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Michael Beschloss
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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 6 Oct 2017

    Kissinger cables Nixon about Yom Kippur War, which started today 1973:pic.twitter.com/mvzC7Oil8j

    7:32 AM - 6 Oct 2017
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      2. Rami Veiberman‏ @RamiVeiberman 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @EquusontheBuses

        Wow, as an Israeli, this telegram gives me the chill..

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      3. James Vaughan‏ @EquusontheBuses 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @RamiVeiberman @BeschlossDC

        Kissinger, not anticipating how scary things were about to get on the Golan front, was probably hoping the Israelis would be forced into...

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      4. James Vaughan‏ @EquusontheBuses 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @EquusontheBuses @RamiVeiberman @BeschlossDC

        ...a diplomatic approach that better suited his own ideas.

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      5. Rami Veiberman‏ @RamiVeiberman 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @EquusontheBuses @BeschlossDC

        Indeed. At that moment, the suez front was also terrible and for the Israelis, it felt almost as though they will throw us to the sea..

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      6. James Vaughan‏ @EquusontheBuses 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @RamiVeiberman @BeschlossDC

        I guess main difference was proximity to population centres. But wouldn't have mattered much if southern front had gone as well. Scary week.

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      7. Rami Veiberman‏ @RamiVeiberman 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @EquusontheBuses @BeschlossDC

        Unfortunately, your Hebrew isn't good enough but the families sent men to the war. Many went and thousands didn't cone home.

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      8. James Vaughan‏ @EquusontheBuses 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @RamiVeiberman

        I figured just enough Hebrew to work the computer catalogues at CZA in Jerusalem but that's about it. A horrible war. British govt policy...

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      9. James Vaughan‏ @EquusontheBuses 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @EquusontheBuses @RamiVeiberman

        ... was shameful too. I posted something about that a few years ago.pic.twitter.com/U7UW3l7jhe

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      1. Charles Monagan‏ @charlesmonagan 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I almost forgot what it was like to have serious people in the White House.

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      1. James Vaughan‏ @EquusontheBuses 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @NTarnopolsky

        I like the somewhat flawed analysis fromthe UK Ambassador in Cairo a little earlier in the day... ;)pic.twitter.com/pK5IBZnM55

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      1. Leslie Mace‏ @lescheryl 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Michael, Thank you for keeping the historical perspective alive for us.

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      1. Bonnie Resnick‏ @srslybonnie 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I still remember the car ride to synagogue that day. So much sadness and worry.

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      1. Kris Weinschenker‏ @KWeinschenker 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        IIRC, it resulted in a lowering of DEFCON

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      1. Vicky Del Rio‏ @victoriastudio2 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Window into history.Given seriousness of cable, why Nixon was to be told at 9:00 am instead of immediately?

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      1. R. Brenton‏ @brenton1218 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Wow.

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      1. yoga99‏ @yoga99 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Nixon: Why caps, Jew boy?

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      1. Natalia A Kerr 🎨‏ @Oilpastelgal 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The failure to anticipate this war and other failures as concluded by the Agranat Commission, lead to the resignation of Golda Meir.

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      1. Galileo's Lens‏ @TheMerryMartyr 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Back when people treated nuclear weapons so seriously that any international crisis, esp. mideast, was cause for de-escalation.

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      1. Scott‏ @worldchmps 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        So we told them to do nothing? They were almost destroyed in this war! The first phase was a disaster for Israel!

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      1. N*i*c*k*i‏ @Nickiflorida 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Love the interesting facts you post. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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