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...series of conferences that began in Washington before his departure and reached a climax at a three-hour meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Cairo, Kissinger hammered out agreements that seemed to satisfy both Sadat and Israeli Premier Golda Meir. Among the terms...
...problem was that Golda Meir's government was not strong enough abroad to demand more than it got under the Kissinger agreement, particularly with the U.S. exerting tremendous pressure on Israel. With national elections less than two months away, Mrs. Meir was in increasing trouble at home. According to knowledgeable U.S. sources, twice in the course of her negotiations with Kissinger in Washington she accepted certain proposals only to have them turned down when they were cabled back to the Israeli Cabinet at home. (Israeli government sources deny that there was any such rebuke, and insist that Mrs. Meir...
Egypt's Fahmy was followed to Washington by Israel's doughty Premier. Looking alarmingly fatigued as she arrived at Dulles Airport aboard an El Al airliner, Golda Meir, 75, remained seated for an airport press conference. Her visit, as it turned out, was somewhat more urgent than Fahmy's. The U.S., after all, is Israel's principal friend and chief armorer. According to reports from Jerusalem, Washington is not only replacing planes and tanks Israel lost in the war but has also provided antitank weapons and new "smart bombs," such as the Walleye and the Rockeye...
What Washington wanted, as President Nixon told Mrs. Meir in two days of talks that were officially described as "very constructive," was for Israel to cooperate in setting cease-fire lines and taking pressure off Sadat by feeding his trapped Third Army. The American pressure on Israel was obviously intense. At one point last week. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan told Israel's parliament: "I do not know whether Knesset members are aware that the shells that the Israelis are firing today were not in their possession a week ago. The war cannot be waged without shells, and without shells...
...ammunition in two [more] days. I am not ready to fight the U.S." Although he criticized Washington for giving aid to Israel, Sadat praised the U.S. for taking a "constructive position" on peace negotiations. As for the muddled ceasefire lines, Sadat chuckled: "I am willing to give Mrs. Meir an extra ten square kilometers...