Word: liaison
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...feel very idealistic and optimistic about our country," the former two-term congressman and head of the first U.S. liaison office in China said. "We are the only credible defense to the Soviet Union. We should act like the United States of America," he added during a brief speech in which he stressed U.S. responsibility to defend international freedom...
Attempting to deal with a crisis that was only dimly understood, the White House, according to a staffer, "went into a state of absolute red alert." Jack Watson, presidential assistant for intergovernmental affairs, served as White House liaison with the NRC and Three Mile Island. If an administrative snag developed, Watson intervened. "There was an imperative need for flexibility and immediate response," says Watson. "As a general rule, this was followed surprisingly well...
...Carter problems ast week in Jerusalem was some new demands made by Sadat and points raised the Israelis. In the endgame of negotiations, however, minor points acquire enormous symbolic value, and each side may find it psychologically painful to make the final concession. Cairo was insisting that an Egyptian liaison office be stablished in Gaza immediately after the treaty is signed. Sadat called this a means of protecting the "human rights" of the Gaza Palestinians. And to ensure that Gaza attains autonomy on schedule even if there are delays on the West Bank, Sadat wanted a firm commitment that Gaza...
...Dayan persisted. How about sticking, he suggested, to the words of the original Camp David agreement? This would mean that Israel would drop its demands for Sinai oil and Egypt would do the same on the matter of a liaison office in Gaza. "Let's leave them for further negotiations," exhorted Dayan. But Begin and most of the Cabinet disagreed...
...nondiscriminatory commercial terms. The U.S. will extend to 15 years the five-year commitment that it made in 1975 to guarantee Israel's supply of oil if that country is unable to meet its needs on the world market. ?Egypt will drop its demand for an Egyptian liaison office in Gaza and its insistence that Gaza Palestinians have an implied priority over West Bank Palestinians in achieving autonomy. These two matters will be dealt with in the next stage of Egyptian-Israeli negotiations. ? Israel will withdraw from the western half of the Sinai within nine months and will...