ABSTRACT
Tall firmly opposed Jordan's entry into the war. But Tall alone had the courage publicly to criticize the Jordanian–Egyptian co-operation in June 1967. On the eve of the war Tall openly expressed his deepest fears of the consequences for Jordan if it joined the Egyptian bandwagon. Tall's exclusion from the inner councils of government after the Six Day War was no accident. At a time of co-operation between Jordan and Egypt in the Arab arena and collaboration between the Hashimite regime and the Fida'iyyun in Jordan, there was no room for Tall in the upper echelons of Jordanian decision-making. The Fida'iyyun agreed to a ceasefire on 24 September, their power almost shattered after a week of ferocious fighting and thousands of casualties. Tall's genuine concern for the stability of the regime did not affect the progress of his personal rivalry with Bahjat al-Talhuni, who served as Husayn's Prime Minister for most of the period from 1967 to 1970.
