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...afternoon on the day of Sadat's assassination, White House aides had decided that Ronald Reagan could not risk attending the services. The hazard to Vice President George Bush might be just as grave. Out of necessity came a unique act of national unity and historical significance: the launching of the plane of Presidents toward Cairo...
Plains, Ga., for Rosalynn Carter. Wives had initially not been invited, but Rosalynn felt so strongly about Sadat that the Carters said they would travel to Cairo on their own if there was no space for her. A seat for Rosalynn was set aside. There was also one for 14-year-old Sam Brown, of Liberty, S.C., who had written a touching letter to Sadat...
...give the Presidents a touch of the old class, Canzeri had rustled up matches with their names printed on the covers along with the Presidential Seal. Briefing books on the funeral (unclassified) and on the political dangers following Sadat's death (classified) were neatly laid out in the seats...
...call each other Dick, Jerry and Jimmy ("The first time," laughed Carter later). Nixon had a martini, maybe two, and gulped peanuts by the handful. Ford, wearing a red golf sweater now, had his pipe. As the talk mounted, Carter perched on the arm of a seat. Everyone shared Sadat stories. The universal respect and affection for the murdered leader was truly remarkable. The Presidents next turned to the dangers ahead in the Middle East. The conversation swung to the proposed sale of AW ACS planes to Saudi Arabia. The discussion became curiously vehement, with each of the Presidents emphasizing...
...night vanished and Egypt with its sorrow appeared, some of the magic of the assembly was dispelled. At a dinner for the American delegation in Cairo's El Salam Hotel, the three Presidents seemed to revert to form in their toasts. Carter talked of his personal relationship with Sadat. Ford spoke straightforwardly as a representative of the American people. Nixon gave one of his oblique rambling tributes to the banquet waiters and servants, those not famous or "infamous." Protocol had seated Kissinger next to 14-year-old Sam Brown. With a mixture of humor and wounded pride, the former...