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...Carter Administration was once again sending out conflicting signals. There were still reverberations from Special Envoy Clark Clifford's visit to New Delhi, where he told a press conference that the U.S. would go to war if the Soviets "move toward the Persian Gulf." Secretary of State Cyrus Vance gently rebuked Clifford, apparently feeling that stating the policy too bluntly could only make Washington's dealings with Moscow more tense than they already are. Such slips may be minor considering the size of the turn that the Administration is making. More open to question, say critics, are some...
Discussing Iran, Kennedy took part of the credit for the proposal of an international commission to investigate the reign of the deposed Shah of Iran. Kennedy said the Carter administration "stubbornly resisted this solution," a statement that provoked vehement reactions from Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on Wednesday...
Carter, with a chorus of support from Press Secretary Jody Powell and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, wasted no time in responding, calling Kennedy's charges beyond "bounds of both propriety and accuracy," during a press conference on Wednesday night in Washington...
...years about the world's having changed into a place with several centers of power, the dominant relationship still is that between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Thus it was to Washington that other nations were looking for leadership. The Administration was clearly angry. Even Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, whose penchant for using delicate diplomatic language is legendary, sounded stern. Said he: "The Soviet Union clearly crossed a threshold in its action." He warned that "they are going to have to pay a cost as long as their troops stay in Afghanistan. In addition, they are going...
...dormitories and other buildings. The Moscow Olympics are meant to be a monument to the Soviets' selfesteem, an extravaganza of self-congratulation that in a way betrays their profound insecurities. With so tempting a target, the Carter Administration last week was doing some purposeful sighting. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance announced a mid-February deadline for a Soviet pull-out from Afghanistan if the Games are to on as scheduled. Appearing on NBC'S Meet the Press, the President said that he lad asked the U.S. Olympic Committee to Boycott the summer Games or move the Olympics...