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Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • and the Syrians, and I guess some increasingly belligerent remarks by [Israeli Prime Minister] Eshkol and some threatening noises from the Syrians. Looking back at it, I remember at the time I commented to somebody about the baseball theory of Middle East crises
  • and deciphering exactly what was happening; efforts toward a ceasefire vs. a ceasefire and withdrawal; Prime Minister Levi Eshkol of Israel; Saunders’ activities on the first day of the Six Day War; Eban’s understanding of U.S. policy regarding the Middle East
Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • ] Eshkol, Israel's Prime Minister, sent a flash telegram to Johnson on Sunday in which Eshkol said--he didn't refer to me--"Our foreign secretary says that you made a commitment to really stand by us. Please confirm." Johnson then called me. He said, "Do
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • --to keep it. B: Did you do any work on the Mid-East problem when you got back? M: I just sent the President a long memorandum and I met with [Levi] Eshkol and Abba Eban. In a curious way I was the instrument for getting out a piece of information
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • not to exaggerate it, almost a matter of life and death for their security. The President received [Levi] Eshkol at the Ranch in January of 1968--Eshkol was then the head of Israel--and Eshkol brought with him not only his ambassador and other members of his cabinet
  • North Vietnam’s reaction to LBJ’s 3/31/1968 speech; negotiating a location for meeting with the North Vietnamese; LBJ’s goals for the end of his presidency, including a tax increase; LBJ’s meeting with Levi Eshkol of Israel at the Ranch
Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • believe it was, when [David] Ben-Gurion handed over to [Levi] Eshkol. Was this interpreted in some particular way in Cairo as--after all, Ben-Gurion was a pretty savage guy at times. N: Was Eshkol perceived as softer or. ? Curiously enough, I don't
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • as a key to this country and a welcome change to ritual: that was the visit of [Levi] Eshkol [Israel Premier] to the Ranch, because the President happened to be at the Ranch. If the purpose of visits is candid conversation in a relaxed atmosphere
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • don't know how it got back to Mrs. Lehman, but she and I were very close and she was so bitter that she hardly talked to me for a year or two after that. So that came up. I remember his talking about or asking my wife and me about [Levi] Eshkol, who had