Word: fedorenko
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...Sunday evening, June 4, 1967, I was with Fedorenko at Glen Cove. Over a glass of cognac we discussed the growing tensions in the Middle East. About 4 a.m. the next morning we got word that war had broken out between Egypt and Israel. Fedorenko said we should return to the Soviet mission immediately for instructions from Moscow...
...from sure his evaluation was correct, and I said as much to Fedorenko, who agreed: "One can hardly trust the Arabs. There is no limit to their stupidity. Let's wait and see what Moscow says...
...Security Council, the figure who stood out was Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, the American permanent representative, our vigorous and formidable opponent. Fedorenko and others in our delegation referred to him as a "slick / Jew who could fool the devil himself." But while they disparaged him, they envied his talents...
Goldberg insisted there be an immediate cease-fire. He informally suggested that the cease-fire be coupled with a pullback of Israeli and Arab forces (Syria, Jordan and Iraq had also begun operations against Israel). I advised Fedorenko to try to influence the Arabs to accept. He agreed, but El- Kony was adamant. I thought the Arabs were making a terrible mistake. They seemed to be quickly losing...
...next major crisis I witnessed came in early March 1969, and that one I did observe from New York. Fedorenko's successor Yakov Malik and I were in his office when the code cable operator gave Malik a dispatch from Moscow marked VERY URGENT. A Chinese army unit had invaded Damansky Island, in the Ussuri River on the Soviet-Chinese border, killing and wounding several dozen Soviet soldiers. This was the latest--and worst--of a series of border incidents over several years. Malik turned pale. I had seen him angry many times, but this was a level of fury...