Lion of Jordan (124 page)

Bahrain
412

Baker, James, US Secretary of State
508
–9,
510
,
511

and Madrid Conference
513
,
515

Balfour, Arthur
8

Balfour Declaration (1917)
8
,
9

Balfour-Paul, Glen, British ambassador to Amman
352
–3,
354
–5

Bar-Lavie, Ze'ev, IDF Military Intelligence
225
,
369

Bar-Lev, Chaim, IDF chief of staff
292
–3,
307
–8

Barak, Major-General Ehud
498
,
500
,
501

Barbour, Walworth, US ambassador to Israel
248

Barnea, Aharon and Amalia,
Mine Enemy
94
–5

Basma, Princess
430
,
591

on Hussein's relationship with family
60
–61,
588

Basra, port of
411

Ba'th Arab Socialist Party
113
,
135

Ba'th Party
85
,
312

Ba'th Party, Iraq
189
,
312
,
334
,
413

Ba'th Party, Syria
62
,
135
,
312
,
334
,
413

coup in Syria
189
,
235

Batikhi, General Samih
572
,
574

plot against Prince Hassan
585
,
594

Bayar, Calal, President of Turkey
82
Bedouins

in Arab Revolt
6

Prince Hassan and
583
–4

Begin, Menachem

view of West Bank
256
,
395

and contacts with Hussein
263
–4

and second Rogers Plan
320

as prime minister
392
–3,
395
,
413
–14

rejection of UN Resolution
242
:
395

view of PLO
395

deception in Camp David Accords
401

and war in Lebanon
416

rejection of Reagan Plan
418
–19,
613

Beilin, Yossi, Israeli foreign ministry
430

and London Agreement
441
,
444
,
445

Beirut, Israeli siege of
416
–17

Beit Shean, rocket attack
314

Beit Shemesh, Hussein's visit to
569
–70

Ben-Aharon, Yossi
498

Ben-Gurion, David
48
,
225

and relations with Jordan
34
–5,
116
,
177

and assassination of Abdullah
36

and raid on Qibya
71
–2

and Suez
115
–16

territorial ambitions of
116
,
163
,
167

Bennett, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Erik
249
,
270
,
412

Bilby, Kenneth,
New York Herald Tribune
34

Bitar, Salah
135

Black September commandos
339

Boumedienne, Houari, Algerian president
265

British Army, Parachute Brigade
162
,
168
,
169

Brown, Dean, US ambassador to Amman
329

Brown, George, British foreign minister
264
–5

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, US national security adviser
402
,
405

Bull, Odd, Norwegian chief-of-staff of UNTSO
241

Bundy, McGeorge
286

Buraimi Oasis
78

Burns, Findley, Jr, US ambassador to Jordan
228
,
229
–30

Bush, George H. W., US President
470
–71

Hussein's relations with
470
,
491

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
479
–80,
487
–9

US troops in Saudi Arabia
482
–3

and Operation Desert Storm
504
,
505

Cairo, conference (1921)
12
,
14

Cairo Agreement (1970)
335

Cairo summit (1973)
359
–60

Camp David Accords
400
–406

Jordanian questions on
402
–3

Camp David conference
398
–400

Carter, Jimmy, US President

and rights of Palestinians
389
,
395

and Hussein
391
–2,
406

and Begin
395
,
401

and Camp David conference
398
–400

and Camp David Accords
401
–2,
403
–4

cuts in aid to Jordan
405
–6

Carter, Rosalynn
391
–2

censorship

lifted
64
–5

imposition of
149
,
587
,
616

on UAR radio broadcasts
157

Chadli ben Jedid, President of Algeria
492

Chamoun, Camille, President of Lebanon
159
,
162

Charles, Prince of Wales
616

Childers, Erskine, on Zarqa Affair
137
–8

Christopher, Warren, US Secretary of State
524
,
536
,
540

Churchill, Winston S., as colonial secretary
12
,
13
,
14

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

support for Hussein
144
–9

and Iraqi coup
158
,
161

on Jordanian regime
231
–2,
240

and Saddam Hussein
411
,
437

and Syrian plot against Hussein
554
–5

Clinton, Bill, US President

and Oslo Accord
522
,
528

and Jordanian–Israeli peace treaty
535
,
543
,
545
–6,
547

and Washington Declaration
537
–8

at funeral of Rabin
553
–4

and Netanyahu
563
,
573
,
590

and peace process
581

and Wye Agreement (1998)
588
–91

at funeral of Hussein
607

Cohen, Mendel, memoirs
At the Court of
King Abdullah
48
–9

Cold War
143

and American view of Middle East
300
,
329
–30,
414

see also
Soviet Union

communism, perception of threat of
122
,
126
,
154
,
174

Copeland, Miles, CIA
134

Coral Island, meeting on
303

Craig, Mrs, nanny to Princess Alia
95
,
96

Crawford, Professor James
540

Crossman, Richard
87
,
89

Curzon, Lord
18

Czechoslovakia, and Soviet-Egyptian arms deal
81

Dalgleish, Wing Commander Jock
46
,
168
,
170
–71

Damascus, entry of Arab Army into (1916)
6

Danin, Ezra
27

Daoud, Muhammad, head of military government
242
,
325
,
335

Dayan, General Moshe
115
,
119
,
297

minister of defence
248
,
348

view of occupied territories
256
,
356

opposition to Hussein
257
,
307
,
331

on Jewish claim to Jerusalem
258

and Bundy
286

retaliation against Palestinian terrorism
303
,
308

targeting of East Ghor Canal
304

opposition to revised Allon Plan
337

and meetings with Hussein
350
–51,
376
–7,
393
–5

offer of defence pact
350
,
351
,
352

and United Arab Kingdom plan
350
–51

and October War
362
,
367
–8

as foreign minister in Likud government
393
,
413

offer of partition of West Bank
394

Dead Sea, mineral resources
358

Dhofar, insurgency
410
,
412

Dina Abdul Hamid, Queen (first wife)
90
–96

and daughter Alia
92
,
93
,
94
,
95
–6,
183

divorce
93
–4,
95
–6,
179

second marriage to Salah Ta'amari
94
–5

Dinitz, Simha
347
–8,
356
–7,
428

Domino Theory, applied by US to Middle East
159
,
329

Doudin, Marwan
434

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, British foreig secretary
328
–9

Druze, minority in Syria
20

Duke, Charles, British ambassador to Jordan
84
,
101
,
102
–3

Dulles, John Foster

on future of Jordan (1956)
122
–3,
140
,
143

on Nasser's intentions for UAR
154

view of Israel
163
,
167

East Bank

Fatah bases
274
–5

regulation of Palestinian organizations
337
–8

control regained
341

development plans
386

after Oslo Accord
532

East Ghor Canal, Israeli attacks on
304

East Jerusalem, Har Homa settlement
566
,
568
,
570

Eban, Abba, Israeli foreign minister
167
,
242

in favour of peace agreements
256
,
263

and direct contact with Hussein
257
,
279
,
287

meetings with Hussein and Rifa'i
279
–80,
281
,
288
–90,
294
–5,
297
,
299
–300

view of Hussein
283
–4,
331

indiscretion about meetings with Hussein
299
–300

and Rogers Plan
309

and Hussein's problem with fedayeen
313
–15

and Geneva conference
372

Eden, Sir Anthony, prime minister

and Nasser
77
–8,
79

and Baghdad Pact
84
,
89

on dismissal of Glubb
102
,
103
–4

and Suez war
107
,
114
–15

Egypt
6
,
21
,
31
,
150

Amman Pact
113

and Arab Cooperation Council
468
,
469
–70

Arab League: Rabat summit
310
; suspension
404
,
613
; readmission
452

Free Officers' Revolution (1952)
62

dependence on USSR
81
,
265
,
310

and Israel
356
,
370
,
565
; responsibility for June War
240
–48,
251
; and proposals for peace
257
–8,
357
,
396
; military disengagement agreement (1974)
373
; Sinai
II
agreement
387
–8; peace treaty (1979)
413

and Jordan: hostility towards
53
,
60
,
68
; radio propaganda against
77
,
80
,
81
,
84
; economic aid for
123
,
128
; mutual defence treaty (1967)
237
–8,
239
; and murderers of Tall
339
,
345

and Palestinians
107
–8,
384

October War
358
–9,
365
–6,
369
–70

reaction to Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty
547
,
552

and Syria: defence treaties
81
–2,
235
,
237
; joint war plan
359
–60; end of alliance
369

and UAR
153
–4,
179
,
213
–14

and Yemen revolution
188
–9

and United States
309
,
320
,
481

violation of 1970 ceasefire
320
–21

see also
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
;
Sadat, Anwar

Egyptian air force, destruction by Israel (1967)
240

Egyptian Army, October War
365

Eilan, Arye, Israeli foreign ministry
72
–3

Eisenhower Doctrine
14
,
126

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

and Suez crisis
114
–15

support for Hussein
143
–4,
167

meeting with Hussein
173
–4

El-Bid, Salem, vice-president of Yemen
494

Elath, Eliahu, Israeli ambassador in London
193
–4

Elazar, David, Israeli chief of staff
364

Eran, Dr Oded, Israeli ambassador in Amman
572

Eshkol, Levi, Israeli prime minister
196
,
256
,
299

and Rabin
224
–5

policy of support for Hussein
225
,
248