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...leader of Israel's hot-headed Herut party, visited Paris and was invited to address the Chamber of Deputies?an unprecedented honor for an opposition politician of a foreign country. Secretly, France shipped Israel an extra 30 Mystere jet fighters. On Sept. 23, Israel's Premier David Ben-Gurion joyfully proclaimed that Israel had at last found "a true ally." (The U.S. embassy in Israel sent round to ask who, got no answer...
...Date. State Department officials are sure that the British and French callously deceived or misled them from this date onward. On Oct. 23 Pineau dashed over to London, reportedly to tell Eden that Israel was all ready to launch preventive war on Nasser. Ben-Gurion's moment was well chosen because, it was reasoned, 1) the U.S. would not dare move decisively against Israel on the verge of a presidential election, and 2) the Hungarian rebellion, then at its height, would keep Russia's hands tied...
Urgently, President Eisenhower sought to head off a conflict. He fired off a personal message to Ben-Gurion expressing "my grave concern," warning him against any "forceful initiative . . . which would endanger the peace." The Administration kept congressional leaders informed of the fast-racing developments. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson reminded a national TV audience that the U.S. was committed (by the 1950 tripartite pact with Britain and France) to fight any aggressor in the Middle East "if it is real aggression," but that the U.S. purpose was to "try to talk everybody into being reasonable." The State Department warned...
...Crossroads. Then the President dispatched a second, more urgent message to Ben-Gurion, the white-haired old leader who held peace or war in his hands. In a statement the President informed the U.S. people of the new crisis and of his messages to Ben-Gurion. The President directed his ambassadors to urge the Arab countries to "refrain from any action which could lead to hostilities...
...Amer, flew into Jordan's capital city of Amman. He quickly negotiated a pact to align Jordan's army, alongside those of Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia, under Amer's command in case of war with Israel. The reaction of Israel was swift. Premier David Ben-Gurion proclaimed a partial mobilization of Israel's armed forces, as "a precautionary measure and to safeguard the security of Israel's borders and border settlements." This week President Eisenhower held emergency meetings at Walter Reed Hospital, dispatched a cable to Ben-Gurion asking Israel to avoid doing anything...