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The Kissinger plane arrived later. Early afternoon we
left, and the big Air Force 707 was still standing there. We
stopped at Luxor, since Mr. Rader and the Japanese had never seen
the stupendous 3,000-year old Luxor and Karnak temples. At first
the airport officials refused us any transportation except by
public bus, because Secretary of State Kissinger was due to stop
there. But then the Governor came and apologized, and offered us
his private car. As we were returning back to the airport,
Secretary Kissinger's motorcade met and sped past us. In front
were about six motorcycle soldiers in brilliant uniforms, followed
by a car with siren wide open, then some six or eight limousines.
We saw Dr. Kissinger in the third one, and former Ambassador to
Saigon, Ellsworth Bunker, whom I know, in the car behind.
The motorcade sped by at about 50-miles per hour. We
continued on to the airport, and taxied past the Air Force 707 on
the way to the runway.
The next day, while I was visiting with the Prime Minister,
he was handed a note saying Mr. Sadat had just arrived from
Damascus.
That evening, about dark, we took off from Cairo and flew
direct to Tel Aviv. It created quite a sensation at the airport,
when they learned we had flown direct from Cairo.
"NO ONE ever does that, but Kissinger!" they exclaimed.
"Yes," I said, "Kissinger and US!"
That night we had a rather late dinner with an official
who is a very good friend of ours. We wanted to know what was the
Israeli reaction on the Separation of Forces agreement.
Our official friend asked urgently, "WHAT is the general
reaction in Cairo over it?"
"Jubilation!" we replied. "What is the reaction here in
Israel?" "JUBILATION," he replied. Well, that was BETTER THAN
WAR!
There will be more of this fruit-bearing trip in the
"Personal" article in the March PLAIN TRUTH.
Brethren and Co-Workers we simply have to realize that
getting Christ's Gospel to the United States and Canada is one
thing, but getting it to other nations is A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
MATTER!
In the beginning of the lead article of the February, 1974,
GOOD NEWS is this significant statement: "Since the whole concept
of the democratic system is a government 'of the people' -- that
government is responsible to the people, and the people are the
ones who actually do the governing." (Emphasis mine.)
But in most of these other countries it is different. The
POWER is vested in the GOVERNMENT. The people are responsible to