Word: processing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Kissinger visited with me in November 1973, we started with six points that led to the first disengagement agreement, and then to the second disengagement agreement. [It created] the momentum for the peace process to continue that has formed everything. Because Egypt and the U.S. started this peace process immediately after the October War-this made the Soviets furious until this moment. The second disengagement agreement was the last one in the step-by-step policy. We agreed we should get to the substance and to the establishment of peace in the area immediately after the U.S. elections...
...Secretary of State Cyrus] Vance to contact all the parties concerned so that we could start at Geneva discussing the substance, not the procedural arrangements. But it was rejected by the Syrians. This is their habit. Whatever Egypt proposes, they reject at once, even without discussing it. The peace process started to slacken...
...General Assembly session in September, Carter met with all the Arab Foreign Ministers and the Israeli Foreign Minister to start giving momentum again to the peace process...
Well, in this dilemma, how were we to start the peace process? I considered this one of the turning points in the history of this area. I received a personal letter from Carter in his handwriting in September. It was delivered by a special envoy in Cairo. I read the letter. I wrote the answer in my own handwriting. In my answer-for the first time I am revealing this-I said the whole situation needs some bold action...
...power, everything. Because they are heads of state, I can't tell them to sit in Jerusalem and discuss the whole problem. This would not be practical. All I aimed at is that they try to give the Israelis assurance of what will come out of this peace process, and in 24 hours, not more, agree on a paper with the principles that would allow Geneva to start...