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Collection consists of memoranda, telegrams, reports, and correspondence regarding U.S Middle East policy during the Nixon years. One series of documents covers the "Jarring talks." These talks were held under UN auspices and led by Gunnar Jarring of Sweden. The talks went on for several years and ultimately broke down because of the October 1973 war. Another series of documents covers the U.S. response to the 1973 war including Henry Kissinger's several trips to the Middle East between Novermber 1973 and May 1974. Other series in the collection include CIA situation reports, meeting files of Vice President Spiro Agnew, and documents from U.S.-USSR talks on the Middle East.