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...what to do about Iran in the aftermath of the hostages' release. On the one hand, he will be pressured to take some punitive action; on the other, he must consider the impact of any such move on the stability of a key oil-producing nation in the Persian Gulf...
...defense. Even with the spending increases planned by the Reagan Administration, hard choices must be made between nuclear and conventional weapons. Should the U.S. move as quickly as possible to increase its nuclear armaments or to build a Rapid Deployment Force capable of acting in an emergency in the Persian Gulf? At the top of the lists of weaponry, Reagan will have to decide whether to go ahead with the MX missile despite its estimated $34 billion price tag and the opposition it has aroused...
...leading up to the final breakthrough, with assistance from Reporter-Researcher Richard Bruns. Using sources he developed on four previous trips to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Correspondent Lee Griggs kept close tabs on the preparations to receive the hostages in West Germany. In New York, a TIME reporter specializing in Persian Gulf affairs stayed in close telephone contact with sources in Tehran, ran a network of journalists there and monitored Iranian radio broadcasts. Says Magnuson: "It was a fascinating story, full of hard, fast-breaking news...
...began the slow and cruel exaction of vengeance. As outrage flared in the U.S., President Carter denounced the occupation as terrorism and flatly rejected extradition of the Shah. Military intervention was also ruled out because of the delicacy of Persian Gulf oil politics, Iran's geography, the awkward truth that the U.S. did not have a commanding military presence in the area and-above all-the danger to the hostages. Their captors threatened executions at once if the U.S. made any military move to liberate them. Carter had no choice but to negotiate. He tried dealing with moderate Iranian...
...human beings in intelligence gathering on the scene. Says a veteran intelligence officer: "His big mistake was becoming intoxicated with our technical proficiency. It is a great instrument, but only an instrument." The agency has been particularly short of analysts in the world's crisis areas: the Persian Gulf, Central America, Africa...