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Dayan Meets in Washington with Leading Government Officials

July 18, 1966
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General Moshe Dayan, former Chief of Staff of Israel’s armed forces who is now a member of Israel’s Parliament from the Rafi group led by former Premier David Ben-Gurion, discussed here yesterday, the Viet Nam situation with top officials of the Pentagon and the State Department. He also met with Walter Rostow, special aide to President Johnson. Gen. Dayan is collecting material on the Viet Nam war for a series of articles which he intends to write after his return from Viet Nam to Israel.

Early this week, Gen. Dayan will meet with General Maxwell Taylor, special adviser to the President former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Ambassador to Saigon. Mr. Dayan will also meet William Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs and Raymond Hare, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia and Near East Affairs and his deputy Rodger Davies.

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