Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

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A Aaron, David, 49, 231, 530; during hostage crisis, 494 Abourezk, Jim, and Panama Canal treaties, 179–81 Adams, Brock, 71; appointed Secretary of Transportation, 51 Adams, John Quincy, 28 Afghanistan, 200, 260, 261, 392; Soviet invasion of, 270, 271, 480–82, 488–90, 496–98, 542, 548, 593; U.S. support to antiSoviet resistance in, 482, 484 AFL-CIO, 122 ; and energy legislation, 108 Africa, 180, 181, 209; JC’s humanrights policy and, 155; see also specific countries Aiello, Stephen, 64 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 585, 590–92 Algeria, 210; Deng Xiaoping on, 209; in final hostage negotiations, 6, 7, 9–15, 582, 583, 589, 595, 599–601, 603; as intermediary in hostage crisis, 467, 470, 576 Algerian Central Bank, 7, 12–15 Ali, Muhammad, 402–3 All the President’s Men (film), 29 Allen, James, 173 Allen, Richard, 588–89, 600 American Conservative Union, 165–66 American Institute in Taiwan, 205 American Medical Association, 92 American Newspaper Publishers’ Convention, JC’s speech on SALT to, 245 Amin, Hafizullah, 481 Amnesty International, 148 Anderson, John, 487, 550, 551, 553, 564 Andreotti, Giulio, 118 Andrus, Cecil: appointed Secretary of Interior, 51; and Alaska lands bill, 591 Angola, 209, 261; Cubans in, 489 Annapolis, JC’s speech on U.S.–Soviet relations at, 201, 236 ANZUS, 343 Arab-Americans, 306 Arab League, 299 Arafat, Yasir, 290, 421 Aragon, Joe, 48 Argentina: and grain embargo on USSR, 483, 487; human-rights policies and, 149, 154 Ashley, Lud, 102 Askew, Reubin, 63 Assad, Hafez, 293, 306, 360, 413; and proposed Geneva peace talks, 293, 299, 302 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 209 Atherton, Alfred, 275, 333, 411 Atlanta Constitution, 142 Atomic weapons, see Nuclear weapons 609 INDEX Australia: support for U.S. foreign policy, 496; and U.S. grain embargo on USSR, 483, 485, 487 AWACS (Aircraft Warning and Control System): sale to Iran, 443; sale to Saudi Arabia, 568–69, 588–89 Ayers, Brandt, 24 B B-1 bomber, 85–88, 107, 586 Backfire (Soviet bomber), 221, 223, 255, 258 Bahamas, Shah of Iran and, 461, 478 Baker, Howard, 93; and Camp David negotiations, 324; on JC, 113; and Panama Canal treaties, 164, 169, 229–30; as presidential candidate, 486; and SALT, 224 Bakhtiar, Shahpour, 450–59; resignation of, 459 Ball, George, as NSC consultant on Iran, 449–50 Bani-Sadr, Abolhassan, 512, 523, 534, 575; becomes president of Iran, 493; and hostage negotiations prior to rescue mission (January–April 1980), 493–97, 506–9; made chairman of Revolutionary Council, 495; and proposed transfer of hostages, 512–15; relations with Ghotbsadeh, 485–86, 507; weakness of, 507, 509, 515 Bank of America, 9 Bank of England in final hostage negotiations , 7, 9, 12–14 Bank Markazi (Iran), 11, 12 Banks, American, in final hostage negotiations , 7–9, 11–12, 601 Baptists in China, 190 Barak, Aharon, 332, 333, 364, 372, 381, 383, 386, 391, 394, 396–97, 399, 404, 405, 407–10 Bar-Lev, General Chaim, 281 Barre, Raymond, 138, 305 Bazargan, Mehdi: informed of Shah’s admission to U.S., 463–64; as premier of Iran, 459–62; resigns over hostage-taking, 466 Beame, Abe, 559 Beauregard, General Pierre Gustave Toutant, 566 Beckwith, Colonel Charles, 517, 525, 526, 529–30 Begin, Aliza, 297, 318, 336, 354, 376, 410, 425, 429, 433 Begin, Menachem, 175, 324, 547; accepts invitation to Camp David talks, 324; early life of, 318; elected premier, 292; first Washington visit, 296–99; on history of Israel, 298; initial positions as premier, 295; Ismailia meeting with Sadat, 307, 314–15; JC’s personal relations with, 290, 318–19, 329, 331; JC’s pre–Camp David briefing on, 326–27; March 1978 visit to Washington, 318–20; and negotiation of Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, 416–19, 422–34, 436; personality of, 295, 297, 335–40, 345–6; proposals on Sinai and West Bank (December 1977), 305–8; provocations after signing of Camp David accords, 414–15; receives released Soviet dissidents, 152; and Sadat’s death, 275; and Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem, 303–5; in U.S. for Israel anniversary (May 1978), 320–21; visits Cairo, 436; visits JC during transition period, 584–85; in Washington (April 1980), 505–6; and West Bank settlements, 295, 299, 312; see also Camp David negotiations and accords Belgium, deployment of intermediaterange missiles and, 544, 545 Bell, Griffin, 400; appointed Attorney General, 51 Bellmon, Henry, 173, 176–77; and SALT, 242 Ben Gurion, David, 359 Benjamin, Judah P., 566 Benson, Ezra...