Item ELUSIVE PEACE 4/2 - Transcript of interview with US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, [2004]

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Richard Lee Armitage, US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-2005, describing US government reaction to the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the decision to send Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State 2001-2005, on a visit to the Middle East, Apr 2002, including problems with Gen Powell’s farewell speech; the formulation of a speech given by George W Bush, US President 2001-2009, calling for new Palestinian leadership, 24 Jun 2002; reaction to the second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, by the Israel Defence Force, Sept 2002; problems with the writing and implementation of the road map for peace plan, 2002-2003; the effect of the resignation of Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003 , Sept 2003, and the election of Abu Ala’a (Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003-2006, Oct 2003. Please note that the transcript includes many technical interruptions and sections which were inaudible and were not transcribed.