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Nobody could be sure, and nobody would talk. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance slipped up to Manhattan for a secret meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, then slipped away again. At the U.N. and in West European capitals, normally accessible diplomats became uncharacteristically secretive. Washington buzzed with rumors, but the White House banned all official speculation, and Jimmy Carter urged the nation "to guard against excessive optimism." Though such caution was certainly warranted, there was mounting evidence from all quarters that the long, cruel ordeal might finally be coming to an end for the 50 Americans being held hostage...
...angry White House immediately launched a counterattack. Press Secretary Jody Powell termed Kennedy's attack "cynical, self-serving, irresponsible and false." Secretary of State Cyrus Vance accused Kennedy of "misstatements ... both numerous and serious," and State Department Spokesman Hodding Carter III asserted that Kennedy had got the commission idea from confidential briefings that Vance and Waldheim had given him. Finally, Carter himself said at his press conference that Kennedy's remarks had been "very damaging to our country...
...Summer Games scheduled this year for Moscow. The International Olympic Committee, meeting at Lake Placid, last week rejected the U.S. Olympic Committee's proposal that the Moscow Games be canceled, postponed or moved to another site. To present the U.S. position, President Carter had sent Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to Lake Placid. Vance told the I.O.C. "We will oppose the participation of an American team in any Olympic Games in the capital of an invading nation." But Vance's tough talk drew more anger than applause. Ireland's Lord Killanin, I.O.C. president, said the Games "must...
...Washington, Carter Administration officials tried to defend Ali's Mission Implausible. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance gamely told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, "I think he has been an effective and eloquent spokesman...
...endless cycle of social and political upheaval has virtually destroyed the once flourishing economy of Central America's most densely populated state. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance has indicated that the U.S. was eager to provide $49 million in economic aid to help stabilize the junta. But money alone probably will not shore up the embattled government, and Washington policymakers concede that their options are limited. Says one Government analyst: "You get the very depressing feeling that all the U.S. can do is wait until it blows and then see what can be done...