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10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Alexei N. Kosygin.md

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 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "Premier of the Soviet Union who flew to Cairo during the 1973 Yom Kippur War to persuade Sadat to accept a cease-fire, defusing a crisis that had triggered a U.S. nuclear alert."
+born: 1904-02-20
+died: 1980-12-18
+location: "Saint Petersburg, Russia"
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 Alexei N. Kosygin was the Premier of the [[Soviet Union]] from 1964 to 1980. In mid-October 1973, during the [[Yom Kippur War]], Kosygin flew to [[Cairo]] and persuaded [[Anwar Sadat]] to call for a cease-fire. This occurred after the Israeli military had successfully counterattacked in the [[Golan Heights]] and the [[Sinai]], ending any immediate threat and the necessity for the nuclear alert.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Amos Lapidot.md

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   - Military
   - Israel
 summary: "Amos Lapidot was the chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force."
+born: 1934
+died: 2019-11-20
+location: "Kfar Saba, Israel"
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 Amos Lapidot was the chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force. He assured [[Aviem Sella]] that [[Jonathan Pollard]] was not a rogue and that clearance for Sella's new assignment as Pollard's handler had been obtained from [[Yitzhak Rabin]], the minister of defense.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Annie Jacobsen.md

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   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Annie Jacobsen is an American investigative journalist and author, known for her non-fiction books focusing on government secrecy, national security, and warfare."
+born: 1967-06-28
+location: "Middletown, Connecticut"
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 Annie Jacobsen is an American investigative journalist and author, known for her non-fiction books focusing on government secrecy, national security, and warfare. She is a graduate of Princeton University.