has covered Cyrus Vance closely, writing about the Secretary's behind-the-scenes struggles with the National Security Council and accompanying him on a number of missions abroad. Talbott reports on how the departing Secretary views the job that he is turning over to Edmund Muskie...
Beyond the key operational military commanders, only a few high civilian officials knew the nature of the secret mission. They included Vice President Mondale, Brown, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, CIA Director Stansfield Turner and White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan. Not even Stuart Eizenstat, Carter's chief adviser on domestic policy, was told about the raid. In mid-April Carter summoned the team's leaders to the White House Situation Room and wished them well on their perilous mission...