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...Inside the tent, at a U-shaped table covered with gray military blankets, three delegations sat down. Finnish Major General Ensio Siilasvuo, 51, the ruddy-faced commander of the Emergency Force, represented the U.N. Major General Aharon Yariv, 53, Israel's former intelligence chief and an adviser to Golda Meir, represented Israel. Major General Mohamed Abdel Ghani el Gamasi, 52, Egypt's assistant chief of staff, was sent by Cairo...
...series of conferences that began in Washington before his departure and reached a climax at a three-hour meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Cairo, Kissinger hammered out agreements that seemed to satisfy both Sadat and Israeli Premier Golda Meir. Among the terms...
...problem was that Golda Meir's government was not strong enough abroad to demand more than it got under the Kissinger agreement, particularly with the U.S. exerting tremendous pressure on Israel. With national elections less than two months away, Mrs. Meir was in increasing trouble at home. According to knowledgeable U.S. sources, twice in the course of her negotiations with Kissinger in Washington she accepted certain proposals only to have them turned down when they were cabled back to the Israeli Cabinet at home. (Israeli government sources deny that there was any such rebuke, and insist that Mrs. Meir...
Egypt's Fahmy was followed to Washington by Israel's doughty Premier. Looking alarmingly fatigued as she arrived at Dulles Airport aboard an El Al airliner, Golda Meir, 75, remained seated for an airport press conference. Her visit, as it turned out, was somewhat more urgent than Fahmy's. The U.S., after all, is Israel's principal friend and chief armorer. According to reports from Jerusalem, Washington is not only replacing planes and tanks Israel lost in the war but has also provided antitank weapons and new "smart bombs," such as the Walleye and the Rockeye...
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, though, may have struck out as a potential successor to Golda Meir. Al though he very likely will retain his Cabinet post, his prestige has fallen. Israel's swift victory in the Six-Day War made Dayan a national hero. But the heavy casualties that Israel has suffered this time, plus the fact that the Arab attack took the country by surprise, have now hurt him. Uri Avneri, a longtime Dayan enemy, gleefully said last week: "The Dayan myth is dead...