This article appeared days before Hafez al-Assad launched a coup and toppled Jadid and the civilian President Nureddine al-Atasi. In the conference mentioned, they exchange accusations for blame in the war of 1967. Assad is also accused of collaborating with Akram al-Hawrani and Salah al-Bitar, two veteran Baathists who were sidelined by the Jadid coup of February 1966.