Premier Golda Meir said last night that Israel would be grateful if the United States could convince the Arab states that direct negotiations with, Israel was the way to peace in the Middle East. In a farewell speech to 160 Jewish leaders from the U.S. and Canada who attended the Israel Bonds conference convened by the Prime Minister, Mrs. Meir said: “The United States believes that the only hopeful way of solving the problem in the Middle East is for the Arabs and us to do it ourselves.”
Asked if she saw a possible role for President Nixon’s national security advisor Dr. Henry Kissinger in promoting a Middle East settlement, Mrs. Meir replied: “If Dr. Kissinger or anybody else can help convince our neighbors that this (negotiations) is the thing to do, we shall be very grateful.”
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