Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This chapter takes up Kissinger’s befriending of a young pacifist named Brian McDonnell, who was fasting in protest of the invasion of Cambodia, the Nixon administration’s efforts to counter criticism of the invasion, its air strikes in support of South Vietnamese troops in Cambodia, and intellectual critics of the invasion. It also discusses a cease-fire between Israel and Egypt in the Suez Canal zone, Israel’s demand for U.S. weapons shipments before officially agreeing to the cease-fire and threats to take out Egyptian SAMs near the canal, Secretary of State Rogers’s opposition to giving Israel the weapons if it delayed the cease-fire, and his angry charges that Kissinger had “screwed up” the negotiations with Israel through his separate channel to them. Rogers and Kissinger fought over turf and who would get the credit for the cease-fire. The chapter also discusses Kissinger’s conditions for a 60 Minutes interview.</jats:p>