Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 8/23
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with US Secretary of State George Shultz
Date(s)
- 1997 Oct 15 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
12pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with George Pratt Shultz, US Secretary of State 1982-1989, describing his response to reports of talks between Shimon Peres, Israeli Foreign Minister 1986-1988, and Hussein, King of Jordan 1952-1999, Apr 1988. Also comments on his refusal to recommend the granting of a visa allowing Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), to visit the US, (Dec 1988) and the PLO's subsequent renunciation of terrorism. 12 pp