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Israel 50th Anniversary 4/27/98
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Speechwri ting-Blinken
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�Blinken, Antony J.
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Scott-Perez, Marilyn L.
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: Countryman, Thomas M.; @NSA .- Natl Security Advisor
@PLANNING- Strat Plan & Comm; @NESASIA _; NE/South Asia; @EXECSEC- Executive
Secretary
RE: Israel- 50th Anniversary [UNCLASSIFIED]
Mr. Berger .has read your e-mail and has responded:
· Tom OK-- make sure Biinken has on his radar screen. Major speech.
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Countryman, Thomas M.
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Thursday, March 12, 1998 9:32AM
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@NSA- Natl Security Advisor
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@PLANNING- Strat Plan & Comm; @NESASIA ~ NE/South Asia; @EXECSEC- Executive Secretary
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· FW: Israel- 50th Anniversary [UNCLASSIFIED] ,
Rob/Diana: Please pass to Berger/Steinberg
I attended a meeting Tuesday with OPL, Social Office and schedulers to discuss plans for POTUS involvement in the
50th Anniversary of Israel celebration.
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The dozens of competing invitations .the President has received would require us to offend one group or another. The
least offensive, most. neutral path is to accept an offer from Hebrew Unive~ity of Jerusalem to present the President
an honorary doctorate. It has other advantages, including a more explicit opportunity for POTUS to speak directly to
the people of Israel, which will be useful given the likelihood of friction with ~he GOI in that timeframe.
The event would .be held on the afternoon of Monday, April 27. This would give time for the VP to attend before he
leaves for Israel to attend the official ceremonies on April29-30. It would also give attendees a chance to get back
home for gala celebrations in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, etc.
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The event would be held in a large tent on the South Lawn, which could accommodate several hundred more guests
than we could do in an· inside event. Like the Rabin-Peres event, we will control the guest list.
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We began to discuss the message for the President, which will focus on the bonds between our two peoples; the
achievements of Israel in building a modern democracy and economy; and 'our hopes that the people will spend the
next 50 years in peace and security. More overt messages regarding the peace process would be something to add
· at that time, depending upon the state of play in the process.
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If NSC concurs with the above, OPL will inform Hebrew U. that their offer is:accepted .and move forward on guest
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�Gray, Wendy E.
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Countryman, Thomas M.
Tuesday, March 10, 1998.6:09 PM
@PLANNING- Strat Plan & Comm
@NESASIA- NE/South Asia; @EXECSEC- Executive Secretary
Israel- 50th Anniversary [UNCLASSIFIED]
David or Dan: I would like your throughts on this before sending it for info to Berger.
I attended a meeting Tuesday with OPL, Social Office and schedulers to discu'ss plans for POTUS involvement in the
50th Anniversary of Israel celebration.
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The dozens of competing invitations the President has received would require ius to offend one group or another. The
· least offensive, most neutral path is to accept an offer from Hebrew University,of Jerusalem to present the President an
honorary doctorate. It has other advantages, including a more explicit opportunity for POTUS to speak directly to the
people of Israel, which will be useful given the likelihood of friction with the GOI in that timeframe.
The event would be .held on the afternoon of Monday, April27. This would give time for the VP to attend before he leaves
for Israel to attend the official ceremonies on April29-30. It would also give attendees a chance to get back home for
gala celebrations in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, etc.
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The event would be held in a large tent on the South Lawn, which could accommodate several hundred more guest than
we could do in an inside event. Like the Rabin"Peres event, we will control the guest list.
We began to discuss the message Jor the President, which will focus on the bonds between our two peoples; the
achievements of Israel in building a modern democracy and economy; and our hopes that the people will spend the next.
50 years in peace and security. More overt messages regarding the peace process would be something to add at that
time, depending upon th~ state of play in the process.
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<p>Antony Blinken served in the Clinton Administration as the chief foreign policy speechwriter in the National Security Council Speechwriting Directorate from 1994 thru 1998.</p>
<p>Blinken prepared remarks for President Clinton, Anthony Lake, Samuel Berger, James Steinberg, and General Donald Kerrick. His speechwriting topics cover a variety of subjects for various audiences including but not limited to: foreign trips or head of state visits, United Nations General Assembly addresses, and State of the Union and weekly radio addresses. As an NSC speechwriter, Blinken produced speeches on major foreign policy actions during the Clinton Administration on Haiti, Iraq and Bosnia. The documents in the collection consist of speech drafts, newspaper and magazine articles, memos, correspondence, schedules, and handwritten notes.</p>
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