One diplomat who served under Rusk in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and then under Rogers and Kissinger recalled the nearly five years of Rogers with sadness:

"The State Department in those years was nothing more than a post office. We moved the bureaucratic traffic, shifting incoming and outgoing cables into the proper channels. But, we really didn't know what was going on. That was all held by Kissinger and the White House National Security Council."

Another diplomat noted the change to Kissinger in a different manner:

"Rusk and Rogers were tacticians. They dealt with each case or crisis as it came along...

"But this fellow (Kissinger) has a firm concept about the balance of power. He sees the world in conceptual terms. He is a designer and architect of policies aimed at easing international problems that threaten the U.S. position."

Kissinger sees himself in the tradition of strong secretaries of state. He often reels off their names as if it were an honors list; he is about to make.

Upon his nomination as secretary of state, Kissinger said:

"The President has done me great honor to nominate me for a position that was held by such great Americans as Secretary (Henry L.) Stimson, George Marshall, Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, all of whom were united in one basic approach: that the foreign policy of the United States is not a partisan matter; it concerns the whole nation, that the future of our country transcends any particular administration."

Like Acheson and Dulles, Kissinger is fast making the State Department responsive to his commands. He drives his staff ruthlessly.

Under Rusk and Rogers, the bureaucracy of the State Department foundered. Rogers lacked the

Monday and of state flew Egyptian cou-

"I believe differences trip," Kissinger said. "military hours of talk. Anwar able to narrate Israel in the m-

Kissinger said a map tians to out- want to hold zone to be in cy forces wh separated.

Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Eban met Kissinger that Eban's business on the meeting half-hour in-

Kissinger and the draft of the sal worked out American and Gen. Me- Egyptian chil-

The president disagreement the number a missiles and to retain on Suez Canal.

Israeli Defense Minister Dayan said ger's arrival had rebuilt me in Egypt and longer-range-

A. U. S. offi- said Kissinger may lead to tween Israel rapid progre-

Kissinger leaders today see Sadat for sion Wednes-

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ASWAN, EGYPT (AP) - U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER MONDAY
SET UP WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT TEAMS OF DRAFTSMEN
TO WORK OUT THE LANGUAGE OF A MILITARY DISENGAGEMENT PROPOSAL
TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GENEVA PEACE CONFERENCE.

KISSINGER DESCRIBED THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AS
"THE TOUGHEST I HAVE BEEN IN."

"I THINK BOTH PARTIES AGREE WITH THE EFFORTS," KISSINGER
TOLD NEWSMEN AS HE SAT IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT ON A HOTEL VERANDA
WHILE AIRES SET TO WORK.

KISSINGER SAID HE WOULD PROBABLY SEE SADAT AGAIN BEFORE
CARRYING THE PROPOSAL BACK TO JERUSALEM LATER MONDAY FOR
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"IT IS A VERY TOUGH PROBLEM, IT IS HARD TO RECONCILE," KISSINGER SAID REGARDING THE DIFFERING EGYPTIAN AND ISRAELI APPROACHES TO A DISENGAGEMENT OF THEIR ARMY'S ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL.

HE SAID THAT HE MAY RETURN TO ASWAN BUT THAT "AFTER
THIS PHASE WE WILL HAVE TO DO IT IN GENEVA." (MORE)

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JERUSALEM (AP) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger had a half-hour meeting Sunday with eight representatives of Israeli war prisoners' families who had asked to see him privately.

"Dr. Kissinger showed great understanding," said Prof. Zwi Eyal, leader of the group.

Eyal's brother-in-law, a pilot, was captured by Syria during the October Middle East war.

"We are encouraged because now we believe more than ever before that we can get our boys back if America and the Soviet Union use their power," he said.

Kissinger insisted on meeting the group without photographers, apparently for fear news pictures would damage his standing with the Syrian government.

Eyal said, "It was a good opportunity to express all our thoughts and opinions on this problem."

He declined to go into what Kissinger replied, but said: "He arouses faith in us."

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ASWAN, Egypt (AP) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger arrived here Sunday to get Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's reaction to a troop pullback plan proposed by Israel earlier in the day.

Kissinger flew in from Jerusalem with an outline of details for withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Suez Canal, but there were indications that the Egyptian reception to Israel's offer might pose problems.

United States officials said both Egypt and Israel strongly desire a separation of their respective armies, but they cautioned that Sadat may object to parts of the Israeli plan.

Kissinger and Sadat were to meet at about noon on Monday when Sadat was expected to present the Egyptian position.

Sadat reportedly was planning to travel to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Syria on Monday evening or Tuesday to brief leaders of those countries on his talks with Kissinger.

As Kissinger left Jerusalem, the Israeli military command reported that day-long skirmishes on the Syrian front had killed one Israeli soldier. The Syrian radio claimed 20 Israelis were killed or wounded in what appeared to be the most serious clashes on the northern front in weeks.

The command also reported that fighting erupted with Egypt along the zig-zag Suez cease-fire lines, where Kissinger is trying to get the separation of forces. No casualties were reported there.

The Israelis declined to disclose the nature of their proposal. But acting Premier Yigal Allon, standing in for the ailing Golda Meir, said: "It will serve the interests of both sides ... I hope this is a fair plan."

Kissinger emerged from his

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Leaflets scatter in the wind high above Square in Vatican City as university students Spinetti watches from his perch on St.

Lawyers coming to outlaw

NEW YORK (AP) A group of lawyers called on Congress Sunday to pass a law curbing the doctrine of executive privilege.

The doctrine is used by a president and his appointees to withhold information from Congress on the grounds that release would be injurious to the public interest.

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York said in a 32-page report that "unwarranted invocation of executive privilege will produce a chilling effect on legitimate attempts to obtain information through informal requests or legal proceedings."

The report maintained that Congress has the power to enact legislation

Weicker b

NEW YORK (AP) Sen. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., said Sunday that an alleged Pentagon network that spied on Henry A. Kissinger while he was President Nixon's national security adviser was a misuse of the intelligence network.

"It shows the ridiculousness of that