President Ford publicly denounced Congress for preventing his administration from keeping America’s commitments to Vietnam.
Alexander Shelepin, at one time considered a successor to Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union, was removed from his position on the 16 member Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party as part of Politburo palace intrigue.
He was just back from a trip to the UK, which he cut short due to protests that he blamed on Zionist, even though the protests had nothing to do with Israel and likely didn't contain too many Jewish protesters. His visit was over Passover, which may be what formed the odd association in his mind.
Egyptian Air Force Marshal Hosni Mubarak was named as Vice President of Egypt by President Anwar Sadat.
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