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...ties with the U.S. should be improved. Thus it would seem to be in the U.S. interest to bolster Banisadr. Said a White House official last week: "He's still building his power base, and anything we say at this point would probably hurt him." A senior Western diplomat in Tehran agreed, noting that "it is precisely such outbursts [as Hodding Carter's statement] that can make Banisadr's task impossible by giving too much ammunition to his critics...
...ties among both the deposed royal family and the frontier tribes, had included non-Marxists in his government. Knowing that many of the Cabinet members were bitter political enemies, some Western observers in Kabul concluded that the mix was probably unworkable. "Karmal's dilemma is unique," said a diplomat at the time. "To win the people's trust he must distance himself from Moscow. But such a move would be political suicide. The Russians would not stand...
Gromyko's warning about interference by Peking and Washington gave credence to the theory that one factor in the Kremlin's Afghan adventurism may well have been its longstanding paranoia about China and its fears of a new U.S.-China axis. According to one knowledgeable Asian diplomat, Chinese arms aid for the Muslim rebels significantly increased after Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping's visit to Washington in January 1979. And help from other sources seems to be on the way. Last week Egyptian Defense Minister Lieut. General Kamal Hassan Ali admitted that his country was arming and training...
...President Siad Barre was angry that Washington did not respond immediately with help after he threw out the Soviets. "The thing you must remember in dealing with Somalis is that they are a warrior race that sprang from one of the harshest environments on earth," says a Western diplomat. "Nobody is going to come in here and tell them what to do." If the price of U.S. aid is forgoing the chance to get revenge in the Ogaden, the Somalis may decide that the cost is too high...
...French diplomats take umbrage at accusations that they are soft on the Soviets. France, they point out, voted for the United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the Afghanistan invasion. True, France has not followed the U.S. lead in imposing economic sanctions-though it pledged, along with other Community members, not to take advantage of opportunities created by the American grain embargo-nor has it backed the boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics. The French explain that this is not because they disagree with the Carter Administration's actions but rather because European nations should use tactics better suited...