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To save Jordan and to prevent a general Mid-East war.
But it's tougher if we do it.
P:
Yeah.
K : And curiously enough, we might get more support if the Israelis
do it. My major worry is if it doesn't work and another little
country
It will work if we are determined enough, but these
Syrians are the craziest of the lot.
P: Yeah, they might fight a long time. Well, when we are quite
confident it will work with the Israelis
K:
Nobody has any question about that.
P:
Because they are there.
K: Well, and they've beat them to a pulp once before and they
haven't improved that much. Of course, it may still be that the
Jordanian armor can defeat the Syrians. The original estimate of
CIA was that the King could handle the Syrians and the Fedayeen
simultaneously. The situation in Amman from the health point of
view is very bad: many people killed and there seems to be a cholera
epidemic.
P: Yeah, pretty miserable.
K: So, it's a miserable situation. It is night now, so nothing
is going to be happening now for another 12 hours anyway.
There isn't any decision needed. I only took the liberty of calling
you to alert you that this may be coming up.
point
P:
Yeah.
Well,
now
the/
is, you see, the Rogers' public
statement -- of course, the only public statement that I have made
related to hostages only -- his public statement relates to Syria
intervening in Jordan.
K:
That's right.
P: Well, that puts it right to us. If they do it, either we have
to do something we cannot let the Syrians get away with this --
or we've got to support the Israelis in doing something. We cannot
make a public statement and not back it up.
K:
Right, but the
P: Do Rogers, Sisco and all those people understand that? They
have put themselves out where we now have to back this up.
K: I didn't ask Rogers to make that statement. What we had
recommended to them was just to send the note. But I have to say
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