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...article, Sheehan quotes conversations between Kissinger, President Ford and Middle East leaders, including Egyptian President Anwar Sadat...
...Role. The "Syrian windfall in Lebanon," as a State Department official called it, is only the latest step in a Syrian campaign to undercut Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's position as the leading spokesman of the Arab world. Assad outmaneuvered Sadat last summer by refusing to negotiate a new disengagement agreement with Israel over the Golan Heights after Sadat had already signed the Sinai accords. Last autumn Assad balked at renewing the mandate of the United Nations peace-keeping force in the Golan Heights unless the Palestine Liberation Organization was invited to a major Security Council debate...
...welcoming ceremony on the sodden south lawn of the White House, President Ford and Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin stoically stood bareheaded in the cold rain while a fife-and-drum ensemble dressed in Continental Army uniforms drilled before them. Since Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had been treated to an outdoor reception during his triumphant visit last November, the same courtesy had to be extended to Rabin-rain or shine. "According to Jewish tradition," said Rabin, glancing at the skies, "rain means blessing...
Stung Again. The possibility of all-out war stirred fears throughout the Arab world. Egypt's Anwar Sadat, Tunisia's Habib Bourguiba and Iraq's Ahmed Hassan Bakr telephoned Hassan and Algerian President Houari Boumedienne to urge a ceasefire. Syria's Hafez Assad dispatched Vice Premier Mohammed Haidar and Chief of Staff General Hikmat Chehabi to Algiers and Rabat to try to defuse what Damascus radio called "the explosive situation...
Ending Confrontation. Instead of confrontation, the U.S. is now seeking to influence OPEC through accommodation with Saudi Arabia, the cartel's most influential member and biggest producer. The Saudis' avid antiCommunism, their support of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat against more radical Arab leaders and their relatively moderate position on oil pricing make them particularly acceptable to American policymakers. Despite its vast wealth, Saudi Arabia is still essentially a feudal state badly in need of both industrial and agricultural development. In the past year or so, the U.S. has signed agreements to provide the Saudis with military and technical...