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Cyrus Vance flew off to the Middle East again last week. This time, the ever cautious Secretary of State conceded that his chances of achieving anything substantial were almost nil. Reason: the peace process, so carefully nurtured by the U.S., is one step short of total breakdown. Last week Egyptian President Anwar Sadat informed State Department Troubleshooter Alfred Atherton Jr. that Egypt would not participate in any new talks until Israel agreed to return the occupied territories. Meeting Vance at the Tel Aviv Airport, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan sounded an encouraging note when he said: "In order...
...president's new Union for French Democracy (UDF) is composed of factions whose past enthusiasm for reform has been either nil or purely verbal. The Socialists are unlikely to replace the Union of the Left with an alliance with the UDF: they would split their party if they tried, and they have somber memories of past centrist alliances, which killed the old Socialist party...
...southern Lebanon had made Begin even less tractable. Nevertheless, the U.S. had hoped to keep Begin's mind focused on the need for overall peace negotiations and to persuade him that Israel had not yet responded adequately to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace initiative. The result: nil...
Even when his chances seemed nil as he pursued the nomination, Koch displayed a remarkably cool self-assurance. "It has always been that way," says his older brother Harold. "Ed always had a very firm sense of who he was and what he could...
...some narrowing of differences"-though only about the terms of peace, not about the Palestinian question. Moreover, the Secretary of State has managed to secure at least one positive sign: the Arabs genuinely want to keep talking. Nonetheless, the odds of a Geneva Conference by October are virtually nil, though Vance still hopes that a reunion will occur by the end of the year That, however, will depend upon a tremendous amount of work-and luck...