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Date(s)
- 1997 Jul 21 (Creation)
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Item
Extent
42pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Richard Nathan Haass, Special Assistant to the US President and Senior Director, Near East & South Asian Affairs, National Security Council, 1989-1993, discussing the US government decision to ask Israel not to retaliate against Iraqi scud missiles, including telephone call between George Herbert Walker Bush, US President, 1989-1993 and Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister 1986-1992, (17 Jan 1991). Also comments on the role of the US in initiating the Madrid Conference, including the visits of James Baker to the Middle East, issuing of invitations and letters of assurance, the role of Syria in negotiations, US policy on Jewish settlements and Bush's press conference requesting delay in congress voting on US loan guarantees to Israel, as well as events of the conference itself (Oct 1991). 42pp