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...successful solo diplomacy in arranging the disengagement between Israel and Egypt. They are angry not only because of the resulting loss of Soviet face and increase in U.S. prestige, but also because of what they consider a calculated insult by Kissinger. When he and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko were traveling in the Middle East in February, they complained, Kissinger avoided meeting with him. The State Department counters that before he left Washington, Kissinger agreed to meet Gromyko, but never received a reply...
Once he begins negotiations, the particular Kissinger mystique begins to operate, and that in itself is almost a harbinger of success. Wit and humor are key weapons. After many years of conferences and confrontations, he has even relaxed poker-faced Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to the point that they can kid each other about the recording devices hidden in rooms they are using...
Hafez Assad is not exactly a household name in America. But this 45-year-old air force commander, now President of Syria, has rather suddenly become a factor in world politics. He is waited upon by U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, and he does his own shuttling to other Arab capitals. His international importance could be short-lived. But at this particular turn in the long torment of the Middle East, there is no question that Assad and Syria have the power to hasten a peace settlement significantly or send everybody back...
...Leaks. Mme. Thorn-Petit (whose professional name is a combination of her husband's and her own) has had to learn to repress her reportorial instincts while entertaining official guests. "Obviously, when I'm sitting next to Gromyko, I can't ask him about Soviet Jews," she says. "But when lunch is over, I take off my hostess's hat, pick up my reporter's notebook, go to the press conference and ask him questions." Dignitaries are sometimes startled to see then- dining companion of a few hours earlier interrogating them in public...
...early hours of the fighting, President Richard Nixon and Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev exchanged private messages, but carefully refrained from using the hot line in order to avoid the appearance of crisis. Later, Washington noted with satisfaction that Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko waited three days before granting a meeting requested by five Arab ambassadors in Moscow-a clear indication to Washington that the Soviets were not overly anxious to abandon détente in favor of the Arab cause...