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...year, Henry Kissinger again seemed a candidate for Man of the Year. He remained a pre-eminent world figure. In the spring, his prolonged painstaking negotiations won an Arab-Israeli disengagement. But the Middle East has proved itself less susceptible than ever to peacemakers; today, Kissinger's patented, step-by-step approach seems to have bogged down. Détente proceeded fitfully; the U.S. and Russia agreed broadly on limitations of offensive nuclear weapons, but it was uncertain how effective these ceilings might ultimately be in preserving peace. After months of controversy about Soviet policy toward Jews...
...situation as "a time bomb that, unless defused, would explode." Sadat also said that he still has hope for negotiations, stressing that the momentum that began with the disengagement agreements last January and May must somehow be revived-either through U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's proposed step-by-step negotiations or through a Geneva conference, which the Soviet Union favors...
...clear what Waldheim may have promised Assad to win his agreement, but Arab spokesmen indicated that there would soon be an intermission in step-by-step negotiations by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and a return to the full-scale Geneva Conference. Ar abs favor the conference because they could speak as a bloc and they would also be supported by a Russian voice as forceful as that of Washington. Damascus predicted resumption of Geneva talks in early January. In Cairo, they were expected to resume soon after So viet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev makes his first trip...
...Syrian President knew that a public political victory for the P.L.O. would be not only an outright defeat for Hussein but a private diplomatic setback for Sadat., Assad's motive: believing as he does that Egypt and Jordan were the chief Arab beneficiaries of Kissinger's step-by-step approach to a settlement, he wanted to force a return to Geneva, where he felt Syria would have a better chance of extracting concessions from Israel. "This is the best card we have in our hands now," explained Syrian Information Minister Ahmed Iskandar, referring...
...talk with Brezhnev last June, he indicated his belief that with give and take on both sides, important new agreements could be reached on a step-by-step basis. I hope that when the President consults with congressional leaders before he leaves, they will assure him of maximum support and encouragement...