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Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

a great deal of worldwide prestige, but he had unlimited prestige and support at home. G: What about Anwar Sadat? Did you have any occasion to meet with him or talk to him? N: At that time Sadat was speaker of in effect their House of Representatives
Cairo; UAR; PL480 flood assistance; economic projects; Nasser; Sadat; Soviet position; PLO; AID; 1967 crisis; UNEF; Robert Anderson; Liberty incident; 1973 war

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 3 (III), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was brighter than [Anwar] Sadat; his mind was quicker. He was inexperienced and uneducated, by American standards. And his experience with the West and with democracy and with the way--well, I don't always like what goes on in this country, [but] I understand
at the time of Battle's departure; whether Nasser intended to start the Six-Day War with Israel; U.S. goals for Egypt; Battle's relationship with Anwar Sadat; Sadat's visit to the U.S. and rise to power.

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

in collegialities. M: Yes, based on that, and decency and civility. I remember one day [Anwar] Sadat was addressing a joint session of the Congress, the Egyptian leader. And you know the Senate would fall in, two by two, to go from the Senate over to the House
and Robert Kennedy; civil rights legislation debate; civility among legislators; the New York Times not running a story about Senator James Eastland referring to Anwar Sadat as a "nigger;" McGovern and Frank Church meeting with Hubert Humphrey about support

there, and A. G. Gaston of Birmingham. So on my table he had Del Webb--the late Del Webb; the Vice President, Hubert Humphrey; and Sandoval, this Mexican fellow out of El Paso, and he had the president of the garment industries at the table where I sat. G

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Annapolis or the fisheries. I never knew there were so many commissions until I got into this and had the function of--between Ed Weisl and myself--making recommendations. Also, missions abroad. You know, right now we have this [Anwar] Sadat [funeral

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