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...brief withdrawal ceremony at Refidim marked the beginning of a new but uncertain phase in the changing relationship between Israel and Egypt. Last weekend, in accordance with the timetable agreed upon at Camp David, formal diplomatic relations between the two nations were established. Ambassadors will not be exchanged for another month, although both countries have already named them: Saad Mortada will represent Egypt in Tel Aviv, and Eliahu Ben Elissar will be Israel's man in Cairo. Telephone, telex and postal links were also opened, and direct air service between Tel Aviv and Cairo is set to begin soon...
...members of his staff and family, however, campaigned extensively for him in Iowa). Believing that the world may be at a juncture from which a new global balance of power could emerge, Carter is determined that America must take the lead and chart a course into the suddenly uncertain and perilous future...
What more may be published, and when, is uncertain. But the issue has not left voters' minds. A New York Times-CBS News poll two months ago found that 69% of the Democrats queried had a favorable opinion of Kennedy vs. only 19% unfavorable. A new poll published last week disclosed that the favorable figure had shrunk to 51%, while the unfavorable number had doubled to 38% -and those questioned who disliked the Senator repeatedly cited doubts about Chappaquiddick...
Economic warfare may be an uncertain weapon, its consequences hard to measure in economic terms, but it is ultimately a form of political warfare and must be assessed in that connection too. Carter's judgment was that a Soviet invasion of a neighbor could not go unanswered, lest the Soviet army soon be standing guard over the oilfields of the Persian Gulf. Any reaction that conveyed the U.S. outrage in practical terms was better than mere handwringing. Nor are the reprisals necessarily over. A boycott of the Olympic Games remains a definite threat, and there are other means of inciting...
Carter's ban on sales of high technology and strategic items also faces an uncertain prospect. For the most part, Moscow has avoided buying significant amounts of sophisticated American equipment precisely because it looks on the U.S. as an unreliable supplier?one result of Carter's cancellations of sales of some advanced computers to the Soviet Union in 1978 and 1979. Less sophisticated equipment can easily be bought in Western Europe. There are a few categories, like oil-drilling equipment, for which the Soviets badly want U.S. products. If no substitutes can be found, Moscow will probably try to circumvent...