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Date(s)
- 1997 Mar 18 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
32pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Gen Alexander Meigs Haig, military assistant to assistant to US President for National Security Affairs, 1969-1970, Deputy assistant to President of National Security Council 1970-73, Vice Chief of Staff, US Army 1973, Chief of Staff, White House, 1973-1974, US Secretary of State 1981-1982, describing the role of the US during the civil unrest in Jordan, Sep 1970, in negotiating Israeli air strikes on Syrian forces in Jordan; the role of the US during the Yom Kippur war (Oct 1973) in supplying armaments to Israel, brokering the ceasefire; and relations between the Henry Alfred Kissinger, US Secretary of State 1973-1977, and James R Schlesinger, Secretary of Defence 1973-1975. Also comment on US involvement in Lebanon, including communications with Israeli government, the role of Philip Habib, and US military intervention (1982). 32pp