Word: dobrynins
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...there was another call from Dobrynin. It was 4:35 a.m. in Moscow, but he had a letter from Brezhnev so urgent that he had to read it to me on the phone. I could see why. It was in effect an ultimatum: it proposed joint Soviet and American military forces to ensure not only the cease-fire but also the imposition of a comprehensive peace. And, Brezhnev went on, "I will say it straight that if you find it impossible to act jointly with us in this matter, we should be faced with the necessity urgently to consider...
...Thursday, Dobrynin phoned to say he had another letter from Brezhnev. It was written as if the crisis of the night before had never occurred. Without any reference to his threat of unilateral intervention, Brezhnev informed Nixon that he had dispatched 70 Soviet "representatives"?apparently not military personnel?to observe implementation of the ceasefire. The Soviets had backed off. The immediate danger was over. I recommended that Schlesinger stand down the alert starting at midnight...
...called Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin at his embassy in Washington. Roused from bed, Dobrynin claimed the whole episode must be an Israeli maneuver to justify a pre-emptive attack. I told him that my point in calling him was to guarantee precisely the opposite. Pedantically diplomatic, he raised more questions. I cut him off impatiently: "If this keeps up there is going to be a war before you understand my message...
...told Dobrynin that Egypt and Syria had launched a surprise attack. When Dobrynin protested that he had been told the opposite, I replied sharply: "You and I know that is baloney. How is it that the Syrians and Egyptians are starting at the same minute all along the front if it started with an Israeli naval attack?" I warned Dobrynin that everything that had been achieved in East-West relations might be at risk...
...Soviets had urged Jordan's King Hussein to enter the battle. Later in the day an appeal by Brezhnev on similar lines to President Houari Boumedienne of Algeria was made public. "We can't let the Soviet Union get away with this," I told the WSAG. I warned Dobrynin against encouraging other nations to enter the conflict...