251. Editorial Note

In a letter to President Johnson dated October 20, 1967, Chairman Kosygin called for “resolute steps” toward a political settlement in the Middle East. The President replied in an October 23 letter to Kosygin. On October 24 Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin presented an oral message, supplementing Kosygin’s October 20 letter, that proposed a confidential exchange of views on the Middle East. The texts of these messages are scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, volume XIX. The President and Chairman Kosygin exchanged letters concerning the situation in the Middle East twice more before the adoption of UN Resolution 242, on November 19 and again on November 21. For text, see ibid.