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...also shocked at being singled out as the journalist who broke the embargo, which, anyway, was broken by many. I wish to make it clear that only one of my articles was published one day before the end of this embargo and against my will...
Congress declined to join Ford in ticking off the strategic assets of the three disputing nations before it imposed an arms embargo on Turkey in February. Congressional law authorizes the use of American supplied weapons by foreign countries for defense purposes only and Turkey clearly violated this law. In May the Senate reversed its decision under pressure from the administration. It is doubtful that a simple resumption of aid--if the House also approves this--will promote any gestures of good will towards the Greek Cypriots or the United States, since the threat on an embargo never induced any compromises...
Threat of Embargo. The basic problem is that the lawmakers and their constituents do not see an energy emergency compelling enough to warrant tough action. Liberals in particular worry more about the problems of unemployment and recession than about making the nation invulnerable to a new Arab oil embargo. On the other hand, the Administration regards a stringent U.S. energy program as an essential element of foreign policy. Kissinger wants to remove the threat of another embargo from all considerations of what policies Washington should pursue in the Middle East and elsewhere...
...afford." Ford and Sadat also will discuss the Soviet demand that the Geneva peace talks be reconvened. To ease Arab apprehensions in advance of the meeting, Ford said last week that he would "in effect rule out" the use of military force in the event of another Arab oil embargo. The President will meet later in June with Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin in Washington...
...unusual proposal for a staunch liberal, Nathan suggests special tax incentives to selected industries so that they could speed up investment in such things as oil-pipe plants and coal transport and build storage facilities to hold a year's stockpile of oil as insurance against another Arab embargo...