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Research Division, 59, 60
and Sadat’s talks in Moscow, 103–5, 107, 114–15
and Syrian war deployment, 190
warnings and war, 158–75, 176, 179–81, 197–210, 219–36
See also Egyptian military
Miniæ, Miloš, 238
missiles. See aircraft/missiles
Mitrokhin, Vasili, 248
Mobutu Sese Seko, 251
Mohieddin, Zakaria, 16, 18–19
Monopolies and Mergers Commission, British, 272
Morris, Benny, 290
Mossad, Israeli, 3–4
“the Angel” code name for Marwan, 53–54
and Black September plot against Israel, 186–88
briefings on Marwan, 63–64
compensation for Marwan, 51–52, 58, 124–25, 236, 252, 265–66, 283
cooperation between MI and, 59–60
and Egypt’s war preparations, 159–61, 171, 195–200
first meeting with Marwan, 55–60, 100
and handling of Marwan’s intelligence reports, 130
headquarters building, 63
Human Intelligence (Humint) operations, 35, 46
intelligence reports to CIA, 107–9
“Khotel” reports, 74, 131–32, 171
and Kurdish fighters, 247
Marwan ends relationship with, 286–87
and Marwan’s access to Egypt’s military secrets, 40–41, 71–73, 75, 101, 102–32, 157–75
Marwan’s contact with, 33–44
Marwan’s continued service to, 283–84
and Marwan’s death, 308–11, 316–17
Marwan’s declining status with, 263–67
Marwan’s handler for, 52–53, 57, 58, 64, 66–70, 124, 125–30
Marwan’s identity as spy for, 4, 289–97, 309, 310–11, 316–17, 319, 320
Marwan’s motives for spying for, 29–32, 150–51
Marwan’s report on Assad, 244
Marwan’s war warnings, 158–75, 176, 179–81, 194–200
Nasser’s death and implications for the, 79, 80
other intelligence sources besides Marwan, 106
recruitment of Marwan, 36–43, 48–54
and relations between Israel and US, 107–9
revelations about Marwan’s espionage with, 289–97
and Sadat’s talks in Moscow, 103–5, 107, 114–15
and Sadat’s war intentions, 57–58
Signal Intelligence (Sigint) operations, 46–47
and Syrian deployments, 190
Tzomet branch, 35, 45, 53
and Yehuda Gil affair, 284–87
See also Zamir, Zvi
Moussa, Amr, 3, 4, 319
Mubarak, Gamal “Jimmy,” 2
Mubarak, Hosni, 3, 263, 287, 323
and Marwan’s death, 2, 4–5, 308, 310, 319
and Marwan’s exposure, 318
Nasser’s family and, 79
Sadat’s successor, 268
Mubarak, Suzanne, 308
Mukhabarat, Egyptian, 19, 40, 49, 146, 320
Mukhabarat al a-amah, (Saudi intelligence), 135
Munich Olympics massacre, 1972, 184–85, 186
Mustafa, Ahmed, 253–54
Naguib, Muhammad, 81
Nasser, Abdel Hamid, 10
Nasser, Abdell Hakim, 10, 16
Nasser, Fuad, 322
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1–2, 4, 109, 255, 321
achievements, 10, 76–77, 78
the Al-Sabahs and, 23–24
death, 34, 57, 75, 78–79
family life and children, 10–15
family’s animosity toward Marwan, 145
family’s animosity toward Sadat, 92–93
grandchildren, 19–20
health problems, 77–78
and Mona’s marriage to Marwan, 15–18
relationship with Marwan, 19–20, 25
rise to power, 8, 10–11, 76
and Sadat as successor to, 81–86
and Six Day War, 31, 60
in War of Attrition, 56
Nasser, Hoda. See Sadeq, Hoda Nasser
Nasser, Khaled, 10, 11, 12, 16, 92
Nasser, Mona Abdel. See Marwan, Mona Abdel Nasser
Nasser plan, 128–29
Nasser, Tahia, 10, 11, 13, 16, 89, 92, 145
Nasserite agitation, 135–36
Nasserite Pan-Arabism, 98
Navot, Nahik, 48–49, 64
Night of the Ducks incident, 213, 215
Nixon, Richard M., 107–8, 110, 168, 242, 250
Nosenko, Yuri, 37–38
Nusseir, Mohamed, 200–2, 203
Observer newspaper, 272–73, 309
Ogilvy, Sir Angus, 271, 273
operations/attack plans
Dovecote defense plan, 225–27
Granite II Improved plan, 163, 166, 174
Granite II plan, 155, 156–57
Granite plan, 119
Operation 41, 155
Operation Badr, 178–79
Operation Dr. Birdie, 137
Operation High Minarets, 155–56, 157, 174
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 256
Orr, Theodor, 292, 296, 306, 307, 321
Orr, Uri, 229, 232
Osman, Osman Ahmed, 94–95, 267
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 37
Palestine Liberation Organization, 245
Parkhurst, Michael, 300–301, 305
Penkovsky, Oleg, 28, 30
Philby, “Kim,” 320
plans, attack. See operations/attack plans
Podgorny, Nikolai, 114
Pollard, Jonathan, 27
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), 250
Presidential Guard, 87
Pujol García, Juan (code name Garbo), 50
Qatar, AOI participant, 256
Quant, Mary, 21
Queen Elizabeth cruise liner, 183
Rabin, Yitzhak, 36, 110, 111, 161
Radio Cairo, 17, 166
Raviv, Dan, 290
Raviv, Yehoshua, 220
Redfa, Munir, 51
Repasi, Jozsef, 299, 300, 302, 303
Republican Guard, Egyptian, 8, 18, 66, 147
Revolutionary Council, Egypt’s, 15, 16, 183
Revolutionary Guard, Egypt’s, 321
Revolutionary Leadership Council, Egypt’s, 201
Riad, Abdel Munim, 26
Rifai, Zaid al-, 139
Ritz Hotel, Paris, 275
Roberts, John, 300, 302, 303
Robinson, Jeffrey, 291
Rogers Plan, 110
Rose al-Yusuf newspaper, 5, 308, 318–19, 323
Rosenfeld, Yaakov, 123
Rowland, Roland “Tiny,” 270–74, 275, 276–78, 281
Rushdie, Subhi, 271
Sabah, Abdullah al-Mubarak al-, 22–25, 137, 271
Sabah, Muhammad al-, 22
Sabah, Sabah al-Salim al-, 149
Sabah, Souad al-, 22–25, 80, 93, 95, 137, 271
Sabri, Ali, 82, 83, 85, 86
Sabri, Musa, 260, 261, 262, 267
Sadat, Anwar el-, 2, 3, 4, 46, 57–58, 74, 321, 322
alliance with Marwan, 92–96
and Al-Masiri conspiracy, 147–48
appoints Marwan as personal liaison, 133
attitude toward corruption, 95
and cease-fire negotiations, 240, 241
and Coca-Cola affair, 253
and complaints about Marwan, 148
Corrective Revolution, 80, 88–91, 100, 109, 145, 155, 252, 322
and date of planned attack secret, 203–4
daughters’ marriages, 94–95
death of, 268
and downing of Libyan aircraft Flight 414, 182–84
and end of Yom Kippur War, 243–45
ends Marwan’s political career, 254–56
expulsion of Soviet troops from Egypt, 152, 158, 160
finances, 95
In Search of Identity, 88
intelligence agencies control unde
r, 86–87
and Kurdish rebellion, 247
in Libyan-Egyptian relations, 140–44, 183–84, 243
Marwan and relations with Libya under, 134, 140–44, 149, 184–88
Marwan and relations with Saudi Arabia under, 134, 137–40, 149
Marwan’s appointed positions by, 92, 133, 184, 237–38, 243–46
and Marwan’s scandals, 256, 260–63
meeting with Brezhnev, 103, 104, 107
missile threat by, 240–41
and Mubarak as successor, 268
on Nasser, 77
Nasser’s family animosity toward, 92–93
as Nasser’s successor, 57, 79, 80–86
and Operation Dr. Birdie, 137
peace-building efforts, 264–65
and relationship between wife and Marwan, 249
risky methodology, 133–34
Sadat-Faisal summit, 180
in Saudi-Egyptian relations, 136–37, 149
in Soviet-Egyptian relations, 103–5, 136, 152–53, 245, 246
talks in Moscow, 103–5, 107, 114–15
unwillingness to end war, 239–40
war affairs, handling of, 237–38
war intentions with Israel, 57–58
war preparations, 152–75, 179–81
“year of decision,” 74, 104, 106
Sadat, Jehan, 94, 139
and Marwan’s death, 3
Marwan’s relationship with, 88–89, 91, 93, 145, 147, 249, 261, 268
relationship between Kamal Adham and, 135–36, 137
Sadat, Lubna, 87, 147–48
Sadat, Noha, 86
Sadek, Mohammed Ahmed, 104, 114, 154, 163
Sadeq, Hatem, 12, 18
Sadeq, Hoda Nasser, 10, 12–13, 14–15, 16, 18, 20, 93, 145
Safari Club, 250–52
Said, Abdel Moneim, 324
Said, Muhammad, 89, 90
Sakharov, Vladimir, 90
Salah, Sharif, 305
Salem, Mamdouh, 87
Sapir, Pinchas, 124
Saud, Crown Prince, 247
Saud, King, 135
Saudi Arabia
AOI participant, 256
central intelligence agency, 135
eliminating Nasserite agitation in, 135–36
Marwan as Sadat’s liaison to, 133, 243
Marwan’s relations with, 98, 134, 137–40, 149
oil profits, 256
Sadat-Faisal summit, 180
Saudi-Egyptian relations, 134–37
Saudi intelligence services, 98
Saunders, Harold, 243–44
Scotland Yard, 299, 302, 303, 310, 323
Shafei, Hussein el-, 83
Shafik, Ahmed, 2
Shalev, Arieh, 61, 123, 173, 219
Shalev, Avner, 219–20
shame, in Arab society, 319–20
Shamir, Shimon, 82–83
Shamir, Yitzhak, 45
Sharaf, Sami, 16, 18–19, 40
Marwan’s employment under, 18, 19, 20, 25, 88, 93, 94, 113
and May 1971 conspiracy against Sadat, 88–91
after Nasser’s death, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87
replaced by Marwan as presidential secretary, 96–99, 137
reports to Nasser on Marwan, 14–15, 24–25
Shazly, Saad el-, 25–26, 154–55, 157, 294
Shefer, Shmuel, 61
Shin Bet, 49, 59
Shweiki, Azza, 298–99
Shweiki, Azzam, 298–302, 308–9
Siam, Essam, 9
Sinai Campaign, 1956, 76
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt’s efforts to advance into, 111–12, 113
Egypt’s land assault in, 238–39
Egypt’s loss of, 21, 55, 86
Egypt’s Tahrir exercises, 119–20, 191–92
Egypt’s war aims for, 152–75
IDF’s counteroffensive in, 239–40
Six-Day War, 1967, 60–61, 84, 206
Egypt’s defeat in, 20–21, 31, 46, 55, 109
Israel’s air superiority in, 51, 220
Israel’s victory in, 31
Nasser and, 76, 77
Saudi-Egyptian relations after, 136
Syria’s war plans for lost territory, 168
60 Minutes, CBS, 5, 323–24
Socialist Union Party, 89, 165
Sohagha, village of, 7, 8
source assessments, 102
Soviet Military Intelligence, 30
Soviet Union
aircraft, 112
arms shipments to Egypt, 165, 239, 240
and cease-fire in Yom Kippur War, 241
CIA and spies from, 37–38
“deterrent” weaponry for Egypt, 57, 58, 103, 104, 105, 114–15, 152, 153, 155, 165, 177
Egypt’s anti-Soviet policy, 248–50
evacuations from Syria and Egypt, 192–93, 205, 206, 210
expulsion of troops from Egypt, 152, 158, 160
and influence in Middle East and Africa, 250–52
Israeli-Soviet air battle, 1970, 56
KGB’s plots against Marwan, 248–50, 252
Sadat’s talks in Moscow, 103–5, 107, 114–15
Soviet-Egyptian relations, 103–5, 106, 108, 136, 152–53, 245, 246
Soviet influence in Iraq, 247
treasonous ideology, 27–28
Spectator newspaper, 311
spymasters, East German, 101–2
stenograms, 102–3
Straits of Tiran, 77
Sudai, Albert, 61, 123
Suez Canal
Dovecote defense plan for, 225–27
Egypt’s antiaircraft batteries along, 112–13, 177
Egypt’s crossing of, 225, 226
Egypt’s plans for crossing, 46, 55, 71, 73, 75, 100–101, 104–6, 155, 166, 177, 204, 205, 206
IDF and, 57, 86
IDF’s crossing of, 239, 241
IDF’s military defeat at, 224–27
Israel’s preparations for war along, 109, 224–26
Nasser’s achievements during Suez Crisis, 10
negotiations for Israeli withdrawal from, 56, 57
Suleiman, Omar, 2, 4, 320
Sunday Telegraph, 281
Sunday Times, 303, 312
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Egypt’s, 153
Supreme Executive Council, Egypt’s, 88, 90, 112
Syria
aftermath of Yom Kippur War, 241–42
in battle for Golan Heights, 228–31, 232
and conclusion of Yom Kippur War, 243–44
Egyptian-Syrian war preparations, 155–56, 157, 166, 168–69, 172, 177–79, 181, 190–91, 192, 208–9, 215
Egypt’s unification with, 76–77
and 1973 Geneva Conference, 243
Tal, Israel, 61, 173
Tal, Rami, 297
Tantawy, Muhammad Sayyid, 2–3
Tariki, Abdullah al-, 135
Tawfik, Zakaria, 146
Tharwat, Muhammad, 254
Time magazine, 176
Tito, Josip Broz, 238
Tradewinds (air shipping company), 270
treason, acts of, motives to commit, 27–29, 266–67
Twetten, Thomas, 90
Twiggy, 21
“Tzomet” (“Crossroads”), 35, 45, 48, 53, 59, 317
Ubichem, 298–301
United Arab Emirates, 256
United Arab Republic, 17, 76
United States
and aftermath of Yom Kippur War, 241, 242
in Egyptian-American relations, 136–37, 241, 242, 243–45, 246–47, 250
and Egypt’s war preparations, 161
Marwan and relations between Israel and, 107–9
Marwan’s planned trip to, 300, 305, 312
and Soviet-Egyptian relations, 152, 153
UN peacekeepers, 77
UN Security Council, 242
Vardi, Rehaviah, 45
briefing on Marwan, 63–64
and recruitment of Marwan, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42–43, 48–49
&n
bsp; Victoria College, Alexandria, 139–40, 274
walk-ins (spies), 37–38
Egyptian, 62
War of Attrition (1967–70), 46, 55–56, 57, 78, 100–101, 109, 112, 163, 233
War of Independence, Israel’s 1948, 35–36, 44, 60, 226
Watergate scandal, 250
weapons manufacturers, Western, consortium for, 258–59
wireless communication, information via, 127
Wolf, Markus, 101
A Woman of Egypt (J. Sadat), 88
Woodward, Bob, 135
World War II, Normandy invasion, 50
Yamani, Ahmed Zaki, 180, 291
Yariv, Aharon, 36, 47, 48, 60, 61–62, 131–32
Yariv, Yosef, 44–45
Yatom, Danny, 285, 286
Yedioth Ahronot newspaper, 295, 310
Yemen-Egyptian War (1962–67), 82, 135, 136
Yitzhaki, Shimshon, 61
Yom Kippur War of 1973, 3–4, 26, 31, 54, 106, 121, 143, 144
aftermath of, 241–42
battle for Golan Heights, 228–31, 232
cease-fire negotiations, 240, 241
conclusion of, 243–44
Egypt’s aircraft deployment during, 117
Egypt’s war preparations for, 101, 152–75
final preparations for, 176–77
IDF’s military defeat at Suez Canal, 224–27
against Israel, 217–36
Israeli kontzeptzia and, 111, 116, 118
Marwan’s espionage and, 289–97
Marwan’s memoir on, 312, 315
October 8 counterattack, 235–36, 238
oil crisis during, 256
Yugoslavia, 238
Zamir, Zvi “Zvika,” 36, 59, 69
and Black September plot against Israel, 186–88
briefing on Marwan, 63–64, 65
and Egypt’s war preparations, 158, 160, 161, 171, 193, 195–200
and exposition of Marwan’s identity as Mossad spy, 292–93, 296–97
and handling of Marwan’s reports, 130, 131, 132
and intelligence reports to CIA, 107–9
on Marwan’s contributions, 120
and Marwan’s death, 317
as Marwan’s handler, 125, 127–30
Marwan’s war warnings, 158, 160, 161, 171, 195–200, 203, 204–5, 209–17
meetings with Marwan, 240–41, 242
as Mossad chief, 30, 43–48
and recruitment of Marwan, 48–49
replaced by Hofi, 265, 284
and Yom Kippur War, 223, 235–36, 239, 240–41, 242, 290
Zayat, Mohamed Hassan al-, 203
Zeira, Eli, 48, 116, 117
doubts about Marwan, 122–23
and Egypt’s war preparations, 160, 161, 162, 171–72, 173, 174–75, 193
exposes Marwan’s identity as Mossad spy, 3–4, 289–97, 310–11, 316–17, 320
Marwan’s war warnings, 160, 161, 162, 171–72, 173, 174–75, 197, 198, 199, 203, 205, 206–7, 208, 209, 210
and Syrian war deployment, 190–91
and Yom Kippur War, 219, 222–23, 224, 227, 238
Zorea, Meir, 213