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Person Politics Soviet Union Premier Diplomat Cold War Nuclear Policy Middle East

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

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1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 17. ↩︎