Word: embargos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last press conference, Carter declared that "the most important foreign affairs subject Congress will consider the rest of this session" is the lifting of the 42-month-old embargo on U.S. arms shipments to Turkey. Ironically, Carter as a presidential candidate had vigorously backed...
...embargo was supposed to pressure the Turks to withdraw and accept a negotiated Cyprus settlement. Instead, the main result is that Western defenses have been weakened. Although a loophole in the embargo has enabled the Turks to receive some $425 million in U.S. arms, Washington officials are worried that the Turkish armed forces are seriously deteriorating. In addition, the U.S. wants to recover five key intelligence-collecting bases in Turkey, from which it had been electronically monitoring the Soviet Union, but which the Turks closed in retaliation against the embargo. As Carter summed up the problem, the embargo "has driven...
...getting the Senate to vote to lift the embargo was not simple. Senators were subjected to considerable pressure by the pro-Greek lobby. Democrat Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, for example, asserted that the embargo must remain because "at no point have there been concrete actions by the Turkish forces to return any of the fruits of their aggression." On the other side, the Administration applied more pressure than on any foreign issue since the Panama Canal treaties and the Middle East plane deal. Every Senator was reached at least once, and many met personally with Carter. The President had three...
Although the Administration wanted a total repeal of the embargo, Majority Leader Robert Byrd insisted that such a measure could not pass. Instead, he and George McGovern proposed a compromise. Deferring somewhat to the Greeks, the compromise called for an end to the embargo but kept some limits on arms sales to Turkey. The President would have to certify that any military or economic assistance to that country would contribute to peace in Cyprus. He would also have to report to Congress every 60 days on progress toward a settlement. When the Senate approved the measure...
...other foreign policy matters, Tsongas is leading the current fight against lifting the embargo on Rhodesian chrome, and has also opposed the ending of the arms embargo against Turkey. Earlier this year, he authored legislation to prohibit the U.S. Export-Import Bank from providing loans to South Africa...