wall street journal: "Hussain said his meeting with Golda Meir was intended to extract information she had received from her Egyptian sources: Jordan was hesitant to rely solely on the Syrian source, however well placed. Hussein wanted to prevent a war by describing the gravity of the danger, in order to induce Israel to embark on a diplomatic path", The Art of Middle East Survival
wall street journal: "the Syrian commander's warning was passed to the CIA via the station chief in Amman,.... The report he sent Henry Kissinger was not earthshaking. ", The Art of Middle East Survival
wall street journal: "he asked Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to secure Israel's agreement to let Jordan send a token supportive brigade into Syria without Israel's seizing on the move as a pretext to invade Jordan", The Art of Middle East Survival