Jimmy Carter: “I think it's much more important to have direct negotiations between…”

On the recordNovember 29, 1977

I think it's much more important to have direct negotiations between Egypt and Israel than to have us acting as a constant, dominant intermediary.

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Democratic · Georgia

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The President's News Conference

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