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- 1997 Apr 17 (Creation)
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Item
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58pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Edward P Djerejian, US Ambassador to Syria 1988-1991 and Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East and Near East Affairs 1992, US Ambassador to Israel 1993-1994, describing his role in briefing George Herbert Walker Bush, US President 1989-1993, prior to his meeting with Hafez Al-Assad, Syrian President 1971-2000, in Geneva, Nov 1990, to discuss Syrian support for the coalition forces against Iraq during the Persian Gulf War and participation in a Middle East peace process; role of the US in establishing the Madrid conference, (Oct 1991) including meetings of James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of state 1989-1992, with Assad, and with Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister 1986-1992, Bush's letter of invitation to Syria, US letters of assurance to conference participants, negotiations with the Palestinians concerning their joint delegation with Jordan, US policy on loan guarantees and new Jewish settlements, the speeches of Shamir and Farouk al-Shar'a, Syrian Foreign Minister 1984-, at the Conference. Also comments on the effect on the peace process of the Israeli expulsion of Hammas members, Dec 1992, pressure on the Palestinians to return to the talks in Washington, Apr 1993, and the signing of the Oslo Agreement, 15 Sep 1993. 58pp