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Dennis Ross and I will meet tomorrow morning with Bibi and the Cab= inet on behalf of JPPI, with a focus on Iran, BDS (I will also mention Isra= eli settlement policy plays), demographic data, etc. My plane leaves around= midnight, so I will try to catch-up with the draft letter. Stu ----- Original Message ----- From: Jake Sullivan [mailto:jake.sullivan@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 04:39 PM=0A= To: Eizenstat, Stuart Cc: John.Podesta@gmail.com <John.Podesta@gmail.com>; huma@hrcoffice.com <hu= ma@hrcoffice.com> Subject: Re: Letter Will do. Will send final list of names tomorrow.=20 > On Jun 27, 2015, at 7:28 AM, Eizenstat, Stuart <seizenstat@cov.com> wrote= : >=20 > Jake, > If you are still going forward with the letter, please be sure to add Mor= t Zuckerman, who has been outspoken on the Iran nuclear issue, on the negat= ive side (e.g. Jerusalem Post op-ed, June 23, 2015) > Stu >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eizenstat, Stuart > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 11:33 AM > To: 'Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com' <Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com> > Cc: 'John.Podesta@gmail.com' <John.Podesta@gmail.com>; 'huma@hrcoffice.co= m' <huma@hrcoffice.com> > Subject: Re: Letter >=20 > I agree. The question is whether this will be in the agreement, since it = is outside the 10 year window. > Stu >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jake Sullivan [mailto:jake.sullivan@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 02:22 AM > To: Eizenstat, Stuart > Cc: John.Podesta@gmail.com <John.Podesta@gmail.com>; huma@hrcoffice.com <= huma@hrcoffice.com> > Subject: Re: Letter >=20 > I read that to mean that it not acquire 25 kgs of HEU, which surely is th= e White House position! >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Eizenstat, Stuart <seizenstat@cov.com> wrot= e: >>=20 >> Jake, >>=20 >> Right after the paragraph #5, is the paragraph to which I referred. It s= ays, in part, "Most importantly, it is vital for the United States to affir= m that it is US policy to prevent Iran from producing sufficient fissile ma= terial fron a nuclear weapon-or otherwise acquiring or building one-both du= ring the agreement and after it expires." >>=20 >> This should a point Hillary could take-up. >>=20 >> I hope this is helpful. Best wishes, >>=20 >> Stu >>=20 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jake Sullivan [mailto:jake.sullivan@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 01:07 PM >> To: Eizenstat, Stuart >> Cc: John.Podesta@gmail.com <John.Podesta@gmail.com>; huma@hrcoffice.com = <huma@hrcoffice.com> >> Subject: Re: Letter >>=20 >> Stu - which line in the letter are you referring to? I don't have it in= front of me but don't recall a specific section on fissile material. =20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On Jun 26, 2015, at 12:39 AM, Eizenstat, Stuart <seizenstat@cov.com> wr= ote: >>>=20 >>> Dear Jake, >>>=20 >>> The Washington Institute letter complicates not only Kerry's efforts, b= ut also Hillary's response, especially the insistence after the 10 year per= iod that Iran have less nuclear fuel than needed for one bomb. >>>=20 >>> I will be with Dennis Ross this weekend in Jerusalem, since we co-chair= the Jewish People's Policy Institute, and we have our annual board meeting= . I will get more texture on the letter. >>>=20 >>> Best wishes, >>>=20 >>> Stu