European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Diplomacy at close quarters a Jovial looking but somewhat bowled Over Henry Kissinger gets a big hug from laughing Ardeshir iranian ambassador to the United during a Washington for the former Secretary of state and his wife the party Wai held at the Irani an a photographer for women Wear daily recorded the enthusiastic a photo 2nd to talk with Frost Nixon slights Kissinger role Washington not former presi Dent Richard Nixon said thursday night that he might have named John Connally to be Secretary of state in 1973 in Stead of Henry Kissinger but for the belief that Kissinger  tolerate threats to his Primacy among foreign policy in the second of four scheduled television conversations with David Frost Mark ing Nixon emergence from Post watergate the former president but did not offer significant new insights his conduct of diplomacy with the leaders of the soviet the Middle East and the Indian sub Conti Nixon was chatty and some times almost As he described Mao Sclung As a shrivelled colossus who knew last summer he was going to and As he appraised omd the soviet party As less Alert than the late Nikita but a much safer Man to have sitting there with his Finger on the vet the refrain that ran throughout the telecast was Nixon stress on Bis personal stewardship of big Power diplomacy while minimizing Kissinger role and As though the former president were trying to Salvage a place in history at the expense of his administrations Nobel peace prize the former president for that he had decided on the without consulting to order the Ameri can invasion of Cambodia in by Nixon it was then Secretary of the who persuaded him in May 1972 to bomb Hanoi and mine Haiphong after Kissinger had counselled against the tactic As a device to induce North Vietnam to bargain in Earnest for a the former president also spoke of persuading a timorous Kissinger to Send everything that not a Mere Token in a military Airlift of supplies to continued on Cut i Autmos Niico us Offick fuilic1tion for Tim Ahmed Forcet 26 May 1977 if 21855 a Carter warns Middle East still in doubt1 Washington up president Carter told a news conference thursday chances for a Mideast peace Are still very much in but gave a glowing report on his recent Summit meeting with nato leaders in he also said he believes former presi Dent Richard Nixon did violate the did commit an impeachable offence in the watergate Carter told the nationally televised news conference after meeting the leaders of Syria and Jordan he Felt better than i did before about chances or peace in the Middle but i dont want to mislead he the chances for a Middle East Ern peace Are still very much in we have a Tong Way to after the news he was asked about Nixon televised interview with David in which the former president said he did nothing illegal in connection with the watergate Carter said he believes Nixon has con Vinced himself that was the but Nixon did violate the did commit an impeachable Carter reported that his London Summit meeting produced a renewed spirit and Hope and Confidence in our ideological Competition with the he told the news conference the London meeting produced a much clearer picture that we Are Able to compote with the Sovi ets and that Competition must be con ducted under peaceful for the first time since nato was All the participating countries Are Carter praising the emergence of Spain and Portugal As democratic Carter said in a lest with the when men and women in our societies Are that gives us an in Herent Carter told the nato foreign ministers in London they must begin developing a Lon term defense program and warned that the communist Warsaw pact forces emphasize an offensive posture in Carter said he does not think there could be a Resolution of the Mideast problem without a Homeland for the palestini but we have a special relationship with he and no one should doubt commitment to the right of Israel to and to exist in he said he had discussions about the Middle East with Arab i found no objection to that special relation ship and the existence of Carter was asked about criticism last weekend from George d that the administrations policies to Date make it difficult to remember whether the democrats or republicans won the election last i dont think the criticism was Justi said and ticked off a list of unemployment and improving the lives i the he Are not incompatible ii Coffee prices going up in commissaries Coffee prices keep percolate theres another Price Rife already in the Hoota for usar eur com injury the per Pound increase in Cost it scheduled to go into effect May according to wham Miner of the troop support other Price hikes Are sure to for an idea Jot what to expect when that Price increase feet into effect later this and a look at the general Coffee situation la Ether countries right turn to consumer watch on Page fire shuts Down pipeline saudi Arabia api an explosion and fire in one of saudi arabian largest Oil Fields has forced the shutdown of a but the flames have been brought under officials said thurs the explosion occurred wednesday afternoon at a Section of the pipeline Between two pumping arabian american Oil company officials Frank j president of who was in said the fire is practically out and the situation is under con asked whether he thought the fire was the work of he absolutely it was a pipeline it definitely was not a embassy official said at least one person was killed and 28 to 30 some with secondhand third degree Aramco officials said the in the Abs air Oil 35 Miles from was contained within 12 hours and is being Al Lowed to Burn out by there is no longer any threat to either a Gas processing facility or a crude Oil storage Lank farm they total saudi production has been averaging million barrel of which some comes from the Abs air of the million barrels goes to the and More than 5 million to Western 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