Date: April 13, 1973
Time: 4:31 pm – 4:41 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Joseph J. Sisco and Henry A. Kissinger. The White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
Photographs
-Arrangements
Middle East
-William P. Rogers
-Trip to Paris
-President’s meeting with Hafiz Ismail
-Kissinger’s meeting with Ismail in New York
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-Anwar El-Sadat’s message
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Middle East
-Kissinger’s meeting with Ismail
-Egypt
-Negotiations with the US
-Strategy
-Past negotiations with People’s Republic of China [PRC], Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], Vietnam
-Formal and informal channels
-Sisco’s role
-Kissinger’s partnership with Sisco
-Egyptian goals
-Interaction with President
-Sisco’s strategy for negotiations
-Sisco’s position paper
-Work with Kissinger
-Confidential nature of work
-Conflicts
-Resolution
-Sisco’s pessimism
-US Role
-Credibility of Kissinger’s work
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-President’s involvement
-Psychological deterrence
-US Strategy
-Egypt’s potential use of force
-Kissinger’s determination
-Cease-fire
-Israel’s intransigence
-Upcoming elections
-Work with US
-Kissinger’s work with Israel
-Resolution
-Meeting with Egyptians
-Leaks
-Negotiations with PRC
-Sisco
-Work with President
-State Department
-Conflict with administration
-Sisco’s work with Kissinger
-Leaks
-William P. Rogers
-Area of work
-Sisco’s principles
-Work with Kissinger
-Meetings
-White House offices
Sisco
-Appointment
-Future assignments
-USSR
-Sisco’s skills
-Determinants
-USSR summit
-Middle East
-Ambassadorships
-USSR
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-Middle East work
-Crisis in Jordan, 1970
-Work with Jewish community
-Sisco’s experiences
-Work habits
-Work culture of Moscow
President’s schedule
-Speech to Organization of American States [OAS]
Sisco’s picture from meeting
-Delivery
Sisco and Kissinger left at 4:41 pm.