Lion of Jordan (113 page)

28
. ‘Meeting Held on November 19, 1968', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

29
. Harrison M. Symmes to secretary of state, 17 September 1968, NSF Country File, Box 147, LBJL.

30
. Harrison M. Symmes to secretary of state, 9 December 1968, NSF Country File, Box 148, LBJL.

31
. Harrison M. Symmes to secretary of state, 20 December 1968, POL 27–14 ARAB-ISR/ Sandstorm, Box 1841, USNA. Emphasis in the original.

32
. ‘Charles – from December 1968 to the end of August 1969', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

33
. Ibid.

34
. Ibid.; and Remez to the Foreign Ministry, 27 January 1969, ibid.

35
. ‘Charles – from December 1968 to the end of August 1969', ibid.

36
. Ibid. Not wanting Allon to feel left out, Hussein looked around, found a rifle, and gave it to him as a present.

37
. Barbour to secretary of state, 18 April 1969, POL 27–14 ARAB-ISR/Sandstorm, Box 1841, USNA.

38
. Rogers to Tel Aviv, 19 April 1969, POL 27–14 ARAB-ISR/Sandstorm, Box 1841, USNA.

39
. Golda Meir,
My Life
(London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975), 312.

40
. Interview with Simha Dinitz.

41
. Philip Adams, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1969', FCO 17/1039, Public Record Office (PRO).

42
. ‘Charles – from December 1968 to the end of August 1969'; and Remez to prime minister, 24 April 1969, ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

43
. Raad Alkadiri, ‘Strategy and Tactics in Jordanian Foreign Policy 1967–1988' (unpublished D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 1995), 36–7.

44
. ‘Charles – from December 1968 to the end of August 1969'; and Remez to prime minister, 25 April 1969, ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

45
. ‘Charles – from December 1968 to the end of August 1969', ibid.

46
. Philip Adams, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1969', FCO 17/1039, PRO.

47
. ‘Charles – from December 1968 to the end of August 1969', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

48
. Philip Adams, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1968'. This document was missing from the Public Record Office. I am grateful to Ms Penny Prior of the Records and Historical Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for sending me a copy of their last copy.

49
. Philip Adams, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1969', FCO 17/1039, PRO.

50
. ‘Sharif NASIR bin Jamil' [n.d.], NSF Country File, Box 147, LBJL.

51
. Private information.

52
. Philip Adams, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1969', FCO 17/1039, PRO.

53
. London to prime minister, 18 September 1969, ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

54
. Odell to secretary of state, 30 August 1969, POL 27–14 ARAB-ISR/Sandstorm, Box 1841, USNA.

55
. ‘Jordanian-Israeli Settlement' [no author and n.d.], POL 27–14 ARAB-ISR/Sandstorm, Box 1841, USNA.

56
. ‘Meeting with the colleague of Chaim and the adviser on 28.9.69'; and ‘Report on Jordan following the talk on 28.9.69 with the colleague of Chaim and the adviser', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

57
. ‘Report on Jordan following the talk on 28.9.69 with the colleague of Chaim and the adviser', ibid.

58
. Mahmoud Riad,
The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East
(London: Quartet, 1981), 117.

1
. J. F. S. Phillips, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1970', FCO 17/1411, Public Record Office (PRO).

2
. Yezid Sayigh,
Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949–1993
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997).

3
. Helena Cobban,
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation: People, Power and Politics
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984), 48–9.

4
. Malcolm H. Kerr,
The Arab Cold War: Gamal Abd al-Nasir and His Rivals 1958–1970,
3rd ed. (London: Oxford University Press, 1971), 142.

5
. Kamal S. Salibi,
The Modern History of Jordan
(London: I. B. Tauris, 1993), 233.

6
. Moshe Zak, ‘Israeli-Jordanian Negotiations',
Washington Quarterly,
8:1 (Winter 1985).

7
. J. F. S. Phillips, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1970', FCO 17/1411, PRO.

8
. ‘Message transmitted by Zurhellen 0245 A. M. 4 June', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

9
. Barnes (Tel Aviv) to FCO, 5 June 1970, FCO 17/1066, PRO.

10
. Interview with Marwan Kasim.

11
. Interview with King Hussein bin Talal.

12
. Salibi,
The Modern History of Jordan,
233.

13
. ‘No. 146, 9 June 1970', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

14
. Barnes (Tel Aviv) to FCO, 12 June 1970, FCO 17/1066, PRO.

15
. ‘Protocol of the Meeting of the IDF General Staff, 15 June 1970'.

16
. J. F. S. Phillips, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1970', FCO 17/1411, PRO.

17
. Major-General Aharon Yariv's report, ‘Protocol of the Meeting of the IDF General Staff, 22 June 1970'.

18
. Roland Dallas,
King Hussein: A Life on the Edge
(London: Profile Books, 1999), 133.

19
. Henry Kissinger,
White House Years
(Boston: Little Brown, 1979), 595–6.

20
. Ibid., 597.

21
. Interviews with Prince Talal bin Muhammad and Natheer Rasheed.

22
. Interview with King Abdullah bin Hussein.

23
. One story that Sharif Nasser's subordinates liked to repeat was of a trip to the northern front to plan a strategy to repel a Syrian invasion. One staff officer raised his hand and said, ‘How do we retreat?' Sharif Nasser pulled out a Sten gun and emptied the magazine over the heads of his staff. Everybody took to the ground and he shouted, ‘Next time I hear someone mention retreat, I won't miss!' Interview with Prince Talal bin Muhammad.

24
. Oriana Fallaci, ‘An Interview with King Hussein: “I am prepared to confront anyone who tries to expel me”,
Ma'ariv,
12 June 1970.

25
. Interview with Prince Raad bin Zaid.

26
. Salibi,
The Modern History of Jordan,
234.

27
. Chronology, ‘Jordan: Annual Review for 1970', FCO 17/1411, PRO.

28
. Sayigh,
Armed Struggle and the Search for State,
263.

29
. Interview with Ali Shukri.

30
. Kissinger,
White House Years,
599.

31
. Interview with Natheer Rasheed.

32
. Philip Geyelin's interview with Adnan Abu-Odeh, 20 July 1988, ‘The Papers of Philip Geyelin', Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford.

33
. Patrick Seale,
Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East
(London: I. B. Tauris, 1988), 158.

34
. Interview with Adnan Abu-Odeh.

35
. Peter Tripp in interview for the BBC2 historical documentary programme
UK Confidential,
broadcast on 1 January 2000.

36
. Secretary of state to prime minister, 21 September 1970, PREM 15/124, PRO.

37
. CM (70), 20th Conclusions. ‘Conclusions of a Meeting the Cabinet held at 10 Downing Street, S.W. 1, on Monday, 21 September, 1970, at 10.30 a.m.', PRO.

38
. Ibid.

39
. Richard M. Nixon,
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
(London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1978), 483.

40
. Mahmoud Riad,
The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East
(London: Quartet, 1981), 162.

41
. Kissinger,
White House Years,
614.

42
. Ibid., 621–4.

43
. Moshe Zak,
Hussein oseh shalom [Hussein Makes Peace]
in Hebrew (Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1996), 125.

44
. Yaacov Herzog to Golda Meir, 25 September 1970, ‘Memo on US-Israel Contacts on Syrian-Jordan Situation', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

45
. ‘Protocol of the Meeting of the IDF General Staff, 21 September 1970'.

46
. ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

47
. Oral History Project, Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Jerusalem. Fifth interview with Yigal Allon, 4 June 1979, 5001/19, Israel State Archives (ISA), Jerusalem.

48
. Quoted in Yaacov Herzog to Golda Meir, 25 September 1970, ‘Memo on US-Israel Contacts on Syrian-Jordan Situation', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

49
. Interview with Zaid Rifa'i.

50
. Kissinger,
White House Years,
628.

51
.
The
excel
Years War,
transcript of interview for the six-part BBC television series, Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford (1998), Mordechai Hod, commander of the IAF, 21 January 1997.

52
. Interview with Natheer Rasheed.

53
. Interview with Prince Raad bin Zaid.

54
. Sayigh,
Armed Struggle and the Search for State,
264.

55
. Israeli intelligence thought that the man to watch in the Iraqi Ba'th Party was another member of the Takriti clan: Saddam Hussein. ‘Protocol of the Meeting of the IDF General Staff, 26 October 1970'.

56
. Sayigh,
Armed Struggle and the Search for State,
268.

57
. ‘Middle East: A Secret Rendezvous',
Time,
23 November 1970.

58
. ‘Meeting on the initiative of Charles and the adviser with Allon and Herzog, Saturday evening, 3.10.70', ‘The Private Papers of Yaacov Herzog', Jerusalem.

59
. Oral History Project, Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Jerusalem. Fifth interview with Yigal Allon, 4 June 1979, 5001/19, ISA.

60
. Raad Alkadiri, ‘Strategy and Tactics in Jordanian Foreign Policy 1967–1988' (unpublished D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 1995), 55–6.

61
. Interview with Mreiwad al-Tall.

62
. Asher Susser,
On Both Banks of the Jordan: A Political Biography of Wasfi al-Tall
(London: Frank Cass, 1994), 154.

63
. Interview with Abdullah Salah. Salah was at the scene of the murder and suffered a minor injury.

64
. Susser,
On Both Banks of the Jordan,
168–9.

1
. B. L. Strachan to R. M. Evans, 4 December 1970, FCO 17/1201, Public Record Office (PRO).

2
. Interview with Zaid Rifa'i.

3
. J. F. S. Phillips to A. D. Parsons, 11 November 1971, FCO 17/1504, PRO.

4
. J. A. Fortescue, ‘Record of Conversation between King Hussein of Jordan and His Majesty's Ambassador, Paris, on 15 December 1970'. FCO 17/1101, PRO.

5
. The text of King Hussein's speech is reproduced in
Journal of Palestine Studies.
1:4 (Summer 1972).

6
. The text of the PLO statement is reproduced in ibid.

7
. Newspaper cutting [no title, n.d.], FCO 17/1687, PRO.

8
. Summary of the Arabic language press comments on the Hussein plan, 12 April 1972, FCO 17/1687, PRO.

9
. Barnes to FCO, 16 March 1972, FCO 17/1687, PRO.

10
. Mohamed Heikal,
The Road to Ramadan
(London: Collins, 1975), 120–21.

11
. Algiers to London, 17 March 1972, FCO 17/1687, PRO.

12
. Kamal S. Salibi,
The Modern History of Jordan
(London: I. B. Tauris, 1993), 254.