The War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War, 1968-1973
- Primary sources
- The Palestinian National Charter- Resolutions of the Palestine National Council July 1-17, 1968.
- Message Addressed by President Sadat to President Leonid Brezhnev, Aug. 30, 1972.
- Memorandum from National Security Council Staff, “Indications of Arab Intentions to Initiate Hostilities,” May 1973.
- Memorandum of Conversation between Muhammad Hafez Ismail and Henry A. Kissinger, May 20, 1973.
- Memorandum from Kissinger to the President, “Meeting with Hafiz Ismail on May 20,” June 2, 1973.
- Henry Kissinger, Memorandum for the President’s Files, “President’s Meeting with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev on Saturday, June 23, 1973.
- Theodore Eliot, Jr., Executive Secretary State Department, Memorandum for the Record, “Next Steps on the Middle East,” June 29, 1973.
- Memcon between Kissinger and Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz, 10 September 1973.
- Harold Saunders, NSC Staff, to Kissinger, “Memorandum on Your Talk with Zahedi,” 19 September 1973.
- Directive from President Sadat to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Oct. 1, 1973.
- Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Brent Scowcroft to Kissinger, Enclosing Message from Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, 5 October 1973.
- Strategic Directive from President Sadat to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Oct. 5, 1973.
- U.S. Embassy Israel, Cable 7766 to Department of State, “GOI Concern About Possible Syrian and Egyptian Attack Today,” 6 October 1973.
- Message from Secretary Kissinger, New York, to White House Situation Room, for Delivery to President Nixon,October 6, 1973.
- U.S. Mission to United Nations Cable 4208 to U.S. Embassy Israel, October 6, 1973.
- U.S. Department of State Cable 199583 to U.S. Embassies Jordan and Saudi Arabia, “Message from Secretary to King Faisal and King Hussein,” October 6, 1973.
- Memorandum from William B. Quandt to Brent Scowcroft, “Arab-Israeli Tensions,” October 6, 1973.
- Message from Soviet Government to Nixon and Kissinger,October 6, 1973.
- Memorandum from William Quandt and Donald Stukel, NSC Staff, “WSAG Meeting — Middle East, Saturday, October 6, 1973.
- Memorandum to Kissinger, initialed “LSE” (Lawrence S. Eagleburger), October 6, 1973.
- Memcon between Kissinger and Ambassador Huang Zhen, PRC Liaison Office, October 6, 1973.
- Memcon between Dinitz and Kissinger, October 7, 1973.
- Department of State, Operations Center, Middle East Task Force, Situation Report # 8, “Situation in the Middle East, as of 2300 Hours (EDT, Oct. 7, 1973).”
- Kissinger to Egyptian Foreign Minister Al-Zayyat, 8 October 1973, enclosing “Message for Mr. Hafiz Ismail from Dr. Kissinger,” October 8, 1973.
- Memcon 1 between Dinitz and Kissinger, October 9, 1973.
- Memcon 2 between Dinitz and Kissinger, October 9, 1973.
- William Quandt to Kissinger, “Middle Eastern Issues,” October 9, 1973.
- Telegram from President Sadat to President Hafez al-Assad of Syria, Oct. 20, 1973.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 338, 1973.
- U.S. Interests Section Egypt, Cable 3243 to State Department, “Soviet View on Causes and Timing of Egyptian Decision to Resume Hostilities,” October 26, 1973.
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