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...with respect to the Middle East. Nixon was convinced that he owed nothing to Jewish votes and that he could not increase his Jewish support regardless of what he did. Deep down, he wanted to impose a comprehensive Middle East settlement. In October 1972, I forwarded to Nixon a memorandum from Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird urging secret contacts with Egypt to take advantage of Sadat's expulsion of the Soviets and to move closer to the Arab position. Nixon sent me the memo with a note: "K-I lean to Laird's view. The conduct...
MIDDLEBURY, Vt.--Three students at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., Protested that their privacy was invaded when a campus security officer entered their rooms last month to retrieve copies of a confidential memorandum that had accidentally been sent to them...
Although Reagan and his top advisers have been quite accessible to reporters, they have sought to keep close control on the disclosure of information by others. Chief of Staff James Baker has sent a memorandum to Cabinet departments formally reminding them that all television appearances and major press interviews must be cleared with the White House. Directives were also sent down within departments ordering that important contacts with journalists be approved in advance by superiors. The new guidelines will isolate journalists from the middle-echelon officials who are most knowledgeable about the details of policy...
...fact, a memorandum to the President spelling out the purpose of the mission was signed by Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and CIA Director William Casey and supported by General David Jones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Taiwan's current defense needs, they agreed, could be adequately served by additional sales of the F-5E fighter jet it now uses, rather than the new, more powerful F-5G it has been seeking.* The Poland crisis, and the desire for Peking's cooperation in the anti-Soviet propaganda drive, provided an opportunity...
...unarmed, street-smart youths who took it upon themselves to patrol New York City's crime-ridden subways. Ghetto residents felt that their presence on trains deterred muggers; transit police thought the red-bereted youths were a nuisance and dismissed Sliwa as a self-promoting vigilante. After a "memorandum of understanding," which assured police cooperation with the Angels, was worked out with New York City Mayor Ed Koch, Sliwa intensified a nationwide recruiting campaign. Today the Angels claim to have 2,200 members and 1,800 more in training in 41 U.S. cities, including Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Miami...