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Foreign Policy, [10/76-1/77] [1] Foreign Policy, [10/76-1/77] [1] Folder Citation: Collection: Office of Staff Secretary; Series: 1976 Campaign Transition File; Folder: Foreign Policy, [10/76-1/77] [1]; Container 2 To See Complete Finding Aid: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/Staff_Secretary.pdf FOR COl'H1CENTER USE OI~LY j/A../CLI9S ~M&L_PHECEDENCE CLASSIFICATION OR-X @076 GPS ------- LDX PAGES L TO: 7;;/£ ~--dr'o&Jr- &€'.Cf 'l'TY ------ CITE .4rT.AJ: JO!Jlt' ?oW~Lc.. INFO: DTG; 30 (0 r;? ~ C TOR: 30 17Z)~ ----- RELEASED BY:~ SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: 10 G-IJ V P/;. ,----/ WHCA FO~~ 8, 22 FEE 74~ NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO GOV December 30, 1976 MEMO FOR: THE PRESIDENT-ELECT ATTENTION: JODY POWELL FROM: DAVID AARON Attached is a text of the interview with ../ ~ B rezhnev provided to T any Lake of the Stelle DepartnJent transit-cion tea.m with great ceremony by the Charg~ at the Suviet Ernbassy, Mr. Vorontsov. Note the botton) of page 3 whe re B rezhnev expres ses support for a. U. s. -USSR summit. "' ,I i.' "- \ '.' j} I'(.:;~J'>'.I' ; (.'f I ,jF,'" "\ ':, 1:'/ I f 0( __ • _ .' I~N~\vJ-:W; BY I..T.BHEl'.lINEV '1'0 '.I'lJE OUE.';TIONS OF JO~;l':PII K I NGS13\JHY --:.;t"~[TII .J():;I.~pJl Kill(J:-~J)t))~Y"~~lni"lJI, Natj ()J\a) r:d i : ;-JI)<1 Vice Pn~~;jdcnt .'md Di.;u~ctt"lr.- of" ii Jlr';n:~~LCorpora lion, "l~,ked .T,r-.'on id J .Hl."r~:?'hncv, CC110raJ ~;t"'c:retclLY of Ul(~ Cen!.l:'I} Committee of UlC COJl1l1!111IjSt: l'.'I.I:Ly of the Sovir~t Union, l.o ;ll"):;i','e,· SOJill:,? q1Jl~:";1·i.ans. TllC (lllCstjOI1S ilnu UIC an:':;\'/L~rS follow. "1\: For the SOVil:t }?pople the C()JI1ill<j YC:!i1r \<Jill be i1 jubilc(:! pCt:lce, to furl"l)0r (·l\)Ii.lnce pCdcl~ful coexistence dS the only J:<:!<1sonl1.Llc and 1:h0. on ly f.lCCepLlble norm in re lilt ion Let.\·}ccn states. 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I haV(~ to l~':lY tl1ilt '-Ie in UlC soviet. Union ,"}):'C baffled Ly the pO~..ij lion of c(~rt<lin cin.;]cs in the West, LoLh in the lJn; lcd Stale:; ;llJd in oLhcr NATO cOlmLrie::;. They bel1uve ()s if notlliny ha::; happ(:nc~d in .r<~Cl?nt years, uS .i f nothing has Chi111tJcd tind the \'JG1:Jd conLiJlucs Lo be j n i.l :;tat.c of cold h';lr. They ill:,Li.9Cltc 3. of arms J.i'lliLd.i.OI) ilnd d.i:;;1l11l'1lnC'nt. I woul.d IjJ~c to J.eiJffirJn )110~;Ldcf.iJl.i h.!ly: The ~.;(Jv.ic"LUnion docs !lo"L Lh.r:l'i:lLen (-iUy!.JO«Jy and ~ fri(JhLc~n':'(l by. lllyl·h.ic'll t:hrcdl~;; it in bet.ter 1.0 cli.~;(;\l~.s in a :r • bw..i i. nc ~:;:;:t.ik l~ i1 n d COJ I:; tJ~ue Li va rn.-lllllC r the ·Pl.:bhll'lIl:j \I nd OPPC>i:l. 1.1111. Li \·}hich cxi:;L here . .And the C0l1lj.l111iltion of t.he dJJIl:; race Cilnnot tw ju:;ti[icd by i)s:.:;8rtion~; that. i.l.nmj lind.L,:d:.i.on i)llc(J(~dl.y c;H.d(~s a r;,,1\ to nd( 1nn;1J. ~~ccuriLy. 'l'()c.liJY il Lv: (Jr~dLcr ri:;k. to '-'J1.i.\lCl~:;,; (JO on. hie \vol1.1d like Vl:l"¥ 1I1\Jeh to :;\:c the year ut J.<]"I"7bCl:OlllC LI :reC\l t-.llJ~llin(J point.in ending the <.IllTIS :t"ace'. It. \'Joulc1 then ~;urcly find a ViurLlly pldc~ in hir.;l.ory. Q: lVoulcl you WC1COllll! t.he 0ppol-lun.i. i:y 1.:0 con fC:l: early in lhc .-... _-~ N(~\oJ Yl~(H: \vi th UH..~ncw .7\nll~r.iCiln Pr<.'~id0.nt at a Tnut.\li111y conveni.ent >~ locaU un? J\~ Expvricncc, incllllJiwj thaI: of Sovict:-l\mc:cic'Ul rcLitionr;, h"l~ :;]to\vll tlll~ uscfuJ.n(~~s ,l1ld fr111 tiulncsG of !'UlI111Il.t l1l(~0.l.ilf(J;' Jial()(JUt~. 'I'll.lt: 5.:; \vh)' we ..lre for thc.~ c;ollt.inlh.l1:.i()J1 of Lh.i.G -1 • ill tJ11:; 'l\·/cnLy--Fifth CO)J IJ H.::' ..'; of the C<)lnn1lln.i.~3t ;?d1-ty of the ~~ovi(~L Union: OUL' cuuntry ,l:3 finnly <.1C'LC'.unllll"'!u to follow the lj llC of fIJrt11cr i lllp:! ovi 119 ;,oviet--J\Jl)ecicdl1 relat.ions which .i s -d • th0 :~uv.'t.ct pc-,u!?lcs I ISRAEL: THE CASE FOR DEFENSIBLE BORDERS By Yigal Allon R'prinl.d From fOREIGN AffJ\.I~S OCTOBER• 1976 -=uzc ISRAEL: THE CASE FOR DEFENSIBLE BORDERS FOREIGN AFFAIRS AN AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW By Yigal Allon IT is impossible to plumb the depths of the Arab• Israeli conflict, not to speak of formulating proposals '" for its solution, if no true understanding exists of the full significance of its cardinal characteristic-the OCTOBER 1976 extreme asymmetry of its two sides. This asymmetry Trilateralism: "Partnership" for What' . Richard H. Ullman I ....1..• is manifest not merely in one or two, but in all, of Jerome Alan Cohen 20236 A China Policy for the Next Administration 214 54147653897 its aspects. It is obvious in such objective data as the Israel: The Case for Defensible Borders. Yigal Allan [19[87199133169 The Anti-Zionist Resolution . Bernard Lewis comparison between Arab and Israeli territories (of Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken? Amory B. Lo"ins the Arab League states 8,500,000 square miles; of Canada: The New Nationalism . Abraham Rotstein Israel, including presently administered areas, about 28,500); or The Race to Control Nuclear Arms of the relative population statistics (of the Arab League states 134,• Paul Doty, Albert Carnesale and l'vlichael Nacht The Cruise Missile: The End of Arms Control? 000,000; of Israel 3,500,000 citizens) ; not to mention their contrasting Alexander R. Vershbow actual and potential wealth. - Southern Africa: A South African View .. John Barratt But of primary importance are the subjective asymmetric factors Inside the Laager: White Power in South Africa affecting relations between the two sides. In this respect, there is John de St. Jorre absolute polarization. Whereas the Arab states seek to isolate, strangle Two HUXDRED YEARS OF A;\IERICA:'\ FOREIG;-'/ POLlCY and erase Israel from the world's map, Israel's aim is simply to live in The United States and the European Balance Gordon A. Craig The United States and Latin America: peace and good relations with all its neighbors. Ending the Hegemonic Presumption Abraham F. Lowenthal These diverse objectives have determined the war aims of both Recent Books on International Relations. sides. It is within this context that we should mention the chain of Source Material . Janet Rigney terrorist acts that was designed not merely to sow death and destruc• WILLI.1M P. Bl":s'DY Editor tion in Israel but also to extend the conflict, and thus embroil the J.UlES CBA.CE Arab states in full-scale wars. It is almost superfluous, and certainly J~NNIFER SEl"~OUR WHITAKER J[auaging Editor Ll'CY EDW •.\RD~ DESP.-\RD Associate Editor BtJok Editor tiresome, to quote the legion of statements of Arab leaders that repre• BARBA.RA GIBSON SCHWARZ EVEL YS G. MOREL sent this aim, ranging from the "Palestine Covenant" to current Assistant to the Editor Assistant to the Managing Editor governmental declarations. DORIS ELIZA.BETH FOREST GRACE DARLIKG GRIFFIN As opposed to this total Arab goal, Israel's war aims have been Associate Publisher Director, Advertising and Promotion MARY JA.NE C1SSOTTA. SHEILA M. ROSENZWEIG confined to repelling the offensives of the Arab armies as determined Staff A.rSUtOfd Staff Assistant by strategic and political circumstances, whether by reactive counter• Editorial .-ld'l.:isory BOt,rd A. DOAIt BAJl:NETT HARVEY BROOKS ]ORN ]. wcnOy offensives such as those of 1948 and 1973 or by preemptive counter• C. FR!:D BERGSTEN CARL KAYSE~ H_-\RRY C. MCPB£RSON, JR. ]AWU B. BILLINGTON WILLI.1M L. U~'-GEI WILLrA..M M. ROTH offensives as those of 1956 and 1967. Military defeats, indeed, cost the Vol.
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