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...Tehran government had any hopes of getting better terms from the Reagan Administration, the President-elect effectively shot them down last week with two highly publicized broadsides. Following up in the mood of his blunt Christmas Eve characterization of the Iranian hostage takers as "criminals," Reagan told reporters: "I don't think you pay ransom for people that have been kidnaped by barbarians...
...incoming Reagan Administration. After his talks with Sadat, Kissinger announced that the Egyptian leader would be received as an "honored friend" by the new Administration and that the special Egyptian-American relationship forged under Jimmy Carter would continue. Said Kissinger: "It is my view that the President-elect will have a very clear understanding of the strategic necessities of the area and will be very sensitive to the advice that he will get from President Sadat...
...informative." Some Reagan aides complained that the trip was awkward for them, since Reagan has not yet formulated his Middle East policy. Moreover, they pointed out that Kissinger's own status in the Reagan camp has never been defined, and the notion that he was "representing" the President-elect could cause confusion abroad. All in all, they would have been happier if Kissinger had skipped the junket-or at least seen more of the pyramids and less of the press...
...major question in the minds of both agriculture officials and U.S. farmers last week was whether President-elect Ronald Reagan would soon lift the grain embargo, which he denounced in his campaign. Asked about the matter last week, Reagan said only that it would require "a great deal of study." Privately, Soviet officials think that Reagan may not end the sanctions. One indication: a declaration two weeks ago by John Block, Reagan's nominee for Secretary of Agriculture, that "food is a weapon." But in an interview with TIME last week, Block softened his words, calling the embargo...
Farm experts were betting last week that Reagan will delay action on the embargo. The President-elect might well leave it in force at least temporarily as a way of helping to dissuade the Soviets from interfering in Poland. That decision would not please farmers, who continue to protest the boycott on the grounds that such tactics hurt long-run sales because they drive customers like the Soviet Union to other, more reliable suppliers. But few farmers can still contend that the embargo seriously hurts their profits. Indeed, the outlook for the American farmer has seldom seemed brighter. Prices have...