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Henry Kissinger might well ponder the truism: it never rains, it pours. As if he did not face enough criticism, he will soon have to cope with two acid-etched studies of his Middle East shuttle diplomacy. One is The Arabs, Israelis and Kissinger by Edward R.F. Sheehan, excerpts from which will appear this week in the quarterly magazine Foreign Policy; Sheehan is a freelance writer and former State Department press officer who conducts Middle East seminars at Harvard's Center for International Affairs. The other is The Secret Conversations of Henry Kissinger by Israeli Journalist Matti Golan, which...
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Miss Israel: As for Golda Meir, Assad told Sheehan that" 'one of the weaknesses I discovered in Dr. Kissinger was his special love of that woman. It struck me as strange that this university professor and Secretary of State was unable to conceal such a furious affection. And for your information, he used to describe her as "Miss Israel." ' Henry's Revenge: "He was furious with the Israelis [after his March 1975 shuttle failed], and he took their refusal very personally - as having been directed not only at the U.S. but above all at him. For weeks...
However, in a New York Times oped column published Monday, William Safire wrote that Kissinger must have known exactly what information Sheehan received. And Warren D. Manshel, editor of Foreign Policy, said this week Kissinger's statement Sunday that the article left him "thunderstruck" was "really a lovely expression." And in a statement yesterday, Sheehan said he used "many sources" for the article. He said he regrets "it has been necessary to identify two of them...
Meanwhile, the State Department statement does not account for the leaks of all conversations contained in Sheehan's article. Eagleburger said any reports used by Sheehan about conversations with Middle Eastern leaders involving President Ford and President Nixon did not come from the State Department...