Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume IX, Arab-Israeli Dispute, August 1978–December 1980, Second, Revised Edition

237. Letter From President Carter to Egyptian President Sadat ¹

Washington, March 26, 1979

To President Sadat:

In accordance with our discussion this morning,² the documents have been handled in the following manner:

a) Only in the Hebrew text of the Treaty, the words “Gulf of Eilat” have been added in parentheses following the words “Gulf of Aqaba.”

b) Following Camp David procedure as you suggested, I have added a notation on my copy and the Israeli copy of the joint letter as follows: “I am informed that the expression ‘West Bank’ is understood by the Government of Israel to mean ‘Judea and Samaria’.” No notation will be made on the Egyptian copy of the letter.³

I appreciate your helping me to resolve this final problem.

Sincerely yours,

Jimmy Carter

1. Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 5, Egypt: President Anwar al-Sadat, 1–12/79. No classification marking. In the upper right-hand corner of the letter, Carter wrote, “Cy.” The letter is handwritten.
2. See Document 235.
3. This amendment was added as an explanatory note to the joint letter to Carter from Begin and Sadat that comprised Annex III of the final peace treaty. See Document 239.