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- to the false charges levied against us last June, that we
accept the idea that Nasser had been misinformed . Unless we do ,
resumption of relations is hopeless.
Mr . Katzenbach said that we were prepared to resume
relations if we had an opportunity. We did
- , was deeply concerned about the
maintenance of peace in the Middle East . In a letter of May 17
to Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol , he had declared that
the United States Government was well aware of the strain being
placed on Israel's patience
-
ments capable of both buying off and suppressing revolutionary·
opposition.
Internal security in the smaller states is not, as
it was in Aden, dependent on British troops but on local police
and armed levies, trained and officered by the British
- not believe we should tell the Israelis
more than the foregoing. By withholding firm word on
our intentions until Eshkol's visit in February, we may
be able to dampen Israeli opposition to Jordan sales.
'71.U,J& , ~ Nicholas deBo Kat)enba~
Acting
SECRE'f
- ter Eshkol' s shoes is another
qu estion. Eban had laid bare Israeli thinking and we understood it. In
any case, the situation on June 8 appeared 11 more manageable than five
days or three days a go . " The air battl e had been significant.
M1·. Helms