Word: strauss
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Strauss appointment dispirited Vance for months. Never a conceptual person, more a man to work patiently toward a solution, Vance had found the constant sparring with Ideaman Brzezinski to be wearing. He had resisted Brzezinski's combative line toward the Soviets and opposed his successful campaign to speed up normalization with China. Whenever Vance chose to challenge Brzezinski by going directly to the President, as he did over the adviser's repeated alarms about Cubans in Africa, Vance always won. But such challenges were rare. "Cy's not a good infighter," conceded one of his admirers...
...Vance has a new nemesis in Carnivalman Strauss, who has become an indispensable ally to Carter and the Georgians. That alliance may be put to the test in the next few weeks. The ambassador is exploring the possibility of serving as a dollar-a-year man for the Government and at the same time acting as a consultant for his law firm, which has among its clients many of the country's largest oil companies. Carter and the Senate will have to decide whether this dual position might represent a conflict of interest; Strauss says he will abide...
...Strauss showed from the start that he would tolerate no mistreatment from State. In the beginning officials snubbed him, neglected to invite him to key meetings and several times actually tried to alter his outgoing cables to Begin and Sadat. A couple of months ago, the Texan was not included in a meeting with Egyptian Vice President Husny Mubarak. This infuriated the short-fused Strauss. He called one of Vance's deputies and blasted State, saying the next time he would take the issue right to Carter. "Strauss is in business for himself," said a top State Department official...
...Strauss slowly consolidated his power. He started receiving scores of calls from Jewish leaders who used to deal directly with State. Begin and Sadat were in direct touch with him. Strauss thought things were going fine when he got into his plane for the trip to Egypt and Jerusalem...
...knew there had been disagreements about a proposed U.S. resolution at the United Nations that would stress broadened support of the Palestinians. Vance and Brzezinski, in agreement for a change, had urged the President to take a tough approach. Strauss wanted to be more flexible; he wanted simply to float the idea to the leaders because he was afraid they would fight it. Strauss knew that Carter had come down on the side of the Vance-Brzezinski approach. But he was stunned when he got aboard the plane and was handed a sealed envelope that contained a rigid list...