Seated in the comfortable parlor of his home in Plains, President-elect Jimmy Carter was interviewed last week by TIME Chief of Correspondents Murray Gart, Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey and Correspondents Stanley Cloud and Bonnie Angela. Speaking at length of his plans for the presidency and his progress thus far, Carter disclosed that he:
> Expects to meet with Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev some time before September;
>Has already had exchanges with him over Strategic Arms Limitation;
> Hopes to maintain a personal relationship with the Chinese leadership;
> Plans to reorganize the leadership of...