Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviets are also annoyed with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat because of what they see as his lack of gratitude for Soviet arms. Said one Soviet host at a party for the visiting Americans: "Sadat with Kissinger is like a woman who opens her dress and offers herself." Sadat replied in kind. In an interview last week with the Beirut newspaper Al-Anwar, Sadat said the Soviets had deliberately deceived him by telling him that Syria had agreed to a ceasefire on the first day of the October...
...Egyptian-Israeli disengagement negotiations, which climaxed with Kissinger, in his now famous shuttle diplomacy, making almost daily flights between Jerusalem and President Anwar Sadat's vacation retreat in Aswan...
...Kissinger: the Israelis, from sad past experience, greatly distrust the United Nations, and the Russians, besides being wholly committed to the Arab cause, had no diplomatic relations with Israel. But to make progress Kissinger also had to deal with an Arab leader who possessed both courage and imagination. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat turned out to be that kind...
...high respect, with Dayan good rapport, with Allon comradeship. With Eban there is not much more than a colleague-to-colleague relationship, since Eban is the silent man on the team who does not have much to say." Although Sadat addresses his "dear friend" as "Henry," Kissinger calls the Egyptian leader "Mr. President...
Like most teachers, Kissinger is pleased to see his former students succeed. At diplomatic receptions, he enjoys greeting foreign officials as "my old student." He must have been especially delighted at the opening of last year's Middle East peace conference in Geneva, where Tahseen Basheer was the Egyptian spokesman and his Israeli counterpart was Meron Medzini. Both are Kissinger alumni...