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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
  • President Johnson, too, was deeply concerned about the maintenance of peace in the Middle East. In a letter of May 17 to Israeli Prime Ministe~ Levi Eshkol, he had declared that the United States Government was well aware of the strain being placed
  • 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
  • LBJ goes to mass with Luci & Pat Nugent; visit of Prime Minister & Mrs. Levi Eshkol of Israel to the LBJ Ranch; lunch; LBJ & Lady Bird fly to San Antonio to meet visiting Israeli officials; LBJ & Prime Minister Eshkol give speeches; back to the LBJ
  • 'i MEMORANDUM
  • State visit of Israeli Prime Minister & Mrs. Eshkol; Lady Bird's speeches for Georgetown Visitation and Radcliffe; Lady Bird sends flowers to Mamie Eisenhower at Walter Reed; State dinner for Eshkols and exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird mentions
  • 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
  • . But with the British pulling out of South Arabia next January, Faisal, Hussein, Haile Selassie, the Shah and Eshkol were watching closely to see whether we and the British would stand for a Nasser takeover there. The current Arab-Israeli crisis has brought the test