Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 8/12 - Transcript of interview, 1997 with US Secretary of State General Alexander Haig

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FIFTY YEARS WAR 8/12

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Transcript of interview, 1997 with US Secretary of State General Alexander Haig

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  • 1997 Mar 18 (Creation)

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32pp

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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

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