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...Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev. The two leaders, it was assumed, would announce their long awaited summit in mid-January. Would there be any fallout on SALT from Washington's decision to normalize relations with China? Absolutely not, Carter told a TV audience. Said Secretary of State Cyrus Vance: "We are close to the end of the road...
...latest strategy works out, the episodes in Iran last week again raised disturbing questions about the ability of the U.S. to predict developments in areas vital to its national interest and to devise effective policies for dealing with them. While the situation in Iran deteriorated, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and his top aides were preoccupied with the Middle East peace talks and SALT negotiations with the Soviet Union. Filling the policy vacuum was Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was almost unopposed in his recommendation that the U.S. must support the Shah without reservation. Day-to-day operations, according to State Department...
Sadat spoke only hours after last week's meeting in Brussels between U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and high-level Egyptian and Israeli officials ended with the two Middle Eastern countries still at an impasse. But nobody sounded alarmed. Israeli officials said vaguely that they expected the negotiations to resume soon, and even though the Egyptians had spoken of a cooling-off period lasting a couple of months, they stressed that the peace process may be irreversible...
...complete with screwdrivers and toenail clippers, given to buxom, blond-wigged Country Singer Dolly Parton, who says her new toolbox is "very feminine looking" and filled with "things I can use on the road." Most jovially received present: a pound of bacon, presented by reporters to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance before they all landed at Andrews Air Force Base last week. Said the correspondent chosen to hand over the pork, forbidden to both Jews and Muslims: "This gift contains no salt and has been rejected by both parties in the Middle East...
...President Carter cancels meetings with Congressional leaders and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance because of a renewed flare-up of hemorrhoids. "Seems the little buggers have been born again," Press Secretary Jody Powell explains...