Word: eban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beginning, the Israelis were among his closest allies, but by early 1973 they had grave reservations about his stability. Israel's former Foreign Minister, Abba Eban, recalls a dinner meeting with Amin at the home of former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan in Tel Aviv...
Dayan (in Hebrew to Eban): This guy is crazy. Get him out of here...
...Eban (in Hebrew to Dayan): I agree, but let's be polite...
Dayan (in Hebrew to Eban): This conversation...
...fortnight later, recalls Eban, he ran into a British official who told him that Amin had been seeking Harrier jets from London for the same purpose. "What did you do?" wondered Eban. "I asked him," said the Briton, "if he wanted another...