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There are two main theories. The first argues that Brezhnev has been much more upset and angered by the pace of U.S. normalization of relations with Peking than the White House expected-or revealed. As a result, Brezhnev slowed down SALT in order to delay his summit with Carter. According to this argument, the ailing Soviet leader fears that if he visits the U.S. in mid-January, he risks being overshadowed and forgotten in the excitement over the visit of China's Vice Premier Teng Hsiao...
...beginning to sap Saudi Arabia's confidence in the ability of the U.S. to protect the region from Soviet penetration, a hazard that some American officials fear is every bit as threatening as the Soviet thrust into Europe of the late 1940s and early 1950s. As a result, the Administration intends to deliver a stern warning to the Soviets through private channels not to exploit the situation...
...price increase announced two weeks ago by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. But if the Shah were replaced by a fundamentalist Shi'ite government eager to cut back on his modernization schemes, the subsequent reduction in Iranian exports would push prices even higher, with the result, in the view of one oil expert, that "we'd all fall...
Almost as nerve-racking as the worries about physical safety is the overpowering sense of isolation. Communications in Iran are unreliable, with the result that the country has become a vast rumor mill. Says an elementary school teacher at the U.S. compound of Shahin Shahr, near Isfahan: "We alternate between panic and being very blasé. Some days we don't get a thing accomplished." Desert picnics, once popular, are now regarded as too big a risk for families to take. Says one American housewife: "It's a big social event to sip coffee and listen...
...Soviet newspaper Izvestia yesterday charged that the appointment of Bakhtiar as prime minister, regarded by many as a pro-West moderate, was the result of U.S. "political machinations" designed to safeguard American interests in Iran...