Word: drozdiak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talks on Palestinian autonomy could be propelled into "second gear" and West Bank and Gaza Strip residents could be coaxed into joining the negotiations over their political destiny. "We don't want this to end up as just an Egyptian-Israeli agreement." Strauss told TIME Correspondent William Drozdiak. :We are committed to a comprehensive peace; the issues are on the table and the dice are rolling...
...hostility to Somoza's corrupt reign, the Carter Administration has floundered in its pursuit of a response. U.S. intelligence officials did produce evidence that Havana has supplied some weapons to the rebels, several of whom were trained in guerrilla tactics in Cuba. Nonetheless, reports TIME Washington Correspondent William Drozdiak, "the obsessive concern with Cuban involvement struck some OAS members as blind paranoia. Panama, Mexico and Costa Rica even discerned a more sinister motive in the ill-substantiated attacks: to find an excuse for robbing the Sandinistas of their victory by sending in the Marines...
...Bazargan and his advisers. At his Monday press conference, 36 hours before the embassy assault, Carter noted that Bazargan's followers had been "very helpful in ensuring the safety of Americans, and we have been consulting with them very closely." Secretary of State Vance told TIME Correspondent William Drozdiak: "A number of individuals in the new Iranian government studied in the U.S., and will bring to bear the expertise and talents they acquired during their time here. I do think Iran will have a more nonaligned policy in the future, but we can find common ground and work together...
Reported TIME Correspondent William Drozdiak from Washington: "The Carter crackdown reflected a fear that any policy dissonance would further prejudice U.S. interests in Iran and the Persian Gulf region at large. Despite Carter's open endorsement of the Bakhtiar regime last month, U.S. officials were quietly pleased by Khomeini's choice of Bazargan as transitional Prime Minister. He is viewed by Washington as a patient, conciliatory figure who can get the oilfields pumping again and possibly harness the disparate opposition forces as well as the nervous pro-Shah elements within the military leadership. State Department specialists who have...
Even with a high level of imports, the dollar would be doing better if American exporters were more aggressive in tackling foreign markets. As Assistant Secretary of Commerce Frank Weil told TIME Correspondent William Drozdiak: "U.S. firms have been spoiled with a big market at home and have not felt impelled to sell more abroad...