Unfortunately. the results have at best been mixed. and probably more accurately. have been dismal. In President Fords April 10 speech. he enumerated a number of instances in which he believed Congress had gone too far. acting beyond its purview in attempting to define the tactics as well as the underlying strategy of U.S. foreign policy. An illustration given by the President was the JacksonVanik amendment in which the Congress. acting over the objections of our Secretary of State involving ourselves in the internal affairs of another nation. sought to enlarge Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. Instead the Soviets restricted the flow of emigrants and abrogated an agreement which could have brought considerable economic benefit to this country. Nothing was gained and much was lost. Nor has the congressional action in cutting off aid to Turkey brought us any closer to an equitable settlement of the Cyprus problem. instead it has weakened the eastern flank of NATO and soured. perhaps irreparably. our relations with two traditional and staunch allies standing between the Soviet Union and the Middle EastTurkey and Greece.
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