Mike sent me this (I cite with his permission): "As I have-mentioned to you, in the early seventies I was employed in the PLO's
New York office as an English-language news analyst and public speaker. I recall
that whenever there was some important news in the Middle East that affected the
Palestinians, Mike Wallace would call the office looking for comments or
information from the director, Saadat Hasan. Saadat also called Wallace when he
wanted to get something out to the media, since Wallace was one of the very few
mainstream journalists who had any interest in the Palestinian side of an
issue."