Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/17
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with Miriam Eshkol, widow of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
Date(s)
- 1997 Jan 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
19pp, 2 copies
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of translated interview with Miriam Eshkol, widow of Levi Eshkol, Israeli Prime Minister 1963-1969, and Minister of Defence 1963-1967, describing her husband's response to Egyptians troop movements leading up to the Six Day War, (15 May 1967-5 June 1967), including discussions at an Israeli Air Force reception on 15 May 1967; the announcement of Egypt's closure of the Strait of Tiran, 23 May 1967; visit to Eshkol of Leonid Chuvyakin, Soviet Ambassador to Israel; Eshkol's broadcast to the nation (28 May 1967); appointment of Moshe Dayan as Minister of Defense (1 June 1967), Israel's decision to attack the Egypt, and their conquest of the Golan region. 19pp, 2 copies