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...during a particularly troubled moment in U.S.-Soviet relations, Khrushchev collared Bohlen at another reception. "I want to talk to you about Suez...
During the 1950s Bohlen served four years as U.S. Ambassador to Moscow, reporting on the rise and fall of Premier Georgy Malenkov, the ascendancy of Nikita Khrushchev, the Suez crisis and the Hungarian revolution. Khrushchev apparently loved to trade quips with him. At a diplomatic party, the Russian dictator once remarked to Bohlen that Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Georgy Zhukov was putting away the refreshments "as if he had starved for a week...
...Geneva and Dayan in Washington sketched the same Israeli proposal for disengagement. Under it, Israeli forces now spread across Sinai and onto the west bank of the Suez Canal would withdraw in stages to positions around the defensible Mitla and Giddi passes. In return, the Israelis expected Egypt to withdraw its Second and Third armies from Sinai along with armor, artillery and missiles and replace them with only "symbolic police forces." Between the two would be interposed United Nations forces similar to those now attempting to maintain the cease-fire around Suez City on the west bank. Such an arrangement...
...resumption of fighting. For its part, Israel would prefer an agreement to end the rash of truce violations that have claimed 14 dead and 60 wounded since the ceasefire. In one incident last week, three Israeli soldiers were killed when Syrian mortar shells hit their trench. On the Suez front on election day, there were 72 incidents involving mortar fire, small arms and antitank missiles. Israeli leaders warn that without agreement on disengagement, the Geneva talks could collapse; some are putting the matter even more strongly. General Ariel Sharon, the Suez-front commander who won a Knesset seat...
...Likud's strongest assets is Israel's latest war hero, General Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, who led the Israeli army's daring and successful counterthrust across the Suez Canal. Likud's greatest obstacle to victory is clearly Menachem Begin, who has led the opposition since 1948. Born 60 years ago in Brest Litovsk, Begin (pronounced Bay-ghin) came to Palestine with the Polish Army in 1942 and soon set up an anti-British terrorist organization, the Irgun Zvai Leumi. Among the Irgun's acts of savagery under his command were the blowing up of the King...