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Jimmy Carter TLS, Superb Content Re: Middle East Peace
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Jimmy Carter TLS, Superb Content Re: Middle East Peace
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Jimmy Carter TLS, Superb Content Regarding the Middle East Peace Process
2pp typed letter signed by former 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter (born 1924) as "Jimmy Carter" at the center of the second page. Dated September 29, 1987. On watermarked stationery paper, the first page with "Jimmy Carter" letterhead, complete with the gilt and blind stamped eagle head logo of the Carter Presidential Center. Expected light paper folds, else near fine. 7.125" x 10.5". Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope postmarked from Washington, D.C. on October 1, 1987. Expected weathering and letter-opened at right, else very good.
Former president Jimmy Carter extended an invitation to career American diplomat Philip Habib (1920-1992) in the fall of 1987. Habib was encouraged to attend two conferences, each tasked with discussing and strategizing about the political situation in the Middle East.
Carter wrote:
"To follow up on my report to the Washington policy community held immediately after my spring trip to the Middle East, I would like to invite you to attend another similar session…
Over the summer I visited with a number of major world leaders including General Secretary Gorbachev [U.S.S.R.], Chairman Deng Xiaoping [People's Republic of China], Premier Zhao Ziyang [People's Republic of China], and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher [United Kingdom]. The Middle East Peace Process was an item that I discussed at length with each of these leaders…
In addition to being with me in Washington on the 16th I hope you will also plan to be with us at the Carter Center in Atlanta November 16-18th, 1987, for an important consultation on the Middle East Peace Process. We had a highly successful consultation in 1983, which helped to build the agenda for our continuing work on the Middle East. The November conference will serve to set a new agenda for all parties critically interested in this issue."
The second of Carter's conferences, "A Middle East Consultation: Ten Years after Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem - A Look to the Future", would convene in mid-November at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The 1987 conferences were inspired by the success of the consortium co-hosted by Carter and Gerald Ford at the Carter Presidential Center (and mentioned in this letter in the third paragraph) on November 6-9, 1983.
Carter described the upcoming November 1987 conference. He wrote, "The meeting will be a composition of sessions among policy analysts, business leaders, scholar/statesmen and country delegates; and at least one plenary session to which local academics and civil leaders will be invited." Carter added that he was assured that only "serious and qualified delegate[s]" from various nations would attend. He hoped Habib would be one of them.
In the years following his presidency--a high water mark of which was the 1977 Camp David Accords between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin--Carter had continued to observe, commentate on, and participate in Middle Eastern politics. In March 1987, just six months before writing this letter, Carter had traveled to Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Israel, and Jordan on a private mission to negotiate the release of hostages in Lebanon.
Carter's invitee Philip Habib was no State Department jockey--he was a trusted diplomat with extensive knowledge of and experience in the Middle East. Habib's negotiations had paved the way for Carter's Camp David Accords. He served as President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East. In 1982, Habib's efforts at negotiating the peaceful withdrawal of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from Beirut, Lebanon had led to his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Philip Habib had joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1949; he served in South Korea, South Vietnam, the Philippines, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Canada, New Zealand, and the Middle East. The New York Times eulogized Habib as "the outstanding professional diplomat of his generation in the United States."
This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.
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Jimmy Carter TLS, Superb Content Regarding the Middle East Peace Process
2pp typed letter signed by former 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter (born 1924) as "Jimmy Carter" at the center of the second page. Dated September 29, 1987. On watermarked stationery paper, the first page with "Jimmy Carter" letterhead, complete with the gilt and blind stamped eagle head logo of the Carter Presidential Center. Expected light paper folds, else near fine. 7.125" x 10.5". Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope postmarked from Washington, D.C. on October 1, 1987. Expected weathering and letter-opened at right, else very good.
Former president Jimmy Carter extended an invitation to career American diplomat Philip Habib (1920-1992) in the fall of 1987. Habib was encouraged to attend two conferences, each tasked with discussing and strategizing about the political situation in the Middle East.
Carter wrote:
"To follow up on my report to the Washington policy community held immediately after my spring trip to the Middle East, I would like to invite you to attend another similar session…
Over the summer I visited with a number of major world leaders including General Secretary Gorbachev [U.S.S.R.], Chairman Deng Xiaoping [People's Republic of China], Premier Zhao Ziyang [People's Republic of China], and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher [United Kingdom]. The Middle East Peace Process was an item that I discussed at length with each of these leaders…
In addition to being with me in Washington on the 16th I hope you will also plan to be with us at the Carter Center in Atlanta November 16-18th, 1987, for an important consultation on the Middle East Peace Process. We had a highly successful consultation in 1983, which helped to build the agenda for our continuing work on the Middle East. The November conference will serve to set a new agenda for all parties critically interested in this issue."
The second of Carter's conferences, "A Middle East Consultation: Ten Years after Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem - A Look to the Future", would convene in mid-November at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The 1987 conferences were inspired by the success of the consortium co-hosted by Carter and Gerald Ford at the Carter Presidential Center (and mentioned in this letter in the third paragraph) on November 6-9, 1983.
Carter described the upcoming November 1987 conference. He wrote, "The meeting will be a composition of sessions among policy analysts, business leaders, scholar/statesmen and country delegates; and at least one plenary session to which local academics and civil leaders will be invited." Carter added that he was assured that only "serious and qualified delegate[s]" from various nations would attend. He hoped Habib would be one of them.
In the years following his presidency--a high water mark of which was the 1977 Camp David Accords between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin--Carter had continued to observe, commentate on, and participate in Middle Eastern politics. In March 1987, just six months before writing this letter, Carter had traveled to Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Israel, and Jordan on a private mission to negotiate the release of hostages in Lebanon.
Carter's invitee Philip Habib was no State Department jockey--he was a trusted diplomat with extensive knowledge of and experience in the Middle East. Habib's negotiations had paved the way for Carter's Camp David Accords. He served as President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East. In 1982, Habib's efforts at negotiating the peaceful withdrawal of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from Beirut, Lebanon had led to his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Philip Habib had joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1949; he served in South Korea, South Vietnam, the Philippines, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Canada, New Zealand, and the Middle East. The New York Times eulogized Habib as "the outstanding professional diplomat of his generation in the United States."
This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.
WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!
