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Meir placed a call to President Nixon demanding U.S. aid. An Israeli officer (a friend of mine whose name I cannot reveal) told me that her message to the president was simply: “Save Israel.” But an American officer (another friend whose name I also cannot reveal) told me that Golda Meir's request also contained a threat: “If the United States does not intervene, I am prepared to use nuclear weapons