ABSTRACT
Sisco phoned Dayan to let the Israeli defense minister know he had the Egyptians on board. Barbour was with Dayan in his office at the Ministry. Dayan was anxious to have the cease-fire put into effect. Rabin’s letter caused dismay at the State Department, less because of its contents than because the Israeli ambassador said that his government intended that it should be given to Jarring. Agreement had been reached between the United States and Israel that the U-2s would fly along the Israeli side of the cease-fire line and film Egyptian deployments to the west. The cease-fire could be exploited not just by Egypt but by Israel as well. From the very beginning, the Israelis had plans to use it to repair and improve their road network and their fortifications along the Bar Lev line. The Egyptian leader—he was not yet officially president—received Richardson in private audience before meeting with all of the members of the US delegation.
