Word: hafez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kissinger's approach in Damascus had to be somewhat different. In light of the long history of U.S. support for Israeli aims, President Hafez Assad and his government were initially suspicious of Kissinger's moves and aims. Thus the Secretary had to take pains to reassure Assad that the U.S. really did have Arab interests at heart. During the talks Kissinger discovered that Syrian staff work was poor and that Assad had the habit of haggling over positions he had previously appeared to accept...
...Flies to Damascus for talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad...
Bountiful Supply. The Syrians were being encouraged in the fighting by Moscow, which insists on participating in any new peace discussions. Syria's President Hafez Assad had returned from a visit to Moscow in an optimistic mood; the Russians apparently promised him a bountiful supply of arms. TIME Correspondent William Stewart reported from Syria that Soviet ships were already unloading at Latakia, and tank carriers were hauling new T-62s south toward the front through peaceful fields of ripening wheat. Israeli military leaders believe that their U.S. weapons are superior to Soviet equipment, but if America decides...
...from 9,232-ft. Mount Hermon and beyond the Syrian plain below, where fruit trees were blossoming in contrast to the snow above, the fighting on the mountain was already having a profound political effect. Syria's President Hafez Assad, in Moscow last week on a six-day visit, got the kind of reception reserved for much more impor tant chiefs of government. At a Krem lin dinner for Assad, Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev promised the Syrian President unlimited amounts of Soviet planes, missiles and other armament to replace Syrian losses to Israel in the October...
...Syrian President Hafez] Assad was not too delighted with the proposals we gave to Mr. Kissinger. The feeling is mutual about Assad's proposals...