Claim: US doubted an Egyptian attack was coming
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Rusk to Johnson, 26 May 1967: 'our intelligence does not confirm' Israel's warning of an attack. Johnson to Israel: it 'will not be alone unless it decides to go it alone'. Preemptive, not unprovoked.
SOURCE
FRUS 1964-68 vol XIX doc 71 (Rusk memo, 26 May 1967); State Dept Historian, 1967 war
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PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Israel chose war 1967”
- “Preemptive war”
- “Preemptive strike 1967”
- “Israel was not threatened 1967”
- “1967 unprovoked war”
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