22 DECEMBER 1973, Page 7

Afterthought

When Mrs Golda Meir and President Sadat Agreed to have a conference to agree this and that, And Generals in tents at kilometre 101 Sat opposite their enemies to see what could be done, Was there a cry From those who lie In Syria and in Sinai And is this what the cried 'Why couldn't you, you aged Jew And all you Arab captains too

Have talked before we died?'

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