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    "ocrText": "File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nla\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSECRET/NODIS/XGDS\nMEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION\nPARTICIPANTS:\nPresident Nixon\nZalman Shazar, President of Israel\nGen. Yitzhak Rabin, Ambassador of Israel\nRichard T. Kennedy, NSC Staff\nDATE AND TIME:\nFriday, January 5, 1973\n2:00 - 2:15 p.m.\nPLACE:\nThe Oval Office\nShazar: I am honored by this invitation. I am touched by your under-\nstanding of what Mr. Truman meant for us, It was a very difficult\n36 hours.\nI remember our conversation in March '71. I remember you\nsaid that as long as you are in office, American aid for Israel will not\ndry up. I took it as a great belief and told my people. I express my\nappreciation.\n3/6/04\nYour reelection was greeted with great joy and satisfaction in\nDERAED\nIsrael. We appreciate the attitude you express toward Soviet Russia.\nDespite the burdens for Israel, we look forward with great hope and joy\nto your new Administration.\nAlso for what you have done for Soviet Russian Jews, we express\ngreat appreciation. We know very well that terrorism is a great obstacle\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5\nNSC MEMO, 11/24/96, STATE DEPT. GUIDELINES state\nMARA, DATE 3/30/04\non the way to the peace you desire. Violence against us could be combat\nwith a common attack. I express my appreciation for your attitude on\nthose problems.\nDECLASSIFIED\nThe problem is how to achieve peace with our neighbors. To some,\na united Jerusalem under Israel is an obstacle I know. I have been in\nJerusalem for 60 years. I know the problems. For all parts of Jerusalem.\nA united Jerusalem is coming to be a pattern of relations. This is why it\nis best for all parts of Jerusalem.\nCLASSIFIED BY\nEXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION\nSCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652\nSECRET/NODIS/XGDS\nEXEMPTION CATEGORY\nAUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON\nSEGRET/NODIS/XGDS\n2\nRabin: I was born there. I know.\nShazar: I have been there since 1911. The situation now is much better\nthan it was before, for all relations between all the parts.\nI would like you to know our real goal is to achieve peace with our\nneighbors. We need U.S. help. The US should work continuously to bring\nboth Jews and Arabs together. This is my message.\nThe President: I appreciate your coming. I know it was a long journey\nin honor of President Truman -- he was President when Israel came into\nbeing.\nOn the emigration problem, Ambassador Rabin has been very\nhelpful. We need to deal quietly with the Russians.\nWe are shocked by the terrorism. There is no hope in the UN.\nThey wouldn't help our resolution. We are watching the situation on\nterrorism in the U.S.\nOn our future relations, our goal is the same -- peace. We are\ngoing to work for a solution mindful of the rights of both sides. We\ncontinue our support of the State of Israel. I will see the Prime Minister\nin February -- we will discuss things in more detail.\nShazar: She is looking forward to seeing you.\nThe President: She is a strong, remarkable person.\nShazar: Just what we need now.\nThe President: We talk frankly on many things. Rabin will tell you.\nShazar: I have known her since 1921. We are in the same party, and\nvery close.\nThe President: Over the next four years our partnership will continue.\nWe will work with you and we will work with the other side. King Hussein\nis coming. Some of them are reasonable and others are not. We always\nrespect your opinion. We want a peaceful settlement which will not\njeopardize the rights of the people of Israel.\nI realize you have to depart early. I will escort you to your car.\n[President Nixon then escorted President Shazar to his car through\nthe porch. ]\nSEGRET/NODIS/XGDS\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nHENRY A. KISSINGER\nSUBJECT:\nMeeting with President Shazar of Israel\nFriday, January 5, 1973\n2:00 p.m. (30 minutes)\nOval Office\nI.\nPURPOSE\nA courtesy call by President Shazar as head of Israel's dele-\ngation to the Memorial Services for President Truman.\nII.\nBACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS, PRESS PLAN\nA. Background: A strictly ceremonial figure, President\nShazar at 81 is Israel's third President. This May marks\na decade in office. He helped found Mrs. Meir's Labor\nParty. You received him when he led Israel's delegation\nto President Eisenhower's funeral in March 1969 and for\na courtesy call in March 1971.\n\"\nB. Participants: President Shazar may be accompanied to\nthe White House by the other members of Israel's delegation:\nDr. Eliyahu Elath, Israel's first ambassador to the US and\nAmbassador Rabin.\nDr. Kissinger or representative\nJ\nC. Press Plan: Brief photo opportunity at the beginning of the\nmeeting. Routine Ron Ziegler press follow-up.\nIII.\nRECOMMENDED TALKING POINTS\nAttached\nPRESIDENT SHAZAR OF ISRAEL\n1. Points He May Raise\nAs a ceremonial head, Shazar is unlikely to raise any substantive issues\nin depth, and discussion on Mid-East or other issues can be general. In\ngeneral, he may\n-Focus on the natural topic of President Truman's role of recog-\nnizing Israel (de facto in 1948 and de jure in 1949).\n--Seek a general sense of your thinking on Israel and on peace\nprospects in the Mid-East (since there is general concern that this\npost-election period may mean a new Mid-East initiative).\n--Share his thinking about feelings in Israel.\n--Mention that Prime Minister Meir is coming to the US late\nFebruary. (You have separately agreed to receive her.)\n-Have broad interest in your efforts towards world peace, including\nin Vietnam and with the USSR and China.\n2. Talking Points\n--It is a personal pleasure to again meet President Shazar as you did\nin 1969 and 1971.\n--Mid-East: Assuming that Shazar will be interested in a general\nsense of your thinking prior to Mrs. Meir's forthcoming visit here.\n--Among your efforts for world peace is the strong hope that\nthe Middle East may move closer to a lasting peace. One\nimportant element of this has been and will continue to be\nUS/Israeli relationship and support for Israel's security and\nwellbeing. In any effort towards peace the US would want to be\nin close consultation with Israel so that its interests and gains\nwould not be jeopardized. We have no preconceived plan of our\nown and will not impose any solution, but it is important to our\ninterests as well as Israel's that there be peace.\nYou look forward to seeing Prime Minister Meir.\nOther issues: You may find it appropriate to discuss in general\nterms your perspective on world peace, including relations with the\nsuperpowers and your hopes for Vietnam.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 24, 1973\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nCOLONEL RICHARD T. KENNEDY\nFROM:\nDAVID C. HOOPES\nif\nSUBJECT:\nMemorandum for the President's File\nPlease prepare a Memorandum for the President's File on his\nmeeting with His Excellency Shneor Zalman Shazar, President\nof Israel on Friday, January 5, 1973 at 2:00 p.m.\nDATE DUE: Forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of this memorandum.\nThank you.\nP Sbru -Rabin - RAK 1400-1415\n2\nfan 5, 1973\nS Hand what Thushed any understanding\naf m. & where mean for us.\nVery different 36 hours\nyour Remember\nChur may 71 consersion in has 7/\nRemember you said onloy asin\noffice and and will\nunt day up Tookas great\nbelief and cold any people\nt Express opperation\nReduction quited with\nand satisfacturin\nappreciate attitude you express\ntoward Same Russix\nDr pite Guidder for Assol -\nget hope and joy your\nnew\nalso for Sourt Ression Junes\ngreat appeciation\nknow weywell\nobstade way to peane\nyou disne Cioleva your\nus could Ge confot\nwith common, attack\nagreestion for you atticules\nan those problems.\nOrstlem achieve peace well\nCew nightens\nto sand Will Xusalem\nunder space an Abstacled\nDECLARE ASSIFIED\ncream d been in sunsel\nNSC BY MEMO, 1051 NARA DATE 3/30/04\nE.O. 11/24/98, STATE DEPT. 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