Reminiscences of Lucius D. Battle : oral history, 1974.

Biographical Note

Diplomat.

Scope and Contents

Personal background for negotiation and diplomacy; Cyprus crisis, 1967; involvement in Arab-Israeli situation; discussion of prominent statesmen and diplomats; Cairo Library incident; approach to Egyptian diplomacy and Nasser; relations with the press; negotiation secrecy; public opinion and foreign policy; summitry; third party initiatives; negotiation tactics.

Subjects

• Battle, Lucius D.
• Cyprus--History.
• Diplomacy.
• Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.
• Diplomats--United States--Interviews.
• Egypt--Foreign relations--20th century.
• Interviews.
• Negotiation.
• Oral histories.
• Wall, Marc, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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