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Since the October war of 1973, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has made five trips to the Middle East, convinced that his personalized, step-by-step approach to diplomacy will prove more fruitful than the reconvention of a multinational peace conference in Geneva. So far, Kissinger's accomplishments have borne out his beliefs. Warring armies have been pulled apart on the Sinai and the Golan Heights, United Nations peace keepers have been inserted, and some Israeli-occupied territory has been returned to Arab sovereignty...
...role has to be more positive. Kissinger's policy is a step-by-step approach. This is his business, but we hope the matter will not be frozen once more. There is something called the Palestine cause. It is part of the Arab world, and it cannot be ignored. It is part of any restoration of peace in the area...
...olive branches" to describe his approach to the Middle East conflict. But Washington appears to be using a strikingly similar concept to keep oil flowing to the West. Even as Secretary of State Henry Kissinger last week prepared for another trip to the Middle East to resume his step-by-step discussions on disengagement, U.S. officials, led by President Ford, were talking tough. Their emphasis was not merely on hopes for success by Kissinger but equally, it seemed, on hints of how the U.S. might respond if the Secretary's negotiations broke down, war became imminent...
...U.S.S.R.] We don't rule out Geneva at a point, but we do feel that in the interim before we go to Geneva, or they do reconvene Geneva on an active basis, we ought to try and make some other additional progress on a step-by-step basis...
...Egypt, Syria and Iraq. In light of the Soviet Union's unmistakable desire to increase its influence in shaping a Middle Eastern peace settlement, the postponement was a clear setback for Moscow. It also provided new hope for Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's strategy of careful, step-by-step negotiations involving Israel and its Arab neighbors...