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...also gained credit for being an able administrator and tactician, not to mention his striking speed-reading ability. Six months ago, Arab leaders tended to dismiss him as a weak and probably transitional figure; today they are not so sure. In Israel, most political observers now predict a long premiership for him-a remarkable accomplishment, considering the many problems he faces and the vulnerability of his original coalition...
Chaban-Delmas was forced out of the Premiership in 1972 because of disagreements with Pompidou and a scandal over his excessive use of income tax loopholes. Giscard, on the other hand, who is thought to be Pompidou's choice, is not formally a Gaullist at all but a member of the allied Independent Republican Party. Giscard, moreover, is responsible for the French economy, and, rightly or wrongly, he will be blamed if it falters in the months ahead. Both men have been quietly campaigning for months. Chaban-Delmas, the mayor of Bordeaux, has been looking to his power base...
...Mover. Domestically, Sadat intends to alter Egypt's economic stance in order to help a population that stands at 36 million and increases by 750,000 more every year. For the past year, he has been both President and Premier, but he is now ready to relinquish the premiership as part of a broad move to a peacetime economy. His aim is to temper Arab socialism with more Western-style free enterprise...
...basis of these two observations I suggested that the meaningful change in Israel's politics should not be expected to take place in the election but a few months after it within the Labor party, when Golda will have to give up the premiership, probably to Yigal Alon, followed by Dayan's resignation and Gallili's departure from Israel's political map. Shmuel Harlap
Prince Souvanna Phouma will probably remain as premier, but the first deputy premiership will be assigned to a member of the Pathet Lao, as will the ministry of foreign affairs...