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...confounding: first the presence of the unit on the island was "not acceptable," then it was tacitly accepted. At times, the allies contend, it has been totally unclear who really has been in charge of formulating the Administration's approach to the Soviets: the generally cautious Secretary of State Cyrus Vance or the more hawkish National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. This has prompted the West Germans to label the U.S. policy as one characterized by Wirrwarr or confusion. Concludes a top-ranking chancellery official in Bonn: "Carter's motives have been beyond question, as has been his integrity...
Carter considered taking two other steps against Iran. One was to ban food and drug sales, which are minuscule; the other was to seek an international ban on Iran's telecommunications with the outside world. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance argued vigorously against both moves in a last-minute appeal to the President, who finally agreed to postpone them...
Carter's decision came after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with top foreign policy advisers, including Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance...
...Washington, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance took full public responsibility for a "mistaken" U.S. vote in favor of a U.N. Security Council resolution calling upon Israel to dismantle all of its settlements in the occupied territories. This astonishing policy turnabout managed to antagonize both Israelis and Arabs, raised new doubts among America's allies about the credibility of Carter's foreign policy, and contributed to the already shaky morale of the U.S. Foreign Service. U.S. diplomacy had seldom seen darker hours...
...favor of the resolution, which demanded that Israel both stop its practice of placing new settlements in the Arab lands it has occupied since 1967 and dismantle nearly 100 already in existence, had been a mistake. Carter blamed the error on a "failure to communicate ... clearly." Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, poker-faced, said curtly: "I take full responsibility for what happened...