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And then Sadat sent you here as ambassadorjust after the end of the October War-in December 1973, when full diplomatic relations were restored. What was the legacy of that war for American-Egyptian relations'? GHORBAL: I would start with where we were before the October War. Lots of times I used to tell Henry Kissinger that in many ways you were responsible for the October War, and he would be flabbergasted and upset about it. But I think his ignoring the Middle East, so to speak, not paying proper attention to it, not really putting his steam behind the Rogers plan, for whatever reason, was responsible. His belief that you can't do anything about it, that Egypt might as well sign on the dotted line, because Israel is too powerful to be pushed out of the Sinai or off the Canal-all these factors had their impact on us. GEYELIN: In his memoirs, Kissinger opens the passage on the Middle East by saying that perhaps the most monumental misjudgement of his career was his estimate that Sadat would not last more than six weeks. He also says that Nixon had a habit of turning over to Secretary of State William Rogers problems, like the Middle East, that were politically unpalatable and proba

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Author

Ghorbal, Ashraf; Geyelin, Philip

Publisher

Project MUSE (ISSN 1088-3142)

Published

1985

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences