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...trip was proceeding without an awkward moment when the American television reporter asked the question: What made her think she was fit to discuss serious matters with heads of state? Rosalynn Carter's hazel eyes flashed with anger. Said she: "I think I am the person closest to the President of the United States, and if I can help him understand the countries of the world, then that's what I intend...
Vexing Matters. Rosalynn put her personal touch on the trip, employing a specially designed monogram (see picture) that was put on everything from press kits to baggage tags. Occasionally she would break the ice at her meetings by speaking Spanish. TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud, who accompanied her, reports that she moved quickly and easily into discussions with her hosts about such vexing matters as U.S.-Cuban relations, economic policies and military aid. Said a top White House aide: "Jimmy wants to show these countries that he cares about them and is interested in their problems. In his mind, the best...
...faced a tough challenge at her very first stop-the beautiful but economically blighted island of Jamaica. Prime Minister Michael Manley, a fiery socialist, has hinted at a capitalist U.S. plot to overthrow him. But Manley was the soul of propriety when he greeted Rosalynn at the airport and said that her husband's emphasis on human rights offered "great encouragement...
...Rosalynn also showed her concern for Jamaica's problems by making an emotional visit to two social service centers in a Kingston slum. Crowds lined the narrow streets as she walked three blocks from one center to the other, and an eleven-year-old girl broke through the guards, hugged her and traipsed along with the President's wife beneath the tropical...
Flying to Costa Rica, Rosalynn adroitly deflected President Daniel Oduber Quiros' plea that the U.S. raise its quota on beef imports from his nation.Said she: "I could not promise anything that we could not deliver...