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...captured by government forces in nearly two months of fighting against invaders in Shaba province (TIME, April 25). Mobutu's gestures brought cries of "Mort, mort," (Death, death) from the crowd. Looking as hapless as Christians facing an arena of lions, the two men were paraded before foreign newsmen and testified through interpreters that Cuba and Angola were behind the invasion by Katangese rebels, as Mobutu has claimed all along...
...first they seemed to be in over their heads-way over. Jimmy Carter's aides and assistants ignored the barons on Capitol Hill. They irked newsmen, bureaucrats and other supplicants by letting their phones jingle unanswered. Mail piled up. Key sub-Cabinet posts went unfilled for weeks, and ambassadorial appointments have only just begun to trickle out. Meanwhile, the White House staff that Carter had promised to slash by 30% has grown by nearly 30%, to 655 names...
...held by several senior policy experts, is that Carter underestimated the extent to which paranoia is a factor in Soviet strategic thinking.) Ford told a student group at the University of Michigan: "I believe there was too much public rhetoric" be fore and during the Moscow meeting. Jackson told newsmen: "Everything is out in the sunshine, and that was something new for the Soviets. The style took them aback...
Faced with the Katangese invasion-which may be part of larger Soviet designs in Africa-and with rising dissatisfaction among his own people because of high prices and corruption, Mobutu has vented his frustrations on foreign newsmen, who were branded "an irresponsible gang of adventurers" by the government-controlled press. Zaïre even expelled Associated Press Correspondent Michael Goldsmith for reporting-quite accurately -that a major rally, called by Mobutu to demonstrate popular support for his regime, had been marked by "an almost complete lack of enthusiasm." No matter. At week's end the government turned...
When Henry Kissinger talked with reporters on a diplomatic shuttle, he was like a wise, witty potentate holding a levee for his courtiers. When Cyrus Vance unbends with newsmen on a mission abroad, it is more like a corporation lawyer at a court recess commenting discreetly on the intricacies of an antitrust case sub judice. TIME Correspondent Christopher Ogden, who has traveled with both Secretaries of State, last week cabled this commentary on their differing styles...