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Begin and I walked from Holly to Aspen, arriving at my cottage just in time to greet Sadat. I led the way to the study and sat behind the desk. They took the other two chairs, facing each other across the desk. I decided to withdraw from the discussion so Begin and Sadat could address each other directly. While they talked, I took notes, and they soon refrained from talking to me or attempting to seek my opinion...
...lead to a war involving the security of my own country. Political considerations?even the loss of some friendships?were not my paramount concern. I reminded him that Sadat had urged me to be a full partner and that I saw no possibility of progress if the U.S. should withdraw and leave the negotiations to the Egyptians and Israelis, who did not trust each other and often admitted an absence of even mutual respect. I noted that when Sadat had arrived at Camp David, the first analysis he had made was that Begin did not want a peace agreement...
...Kennedy seemed to think if he announced as a candidate I would withdraw. Later he could not accept the inevitability of his defeat even after it was mathematically impossible for him to get a majority of the delegates. Those excessive political attacks by Kennedy after he lost contributed a great deal to my loss. What his motivations were I have never understood. If he is the nominee in 1984? Well, I have never voted Republican...
Begin interjected that on the security issue, the Egyptians had taken just the opposite view. This was the most crucial point for the Israelis. If they were to withdraw from the West Bank or allow the Arabs there to have enhanced political status, they wanted to be certain that no successful military attack could be launched against them. With total withdrawal from the West Bank, their security problems would be very serious...
...extremely harsh and filled with all the unacceptable Arab rhetoric. It blamed Israel for all previous wars and demanded that Israelis offer indemnities for use of the occupied land, pay for all the oil they had pumped out of Egyptian wells, permit refugees free entry to the West Bank, withdraw their forces to the original pre-1967 boundaries, allow the Palestinians to form their own nation and relinquish control over East Jerusalem. When I had finished reading, Sadat said he would like to offer me some modifications which could later be adopted as acceptable to him. He cautioned...