Word: mideast
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...this week's cover story, TIME tells how U.S. policy?and the presence of the fleet?helped to contain the crisis. The story, written by Ed Magnuson, researched by Linda Young and edited by Laurence Barrett, focuses on the Administration's handling of the tense Mideast situation. It draws heavily on reports by Correspondents Herman Nickel, who covered the State Department, Simmons Fentress, who spent most of the week at the White House, and Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey, who provided an analysis of the President's handling of the crisis...
...predictable was the attention attracted by Mme. Pompidou's variable hemlines (see MODERN LIVING). As Pompidou left for Cape Kennedy, San Francisco, Chicago and New York City, top diplomats of both nations emphasized that the U.S. and France remained as far apart as ever on the Mideast...
MIDDLE EAST. Convinced that peace can come about only through direct negotiations between the nations involved in the Mideast conflict, the U.S. will continue its efforts to bring both sides together. But Nixon views any Soviet quest for "predominance" in the area "as a matter of grave concern," and sees small hope of a Mideast settlement until the U.S.S.R. shows signs of a serious desire for a relaxation of tensions. Until a settlement is reached, however, the U.S. will continue its present policy of providing arms to Israel to help maintain the balance of military power in the region...
...convinced that the infusion of new air power on the Arab side of the Middle East conflict threatens to intensify the level of fighting. Thus France's Mideast policy will undoubtedly be a major topic of discussion during Pompidou's White House visits with President Nixon, and it is likely to provoke unpleasant incidents during his nationwide tour. The U.S. Congress will provide one of its coldest receptions in history to a chief-of-state guest speaker. Many Representatives plan either to boycott Pompidou's address, walk out while it is in progress, or present him with...
...Libya could probably have purchased its jets in Moscow without having to agree to one important condition stipulated by Paris: that the planes cannot be used in any offensive action against Israel. Furthermore, Pompidou is convinced that no amount of arms rationing will successfully keep the lid on the Mideast war. In an interview with TIME Paris Bureau Chief William Rademaekers before his departure for the U.S., Pompidou declared: "I do not think that the role of countries that can effectively intervene is to try and apply the brakes, to limit the number or the capacity or the targets...