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...much of the credit will belong to Sadat. He has unmistakably indicated that he wants a peace settlement, but he has also served notice that Egypt will not return to the Geneva talks without Syria. As one source close to the Egyptian President put it, "Sadat is trying to commit the U.S. not with threats and pressure, but by accepting fully American promises. That puts a heavy responsibility on the American government...
Maoist Rebound. Unless Marcos is willing either to meet some of the Moslems' demands for greater self-rule or to commit most of his 70,000-man armed forces to massive search-and-destroy operations, the insurrection is likely to continue for a long time. So far he has shown little inclination to grant even minimal autonomy to the Moslems...
Sacks did not commit himself to any judgment of the program, saying, "Nothing definite in terms of appraisal can be made as it's too early." He commented, however, that the general response to the participants was "quite enthusiastic...
...stepped up its mediation efforts with its special emissary Gunnar V. Jarring. Jarring issued a compromise memorandum to both sides: Egypt, he said, should commit herself to a stable peace agreement and Israel should accept in principle the right of the Egyptians to the territories conquered in 1967. Egypt agreed; the Israelis balked...
...tried to control inflation by causing the 1969-1970 recession, which raised unemployment while failing to check inflation. During the recession and the year of stagnation which followed it in 1971, business profits fell. As a result, producers of goods as diverse as oil, cattle, and steel refused to commit the money needed to expand production until they were sure of rising demand, prices, and profits. During the boom of 1972-73, the past restrictions on production during a time of fevered boom had clear effects: inflation and shortages. The record of the past four years shows that...