Item ELUSIVE PEACE 4/8 - Transcript (made in Oct 2004) of an interview conducted in 2003 with US Security Council Adviser Flynt Leverett

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Flynt Leverett, US Security Council Adviser, describing meetings with Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Adviser 2001-2005, to formulate an American policy on the Palestinian issue and problems drafting the policy, Mar 2002, the question of US intervention following the launch of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD by the Israel Defence Force, Mar 2002; the visit of Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State 2001-2005, to the Middle East, including meetings with Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, and Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and problems with Gen Powell’s farewell statement, Apr 2002; meeting between George W Bush, US President 2001-2009, and HRH Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Crawford, Texas, Apr 2002; the formulation of a speech given by President George W Bush calling for new Palestinian leadership, 24 Jun 2002; meetings between King Abdullah II of Jordan, President George W Bush and Condoleezza Rice regarding the creation of the road map for peace plan and problems with the writing and implementation of the road map, 2002; reaction to the second siege of President Arafat’s compound by the IDF, Sept 2002.