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June 16, 1970
Kissinger provides a historical overview of the current state of the Middle East and the decisions the US has made, and offers a suggested proposal to negotiate peace between Israel and the Arab States while taking the Soviet Union into account.
March 13, 1970
An analysis of the Soviet's proposal for a resumption of bilateral talks on a Middle East settlement, specifically the reasoning behind the Soviet's desire to resume conversations.
October 12, 1970
Kissinger provides an overview of Anwar Sadat, why he believes Sadat will likely be the next president of the UAR, and Sadat's main supporters.
May 12, 1970
A review of Secretary Sisco's trip to the Middle East, in which he inuits that neither Egypt nor Israel believe peace is possible with the other at the current time.
February 12, 1970
A review of the papers requested in the February 11 WSAG meeting, and a plan to make them available by February 14.
August 12, 1970
A summary of decisions made in the NSC Special Group meeting. The group decided to proceed with the delivery of weapons previously promised to Israel, and discussed plans for the consideration of future weapons requests, as well as expectations for the upcoming negotiations.
March 10, 1970
A conversation between Kissinger and President Nixon, discussing the US position towards Israel (specifically economic assistance and media response)
A conversation between Kissinger and Sisco regarding the possibility of the US providing replacement planes to Israel.
Kissinger and Dobrynin discuss the upcoming SALT talks, the situation in the Middle East, and Vietnam.
June 9, 1970
A memorandum that outlines several proposed courses of action the United States could take in order to stop the fighting in the region, restart negotiations, provide Israel reassurance, and does not reflect weakness towards Moscow.