Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Addendum to the story of the Yom Kippur

New book says Kissinger kept Nixon in the dark (Reuters)

President Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office in a 1973 photo. Newly released documents show that Kissinger delayed telling Nixon about the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 to keep him from interfering, according to new book excerpted in Vanity Fair on Monday. (National Archives /Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Newly released documents show that former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delayed telling President Richard Nixon about the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 to keep him from interfering, according to new book excerpted in Vanity Fair on Monday.


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