NOTES
pp. [234–238]^
- Andrey Vandenko, “Posledniy romantik,” Itogi, 6 December 2010, http://www.itogi.ru/
kultura/2010/49/159665.html, marking the publication of Kevorkov’s biography Viktor
Lui. - The Coral Sea was hit by several rockets and set on fire, but did not sink or blow up. It was
only recently disclosed that its Greek captain saved the ship by fortuitously ordering the
release of explosive fumes from the hold shortly before the attack. Former Mossad agent
Gad Shimron, interviewed on Israel Radio, 25 March 2015. - Marcus Eliason, AP, “Israeli Tanker Hit by Bazooka from Passing Speedboat,” Gazette
(Schenectady, NY), 14 June 1971, p. 1. - MA, pp. 77, 80.
- Political correspondent, Davar, 14 June 1971, p. 1, and 18 June 1971, p. 3.
- AP, “Soviet Journalist Visits Israel,” Gazette (Niagara Falls, NY), 28 June 1971.
- UPI, “New Secret Talks Open,” Daily Times (Watertown, NY), 30 June 1971, p. 8.
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Mr Helms’ Journey,” Times (Geneva, NY), July 9, 1971.
- “CIA Head in Israel for Talks,” News (Tonawanda, NY), 30 June 1971, p. 10;
C.L. Sulzberger, NYT, “The Role of the Foreign Minister Is Declining,” Daily Times
(Geneva, NY), 14 July 1971, p. 8. - Dorothy Marks, North American Newspaper Alliance, “Wife of CIA Chief Leads a
Demanding Social Life,” Daily News (Watertown, NY), 12 August 1971, p. 4. - Transcript of talk between “SD” and “VL” (identified as “Mr Louis” on p. 8), 16 June
1971, ISA A-7037/17, pp. 21, 25. Louis referred to his reputation “as a KGB agent” and
suggested “not to believe everything that was written about me, but a number of things
are true” (p. 13). - Maj.-Gen. Adel Suleiman Yusry, “Planning the Operations of the 1973 October War” in
Vartanov et al., Rukopozhatie, pp. 74–5. - Shazly, Crossing, pp. 27–32.
- Transcript of talk between “SD” and “VL,” 16 June 1971, ISA A-7037/17, pp. 9–10.
- Shelepin’s memo was relayed to the Politburo on 23 July. Primakov, Blizhniy Vostok,
pp. 266–8. - Ponomarev had headed the International Relations Department of the CPSU CC since
1955 and would be appointed candidate member of the Politburo in May 1972. - The following account of Primakov’s mission to Israel is based on his memoir, Blizhniy
Vo s t o k, and the Israel Prime Minister’s Office file on “secret talks with the USSR,” ISA
A-7037/17. It includes a summary and transcript of Primakov’s talk with Eban (29 August),
summaries of a working lunch (30 August) and dinner (31 August) with an unnamed offi-
cial, evidently Hanan Baron, and transcript of a talk with Dayan (31 August). The authors
thank Bo’az Vanetik. - SAR, p. 431n2.
- Sandra Ionno Butcher, “Herb York (1921–2009): On Pugwash History and a NWFW,”
Pugwash History Blog, 21 May 2009, http://pugwashhistory.blogspot.co.il - Emphasis added. This may have referred to an interview on Israel Radio, in which Dayan
actually said he did not foresee Israeli accession to NATO, but pointed out the significance