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1. UPI FROM TUNIS SAYS HAK DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS IN ME AVERTED A STALEMATE AND OPENED CHANCE OF NEW ARAB-ISRAELI CONTACTS. HAK PLEDGED US WILL NOT STOP STRIVING FOR PEACE; HIGHLY-PLACED OFFICIAL SAID STALEMATE QUOTE TEMPORARILY AVERTED UNQUOTE. HAK HAD ASSURED ISRAELI LEADERS US POLICIES UNCHANGED; HIGH OFFICIAL SAID EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE, THOUGH IN LOW-KEY MANNER. FURTHER CONTACTS EXPECTED BETWEEN ARABS AND ISRAELIS THROUGH REGULAR DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS AND AT PALESTINIAN DEBATE AT UN. HAK TO MEET WITH BOURGUIBA, ARABS ELDER STATESMEN, AND WITH SOARES.

2. AP, SCHWEID FROM TUNIS: US OFFICIALS SAY HAK IS

2. AP, SCHWEID FROM TUNIS: US OFFICIALS SAY HAK IS LAUNCHING QUOTE QUIET OR SECRET DIPLOMACY UNQUOTE IN SEARCH FOR ME PEACE. ARABS AND ISRAELIS STILL WANT HAK AS MEDIATOR, RESULTS TO BECOME APPARENT IN NEXT FEW WEEKS. ARAB FONMINS IN NEW YORK FOR PALESTINE DEBATE MIGHT MEET HAK IN WASHDC. HAK TOLD ISRAELI LEADERS OF NEW POSSIBILITIES IN NEGOTIATING, SAID PHASE IS DELICATE, THAT UNDERSTANDING AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED. YARIV SAID HAK WOULD RETURN TO ISRAEL AFTER VLAD SUMMIT, THEN ISRAELIS WOULD KNOW IF THERE COULD BE MORE NEGOTIATIONS WITH EGYPT.

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QM ABC NEWS: REASONER, 20 MINUTES INTO THE SHOW: SEC OF STATE HK IN TUNISIA TODAY FOR THE FINAL STOP ON HIS ME MISSION, AND HE SAID THE US WILL NOT STOP WORKING FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB STATES. HIS PRECEDING STOP IN ISRAEL APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN FRUITFUL."

KOPPEL FROM JERUSALEM, WITH FILM CLIPS AS APPROPRIATE: "BY THE TIME KISSINGER LEFT ISRAEL THIS AFTERNOON, HE SEEMED TO HAVE SUFFEDED IN REDUCING ISRAELI Fears OF AN AMERICAN SELLOUT. IN FACT, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE ONTRACK FOR A NEW ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT TO GET UNDERWAY."

YARIV: "AND THE CONCLUSION IS THAT ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION IS MORE COMPLICATED AFTER RABAT THAN IT WAS BEFORE RABAT, THE POSSIBILITIES FOR ADDITIONAL STEP-BY-STEP EFFORTS DO EXIST, AND THEY SHOULD BE PURSUED BY THE PARTIES CONCERNED."

KOPPEL: "FOR KISSINGER, THIS VISIT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A READING ON JUST HOW MUCH TERRITORY IN SINAI ISRAEL IS WILLING TO RETURN TO EGYPTIAN CONTROL, AND IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT. BUT DETAILS WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT ON HIS NEXT VISIT TO THE REGION, PROBABLY IN JANUARY."

KISSINGER: "WE REMAIN ON THE SAME COURSE, WHICH IS TO MOVE STEP-BY-STEP TOWARDS A JUST AND LASTING PEACE IN THE AREA. A PEACE THAT NO PEOPLE CAN WANT MORE, AND NO PEOPLE DESERVES MORE THAN THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL."

KOPPEL: "IN EFFECT, THE ISRAELIS ARE NO WORSE OFF THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THE ARAB SUMMIT MEETING IN RABAT, IN FACT THEY MAY EVEN HAVE IMPROVED THEIR SITUATION. THERE WAS NO GREAT FAGERNESS HERE TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE WEST BANK, EVEN WITH JORDAN'S KING HUSSEIN. THE ISRAELIS WANTED TO GO ON TO A SECOND-STAGE NEGOTIATION WITH EGYPT, AND WITH EGYPT ALONE AND THAT, APPARENTLY, IS JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE WORKING OUT."

SMITH: "FROM ISRAEL, KISSINGER AS REPORTED FLEW ON TO

TUNISIA. TED KOPPEL REPORTS FROM THERE THAT THE ME NEGOTIATIONS HAVE GONE INTO A NEW PHASE OF QUIET DIPLOMACY. KOPPEL SAYS THAT DESPITE ISRAEL'S PUBLIC PROTEST, THE PLO WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED INTO THE ME PEACE EQUATION SOMEHOW.

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NEXT WEEK, YASIR ARAFAT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLO, COMES TO NEW YORK TO ADDRESS THE UNGA." EXCERPT FOLLOWED OF FILMED INTERVIEW WITH ARAFAT BY PETER JENNINGS NEAR BEIRUT. FULL INTERVIEW TO BE SHOWN ON SUNDAY "ISSUES AND ANSWERS."

2. NBC, CHANCELLOR, 18 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM:
"SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER ENDED HIS LATEST ME PEACE MISSION TODAY. HE DID NOT REPORT ANY PROGRESS BUT SAID HE STILL HAS HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. KISSINGER NOW IS IN TUNISIA AND HE RETURNS TO WASHINGTON TOMORROW." NO VALERIANI.

3. CBS NEWS, CRONKITE, 10 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM:
"WHEN SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER MADE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO THE WORLD FOOD CONFERENCE IN ROME EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE URGED CREATION OF A FOOD BANK, TO INSURE THAT WITHIN A DECADE, NO CHILD WILL GO TO BED HUNGRY. BUT KISSINGER STOPPED SHORT OF MAKING A FIRM COMMITMENT OF AMERICAN HELP IN THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS, AND THIS HAS SUBJECTED THE US TO INCREASING CRITICISM, SOME OF IT FROM WITHIN OUR OWN DELEGATION. AT THE CONFERENCE TODAY, FOUR SENATORS, HUMPHREY OF MINN., CLARK OF IOWA, METZENBAUM OF OHIO, AND HATFIELD OF OREGON URGED PRESIDENT FORD TO IMMEDIATELY PLEDGE EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES FOR COUNTRIES SUFFERING FROM WIDESPREAD STARVATION." FILMED REPORT BY COLLINGWOOD FROM ROME FOLLOWED, WITH QUOTE FROM SECY BUTZ:
"WHEN THE CHINESE DELEGATE LAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORLD FOOD SHORTAGE AT THE PRESENT TIME TO THE US, IT WAS SHOCKING, BECAUSE WE HAVE POURED TREMENDOUS QUANTITIES OF FOOD INTO WORLD FOOD DISTRIBUTION, MUCH OF IT ON A CONCESSIONARY BASIS. I THOUGHT HIS LOGIC WAS COMPLETELY FALLACIOUS."

LATER, 20 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM, CRONKITE: "SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER IS IN TUNISIA THIS EVENING, ON THE FINAL STOP OF A WHIRLWIND TOUR THAT TOOK HIM TO THREE CONTINENTS IN THREE WEEKS. HE ARRIVED FROM ISRAEL, WHERE HE FAILED TO ACHIEVE ALL THAT HE HAD WANTED."

KALB, FROM JERUSALEM, WITH FILM CLIPS: " THIS WAS THE DAY KISSINGER PLANNED TO ANNOUNCE THE START OF A NEW PHASE OF ARAB-ISRAELI TALKS, BUT THIS PLAN DIED WHEN THE ARAB LEADERS AT RABAT PUSHED THE PLO FRONT AND CENTER ON THE

NEGOTIATING STAGE. SO, KISSINGER SHIFTED TACTICS.

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RATHER THAN PUSH ISRAELI PM RABIN INTO TALKS WITH THE ARABS, THE SECRETARY URGED HIM TO POSTPONE TALKS FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO, AND THINK INSTEAD ABOUT HOW ISRAEL IS GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE PALESTINIANS, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND ISRAELI LEADERS AT A CABINET SESSION THIS MORNING, HAD TO PONDER THE POSSIBILITY OF COEXISTANCE WITH THE PLO, BUT EVER SINCE RABAT, THEY HAVE CONSIDERABLY INCREASED THEIR CONTACTS WITH PALESTINIAN LEADERS ON THE WEST BANK, OBVIOUSLY SEEKING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PLO.

BEFORE LEAVING FOR TUNISIA, LAST STOP ON THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND, KISSINGER OFFERED THIS CAUTIOUS BUT GENERALLY UPBEAT SUMMATION:

KISSINGER: " WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING, WE WILL EXPLORE CAREFULLY AND DELIBERATELY, WE WILL STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER, AND WE HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE."

KALB: "ON THIS TRIP, KISSINGER HAS HAD TO SETTLE FOR A SECOND BEST. THERE WAS NO BIG DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT HE DID MANAGE TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI TALKS, FOCUSING ON FURTHER WITHDRAWALS IN THE SINAI. AND, EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO HIM, HE TRIED, AND WITH SOME SUCCESS, TO REVERSE THE CYCLE OF GLOOM AND DESPAIR TRIGGERED BY THE RABAT SUMMIT AND INJECT A FRESH DOSE OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM."

KALB HAD THE FOLLOWING ON RADIO AT SIX PM FROM TUNIS:
"THE MOOD ON KISSINGER'S PLANE IS PLEASANT AND SOOTHING, A SENIOR AMERICAN OFFICIAL TELLING REPORTERS THAT THE SECY'S SWING THROUGH THE ME HAS ACCOMPLISHED SEVERAL THINGS. AN IMPASSE THAT COULD HAVE LED TO WAR HAS BEEN AVERTED. THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE AREA IS DESCRIBED AS LESS TENSE, AND THE DOOR TO FURTHER ARAB-ISRAELI NEGOTIATION IS WIDE OPEN. KISSINGER WILL CONTINUE HIS PERSONALIZED INVOLVEMENT BUT THIS IS A PERIOD, HE FEELS, FOR QUIET DIPLOMACY. NONE OF THE RAZZLE-DAZZLE STUFF THAT USED TO CHARACTERIZE HIS SWINGS THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST. THE REASON FOR THE NEW EMPHASIS ON SECRECY IS THAT KISSINGER IS NOW DEALING WITH ONE OF THE MOST DELICATE ASPECTS OF THE ME, NAMELY THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM."

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the past year would be blown away by the declaration of
the Arabs at Rabat last month that the Palestinian
Liberation Organization (PLO) should be the sole
representative of Palestinians in negotiations with
Israel.

No (rpt no) announcements were made at the end of the trip
through Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Israel.

But newsmen accompanying Dr. Kissinger were advised in
advance that the mission was aimed at heading off a stalemate
and discerning if the U.S. efforts were still wanted. There
was never any plan to make announcements.

The senior American official did not give newsmen more
than a glimpse of what the next phase in peace moves may
be. But he did stress that a period of quiet diplomacy and
consultations would ensue in coming weeks through a number
of unidentified channels.

Before Rabat, the two sides had discussed with Dr. Kissinger
the possibility of two-track negotiations. One would be
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from Sinai. The other track -- Israeli-Jordanian negotiations over Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank -- has been pushed aside by the Rabat declaration that the PLO would have the mandate to set up a Palestinian state on any territory Israel vacates on the West Bank.

In the U.S. view, King Hussein of Jordan, despite no rpt no mandate from the Arabs to negotiate with Israel is stronger than at any time in the last decade in prestige with the Arabs. Also, the senior U.S. official noted, King Hussein can now concentrate on building up his country on the East Bank and nationalize Palestinians living there.

The American official made these other points:

-- It would be safe for newsmen to assume that a time of "secret diplomacy" is now underway in the Middle East.

-- Israel, which panicked in the wake of Rabat, is now calmer.

-- The Arabs, after Rabat, are taking a second look at how they could be entrapped by their own rhetoric.

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--- It is highly unlikely that Dr. Kissinger will visit the area again next month. But that possibility is not completely foreclosed. It is certain that he will, at some point, make another trip.

In Israel, both Dr. Kissinger and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon reaffirmed mutual trust in each other.

Dr. Kissinger noted in a departure statement that Israeli
were nervous that he might "put pressure" on them to
negotiate with the PLO or that a "major change" would be
made by the United States in its Middle East foreign
policy.

Neither of these Israeli fears were confirmed, Dr. Kissinger
said. He said that both sides talked frankly and in
friendship. Both sides he said are pursuing a "common
goal".

Dr. Kissinger's visit to Tunis will include dinner and
talks November 8 with President Bourguiba. Before departing
for Washington November 9, Dr. Kissinger will do some
sightseeing, including the ruins of Carthage.

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1. CBS R. & TV - KALB FROM JERUSALEM: HAK CONCLUDED HIS TALKS HERE WITH A MORNING MEETING AND A LUNCH WITH PM RABIN AND OTHER TOP ISRAELI LEADERS. THE SECY IS DELIBERATELY NOT PRESSING FOR A QUICK NEGOTIATION NOW BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARABS. HE BELIEVES THIS IS THE WRONG TIME FOR A DEAL, THE RIGHT TIME TO CONSIDER THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF THE RABAT SUMMIT. FOR ISRAEL THE TRANSLATION IS SIMPLE -- HOW TO CO-EXIST WITH THE PALESTINIANS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND OVER THE LONG HAUL. EVER SINCE RABAT, ISRAEL HAS CONSIDERABLY INCREASED HER CONTACTS WITH PALESTINIANS ON THE WEST BANK, OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO FIND OUT, HOWEVER BELATEDLY, WHETHER THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PLO. THERE IS NO BIG DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT HERE TODAY, THOUGH THE SECY DID MANAGE TO ARRANGE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI TALKS, FOCUSING ON FURTHER ISRAELI WITHDRAWALS IN THE SINAI AND, IN SOME DEGREE, HE DID DISPELL THE GLOOM AND DESPAIR GENERATED BY RABAT AND FELT HERE, AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE.

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1. UPI - JERUSALEM: HAK APPROACHED END OF HIS ME PEACE MISSION TRYING TO ARRANGE A NEW ROUND OF ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN TALKS FOR TROOP PULLBACKS IN SINAI. HAK MET WITH PM RABIN AFTER AN ISRAELI CABINET MTG DEVOTED TO DISCUSSING

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RESULTS OF HAKS TALKS WITH ARAB LEADERS. A GOVT COMMUN-
IQUE SAID THE SESSION "WAS INFORMATIVE, IN NATURE, AND THE
CABINET WAS NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY DECISION."

NEWSPAPER HA'ARETZ SAID HAK BROUGHT "AGREEMENT IN
PRINCIPLE" FROM SADAT FOR QUOTE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL
IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE END QUOTE. HA'ARETZ SAID EGYPT
WANTED TO SEND A MILITARY-LEVEL TEAM TO PROPOSED TALKS,
BUT ISRAELIS WOULD BE SENDING QUOTE A POLITICAL DEL APPAR-
ENTLY TO INCLUDE MIL EXPERTS END QUOTE. NEWSPAPER SAID THE
MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR TALKS WAS WASHINGTON WHERE HAK
COULD BE CLOE AT HAND. IT SAID NEGOTIATIONS COULD BEGIN
BY END OF THIS MONTH, MINIMIZING DANGER OF A SLOWDOWN THAT
COULD BE INCREASE THE THREAT OF FIGHTING.

UPI JERUSALEM: HAK CALLED FORMER PREZ NIXON AND PERSONALLY WISHED HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY, SPOKESMAN ANDERSON SAID. ANDERSON SAID HAK ALSO CONFERRED BY TELEPHONE WITH PREZ FORD AT CLOSE OF HIS DIP JOURNEY THRU ME.

UPI TEL AVIV: HAK REASSURED ISRAEL TODAY THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO CHANGE IN US POLICY ON PALESTINIAN QUESTION AND SAID BOTH COUNTRIES WERE IN AGREEMENT ON COURSE OF FUTURE ME PROGRESS TO PEACE. HAK THEN TOOK OFF FOR TUNIS. IN AIRPORT DEP STATEMENT HAK SUMMARIZED MORE THAN 5 HOURS OF TALKS WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS BY SAYING CHANCES OF CONTINUED MOMENTUM HAD NOT BEEN SQUELCHED BY ARAB RECOGNITION OF PLO AS SOLE REPS OF PALESTINIANS. QUOTE WE AGREED THAT IN THE NEW CONDITIONS THAT EXIST IN THE RECENT MONTHS, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER VERY CAREFULLY WHAT CAN BE DONE," KISSINGER TOLD NEWSMEN AT BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. "WE BELIEVE THAT POSSIBILITIES DO EXIST. THE TALKS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD. WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING. END QUOTE

2. AP - SCHWEID - JERUSALEM - HAK AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS TODAY DISCUSSED TECHNICAL DETAILS OF NEW ISRAELI- EGYPTIAN NEGOTIATIONS TO ARRANGE ANOTHER WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI FORCES IN THE SINAI DESERT. ISRAELI SOURCES SAID HAK WANTS NEGOTIATIONS TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THAT BOTH JERUSALEM AND CAIRO ARE WILLING.

WILLING.

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THAN ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF ANY TALKS, END QUOTE ONE SOURCE SAID.

SOURCES SAID ISRAELIS HAD BEEN INSISTING THAT THE EGYPTIANS MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT OF NONBELLIGERENCY TOWARD ISRAEL BUT WERE NOW WILLING TO ACCEPT A DE FACTO NONBELLIGERENCY.

CAIRO WANTS A SENIOR MILITARY OFFICER TO HEAD ITS DEL TO TALKS WHILE ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL SEND A SENIOR POLITICAL FIGURE, SOURCES REPORTED.

THEY ADDED THAT THE ISRAELIS WANT THE NEGOTIATIONS HELD IN WASHINGTON.

INFORMED SOURCES SAID PM RABIN ALSO TOLD HAK THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT NEGOTIATE WITH THE PLO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

THE ISRAELIS FEARED AMERICAN PRESSURE TO DRIVE THEM TO THE TABLE WITH THE PLO AFTER PRESIDENT FORD SAID THAT ISRAEL SHOULD BE NEGOTIATING WITH EITHER JORDAN OR THE GUERRILLAS TO SETTLE THE FUTURE OF THE WEST BANK.

KISSINGER, ON HIS ARRIVAL FROM DAMASCUS THURSDAY NIGHT, TRIED TO QUIET THOSE Fears BY SAYING QUOTE THERE IS NO CHANGE IN AMERICAN POLICY ON ANY OF THE ISSUES END QUOTE. BUT THIS WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO REASSURE THE ISRAELIS, SOURCES SAID.

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WASHPAST & BOSTGLOBE: MARDER, PAGE 1: (POST HAS FRONT PAGE PIC HAK & HUSSEIN) HAK REACHED THIS SOMBER CITY TO-NIGHT AT END OF HIS JET-SWEEP THRU ME SEEKING TO DISPEL GLOOM HERE OVER FUTURE ARAB-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS. EN ROUTE ISRAEL FROM SYRIA, HAK SAID HE HAS BEEN OBLIGED TO POSTPONE HIS INTENDED TRIP TO TURKEY THIS W/END BECAUSE GOVERNMENTAL CRISIS THERE BLOCKS ANY NEW MOVE IN GREEK-TURKISH CRISIS OVER CYPRUS. HERE ON A DAMAGE-LIMITATION MISSION TO SALVAGE HIS STEP-BY-STEP DIP-LOMACY AFTER RABAT SUMMIT, HAK TOLD WARY ISRAELI LEADERS TONIGHT THAT HE BELIEVES THAT HE HAS ACHIEVED PROGRESS. A GRIM MOOD PERVADED ISRAEL ON HAK'S ARRIVAL AS RESULT OF UN VOTE TO INVITE PLO TO ADDRESS ASSEMBLY AND ARAB SUMMIT DESIGNATION OF PLO AS "SOLE REPRESENTATIVES" OF UNCLASSIFIED

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PALESTINIANS. ALLON WELCOMING HAK AT AIRPORT SAID "WE THINK THAT THESE TWO EVENTS ARE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE-VERY HARMFUL TO EFFORT OF ACHIEVING PEACE. NEVERTHELESS, WE MUSTN'T GET DESPERATE. ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN PEACE," INCLUDING HAK, "ONE OF THE GREATEST BELIEVERS IN THE NECESSITY OF PEACE IN THIS AREA," WILL DO THEIR BEST TO SEE TO IT THAT THE MOMENTUM IS NOT LOST. HAK SAID HE AND ISRAELI LEADERS WILL REVIEW RECENT EVENTS WITH TRADITIONAL "FRANKNESS, CORDIALITY AND WARMTH."

NYDAILYNEWS: CARTER, PAGE 6: HEADLINE: HAK CALMS ISRAEL'S Fears OF US FOREIGN POLICY FLIP. JERUSALEM - HAK ASSURED WORRIED ISRAELIS TONIGHT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN U.S. ME POLICY AND PROMISED THEM THAT U.S. WOULD CONTINUE "TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT ON A STEP-BY-STEP BASIS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A JUST AND LASTING PEACE." HAK FOUND ISRAELIS WORRIED THAT RECENT STATEMENT BY PREZ AND WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN MIGHT SIGNAL A POSSIBLE CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF ALL COMMANDOS. HAK ASSURED ISRAELIS "SINCE MY LAST VISIT, THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN AMERICAN POLICY ON ANY OF ISSUES BEFORE US."

BALTSUN: MILLS-JERUSALEM, PAGE 1: HAK ABRUPTLY CANCELED HIS PLAN TO VISIT ANKARA AFTER A NEW GOVERNMENTAL CRISIS AND ANTI-HAK DEMONSTRATION HERE. HE HAD WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT UNDER WHICH TURKEY WOULD HAVE MADE A GESTURE TOWAKDS COMPROMISE - PRESUMABLY INVOLVING WITHDRAWAL OF OME OF ITS TROOPS ON CYPRUS - LEADING TO NEW TURKISH-GREEK NEGOTIATIONS. ARRANGEMENT HAD BEEN

APPROVED BY ECEVIT AND HAD BEEN DISCUSSED WITH GREEK OFFICIALS AS WELL. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS FINALE OF ANKARA VISIT. BUT ECEVIT'S CONTINUING INABILITY TO FORM A STABLE GOVERNMENT MEANT THAT HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE ANKARA WOULD DELIVER ON DEAL. AMERICAN OFFICIALS BELIEVE NOW IT MAY BE SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE POL SITUATION IN TURKEY HAS SETTLED DOWN ENOUGH TO MAKE WAY FOR TURKISH GESTURES THAT ARE SEEN AS NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO NEW CYRPUS NEG.

NYTIMES: GWERTZMAN, PAGE 3: (PIX OF HAK WILL ALLON AND HAK WITH HUSSEIN: JERUSALEM - ... ON ARRIVING HERE, HAK SOUGHT TO ASSURE ISRAELIS THAT THE U.S. HAD NOT CHANGED ITS POLICY TOWARD PLO DESPITE DECISION OF ARAB LEADERS TO RECO GUERRILLA GROUP AS SOLE LEGITIMATE REP OF

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PALESTINIANS AND THAT MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR MAKING PROGRESS ON PAL QUESTION WOULD BE THRU ISRAEL-JORDANIAN NEGOTIATIONS. THIS VIEW IS SHARED BY ISRAEL. AS HAK WAS PURSUING ME DIPLOMACY, HIS CONCURRENT EFFORTS TO SETTLE CYPRUS PROBLEM MET WITH A SETBACK. POLITICAL CRISTS IN TURKEY WHERE ATTEMPTS TO FORM A NEW GOVT COLLAPSED, FORCED HAK TO CANCEL A PLANNED VISIT TO ANKARA.

HAK REPORTEDLY LEFT HIS TALKS WITH HUSSEIN WITH A PERSONAL VIEW THAT THE KING SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED OUT COMPLETELY FROM NEGOTIATIONS. IT IS POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO HAK AND OTHER U.S. OFFICIALS THAT IF ARAB COUNTRIES REALIZE THAT ISRAEL WILL NOT DEAL WITH PLO, JORDAN MAY BE ASKED TO TAKE OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR REGAINING TERRITORY.

IN SYRIAN CAPITAL, ASSAD WAS SAID TO HAVE TOLD HAK THAT PAL PROBLEM HAK HAD TO RECEIVE PRIORITY IN STEPS TOWARD PEACE. HAK REPORTEDLY INSISTED THAT BY GIVING PLO AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTROR ANY WEST BANK AREAS ISRAEL MAY YIELD, THE ARAB LEADERS WERE IN EFFECT RULING OUT RECOVERY OF ANY LAND BECAUSE ISRAEL COULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO DEAL WITH A GROUP THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY CALLED FOR THE DESTRUCION OF ISRAEL.

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EDITORIALS

NOV 5 1974

Pressure's on Kissinger again

No American politician, whether winner by a landslide or in a cliffhanger, could be having a bigger week this week than Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

All Dr. Kissinger has on his mind is the care and feeding of the world, trying to move the Middle East toward peace in the face of drastically changed conditions, and bringing down the price of oil. Plus a few odds and ends, perhaps, such as detente and nuclear testing.

Today he went before the World Food Conference in Rome to present United States proposals around which the meeting figures to revolve. Kissinger is calling for increased world food production and for a world food council that would answer to the United Nations secretary-general.

Already on the global go for a couple of weeks, Secretary Kissinger now has scheduled an emergency trip to five key Middle Eastern capitals, starting shortly after he speaks in Rome.

His problem will be to try to steady the prospects for Arab-Israeli negotiations, which are rocking in shock waves caused last week by an Arab summit at Rabat, Morocco. The summit gave the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), headed by Yasir Arafat, authority to create a new state out of the Israeli-occupied west bank of the Jordan River — territory for which Jordan has until now spoken in negotiations.

The boost for the PLO at Rabat was a decided setback for Jordan, the friendliest to the United States and Israel among the Middle East nations involved in the ongoing confrontations.

Arafat's PLO is not the most terroristic of the Palestine groups, but still it is somewhere between a guerrilla gang and a government in exile. The PLO's success at Rabat followed its coup in getting invited to join in Middle East

discussions before the United Nations General Assembly.

Not only does this development raise the threat of new guerrilla raids and Israeli reprisals on the Jordan River front — an area quiet since Jordan's King Hussein drove the PLO out in 1971. It also gums up the progress toward peace negotiations on which Kissinger has toiled since the Yom Kippur War.

The Arabs are continuing to use oil as a political weapon. Late last week Dr. Kissinger seemed to make some progress with the shah of Iran toward gaining a price reduction. Expressions of Israeli dismay at Arafat's political victory have brought Arab scare talk, accusing Israel of wanting to renew the war and threatening a new interruption in oil flows.

It is no easy situation, and there is a feeling of time running short — on peace, as well as on food and on oil. Americans would do well not to expect any new miracles from Henry Kissinger, for right now he would do well to avert disaster and gain some time.

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BY MARIE KOENIG

IPS DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT

CAIRO, NOV. 5--SECRETLY OF STATE KISSINGER HAS RETURNED TO THE MIDDLE EAST ON A FACT-FINDING TRIP TO DETERMINE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE FOR RENEWED ARAB-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE RABAT SUMMIT CONFERENCE THAT DECLARED THE PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) HAS AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A PALESTINIAN STATE.

DR. KISSINGER ARRIVED IN CAIRO NOVEMBER 5 AND WENT TO SEE PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT FOR WHAT WAS BILLED AS A 40 MINUTE EVENING TALK WITH A LONGER SESSION BETWEEN THEM SCHEDULED NOVEMBER SIXTH, BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF STATE LEAVES EGYPT IN MID AFTERNOON.

THE ARAB SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE OCTOBER 29TH W FOLLOWED ISRAEL'S REPEATED REFUSAL TO MAKE DEAE WITH THE PLO OR TO WITHDRAW FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORY ON THE WEST BANK OF THE JORDAN RIVER FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PALESTINIAN STATE.

TO TRY TO KEEP A STALEMATE FROM DEVELOPING, DR. KISSINGER WILL ALSO VISIT SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, SYRIA AND ISRAEL IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

A SENIOR AMERICAN OFFICIAL IN THE KISSINGER PARTY ID EN ROUTE TO CAIRO THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SEES THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AS ONE OF LOST OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS OFFICIAL SAID DR. KISSINGER WANTS THE MIDDLE EAST PARTIES TO FACE FACTS.

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NEITHER THE ARAB NATIONS NOR ISRAEL COULD WIN ANOTHER WAR. THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT NEED PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ANYMORE THAN DO THE ARABS AND ISRAELIS, IN DR. KISSINGER'S VIEW.

JUST BEFORE SECRETARY KISSINLER'S ARRIVAL IN EGYPT, THE INDEPENDENT BEIRUT NEWSPAPER AN NAHAR PUBLISHED AN INTERVIEW WITH IGOR BELAYEV, A TOP COMMENTATOR WITH THE SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY NEWSPAPER PRAVDA.

MR. BELAYEV SAID MOSCOW WOULD VETO ANY PEACE SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT HURTS ITS INTEREST AND CRITICIZED DR. KISSINGER'S PEACE EFFORTS.

IF THE SOVIE UNION BECOMES OBSTRUCTIVE TO DR. KISSINGER'S DIPLOMACY AND MOVED AGAINST THE AMERICAN EFFORTS, WASHINGTON WOULD HAVE TO TAKE MOSCOW'S ATTEMPTS VERY SERIOUSLY, THE SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL EMPHASIZED.

THE AMERICAN OFFICIAL MADE THESE OTHER POINTS:

-DR. KISSINGER DOES NOT NOW HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER TO WHAT THE NEXT STAGE FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE.

--BUT DR. KISSINGER DOES NOT THINK IT IS NOW POSSIBLE FOR THE ISRAELIS TO NEGOTIATE A COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORY IN THE SINAI, NOR DOES HE F SEE EGYPT MAKING A SEPARATE PEACE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL.;

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--DR. KISSINGER VIEWS THE WEST BANK AS A BIBLICAL ISSUE FOR ISRAEL. THE GOLAN HEIGHTS TONT WITH SYRIA IS A SECURITY ISSUE FOR ISRAEL.

I IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE UNITED STATES FEELS THAT ARAB LEADERS CANNOT AVOID THE WEST BANK IROBLEM ECEN THOUGH THEY NAY HINK THEY HAVE DEVISED A SUPER CLEVER FORMULA AT RABAT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

BUT AT THE SAM TIME, IT IS HE U.S. VIEW THAT THE ISRAELI OCCUPIED WEST BANK WAS NEVER THE KEY ISSUE IN NEGOTIATIONS.

WHILE THE EGYPTIANS WOULD HAVE FOUND IT A FACILITATING ELEMENT TO HAVE OTHER ARABS ALSO NEGOTIATING WITH ISRAEL OVER THAT OCCUPIED TERRITORY, ISRAEL NEVER ATTACHED ANOTHER NEGOTIATING SESSION WITH EGYPT TO WEST BANK TALKS, IN DR. KISSINGER'S OPINION.

BEFORE HE LEAVES THE MIDDLE EAST NOVEMBER 8TH, DRWO KISSINGER WILL ALSO VISIT SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, SYRIA AND ISRAEL.

FROM ISRAEL, HE PLANS TO GO TO ANKARA FOR TALKS WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON THE CYPRUS PROBLEM. ITEM

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THE PRESIDENT HAS ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF CLINTON
OLSON AS AMBASSADOR TO SIERRA LEONE. HESWILL NOMINATE ROBERT
E. HUGHES AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
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U.S. SEES ADEQUATE CLIMATE FOR MIDEAST NEGOTIATIONS JKUMPL
BY MARIE KOENIG
IPS DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT

RIYADH, NOV. 6--SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER--BACK IN THE MIDDLE EAST ON A QUICK TRIP TO TEST THE CLIMATE FOR NEGOTIATIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE LAST MONTH--HAS RECEIVED ENDORSEMENT FROM EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT TO CONTINUE THE STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH IN ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

"THE EFFORTS OF DR. KISSINGER IN THE NEAR FUTURE ARE NEEDED MUCH MORE THAN THEY WERE NEEDED BEFORE," PRESIDENT SADAT TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 6 KUST BEFORE DR9 KISSINGER DEPARTED CAIRO FOR RIYADH,

A SENIOR AMERICAN OFFICIAL ON THE FLIGHT TO RIYADH SAID THAT AFTER DR. KISSINGER'S NOVEMBER 5-6 TALKS AITH NR. SADAT IT SEEMED THAT THE STAGE-BY-STAGE OPTION IN NEGOTIATIONS STILL EXISTS.

THE ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE AT RABAT OCTOBER 29 DECLARED THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. IN A RABAT COMMUNIQUE

PLO WAS RECOGNIZED AS HAVING THE RIGHT TO SET UP AN
INDEPENDENT STATE ON ANY OCCUPIED LAND THAT ISRAEL GIVES UP
ON THE WEST BANK OF THE JORDAN RIVER, FORMALLY JORDANIAN
TERRITORY.

BEFORE THE RADAT MEETING, DR. KISSINGER HAD EXPLORED
THE POSSIBILITIES FOR ISRAEL AND JORDAN TO MAKE AN
AGREEMENT ON THE WEST BANK TERRITORY AND FOR EGYPT AND ISRAEL
TO NEGOCIATE WITHDRAWAL BY THE ISRAELIS FROM SOME OF THE
SINAI.

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THE SENIOR AMERICAN OFFICIAL WITH DR. KISSINGER TOLD
REPORTERS THAT THE PLO MUST FIGURE OUT FOR ITSELF WHAT IT WILL
DO ABOUT THE WEST BANK ISUE.

DR. KISSINGER, IT HAS BEEN LEARNED, WILL NOT PUSH THE
ISRAELIS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PLO. TO DO SO WOULD
STRENGTHEN THE HANDS OF RADICAL ARAB FACTIONS.

ALSO, ISRAEL WOULD HAVE FOUND A DIFFICULT ANYWAY TO GIVE
UP THE WEST BANK EVEN IF IT WAS
NEGOTIATING WITH JORDAN'S
KING HUSSEIN. TO NEGOTIATE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE WEST BANK
WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A PLEBISITE IN ISRAEL.

THE KISSINGER MISSION SEES, A POSITIVE ASPECT TO WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE RABAT SUMMIT. IN THE U.S. VIEW, THE ARAB NATIONS,
AS WELL AS
THE ISRAELS, MUST LOOK AT THE ALTERNATIVES TO WAR AND
HOPEFULLY COME TO THEIR SENSES.

DR. KISSINGER HAD RECEIVED NO SUBSTANTIVE COMMUNICATION
FROM PRESIDENT SADAT BEFORE ARRIVING IN CAIRO, WITH THE
EGYPTIAN LEADER HE EXPLORED THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE ALTERNATIVES FOR PEACE FOLLOWING THE RABAT MEETING.

PRESIDENT SADAT, WHO, AD BEEN CONFINED TO BED WITH A SERI
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GO, MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO VZT THE AMERICAN PRESS. HE
TOLED THEM:

"I AM GLAD MY FRIEND DR. KISSINGER WAS ABLE TO COME. AS
YOU ALL KNOW I HAVE THE FULLEST CONFIDENCE IN DR. KISSINGER,
AND WE SUPPORT HIS CONTINUING EFFORTS FOR ACHIEVING A LASTING
AND JUST PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

V "WE BELIEVE THE UNITED STATES CAN PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE
TOWARD FURTHER PROGRESS IN THIS RESPECT AND I ALSO
EMPHASIZE THAT THE DOORS FOR PROGRESS ARE STILL OPEN".

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SECRETARY KISSINGER TOLD THE NEWSMEN THAT HE STILL
BELIEVED THAT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CAN BE "MOST EFFECTIVELY
ACHIEVED BY A STEP BY STEP APPROACH."

DR. KISSINGER ALSO SAID HE IS PREPARED TO "REMAIN
ACTIVELY ENGAGED" IN THE PROCESS.

ANSWERING QUESTIONS, PRESIDENT SADAT SAID "I CANNOT
SEE AT ALL THAT THE RABAT SUMMIT HAS PUT ANY BLOCK" TO THE PHASE
JBY-PHASE PEACE APPROACH.

"THE RABAT CONFERENCE HAS BEEN MAINLY FOR THE QUESTION
OF PALESTINE. IT WAS INEVIABLE THAT SOMETIMES THE PALESTINE
QUESTION AAS GOING TO BE TACKLED AS A POLITICAL PROBLEM
RATHER THAN A HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM," MR. SADAT SAID.

ASKED IF EGYPT IS READY TO BE IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL ON
FURTHER ISRAELI WITHDRAWALS FROM THE SINAI OR WHETHER OR
NOT SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING ON OVER WEST BANK WITHDRAWALS,
PRESIDENT SADAT SAID, "WE SHALL ALWAYS BE IN EGYPT READY TO
REGAIN WHATEVER LAND WE CAN."

PRESIDENT SADAT MET IN CAIRO NOVEMBER 5 WITH PLO LEADER
YASSE
ARAFAT. BUT PRESIDENT SADAT OLD THE REPORTERS THAT
HIS SEPARATE TALKS WITH DR. KISSINGER AND MR. ARAFAT MADE
OHQNNO CONTRADICTIONS."

DR. KISSINGER T
LD QUESTIONERS HE HAD NOT SEEN MR. ARAFAT K
IN CAIRO.

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EX KIYADH: UPI DANILOFF LEADS HAK BOLSTERED BY STRONG STATEMENT OF CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM SADAT ARRIVED KIYADH TO DISCUSS ME PEACE & OIL PRICES. U.S. OFFICIALS SAID EGYPT APPEARED READY TO NEGOTIATE WITH ISRAEL ON FURTHER WITHDRAWALS IN SINAI. BUT IF EGYPT NEGOTIATES ALONE, IT MIGHT APPEAR TO BE STRIKING A SEPARATE DEAL, ISOLATING SYRIA. THE OFFICIALS SAID EGYPT WOULD HAVE TO MANEUVER CAREFULLY BETWEEN POSITION OF SYRIA, PLO, AND USSR. OFFICIALS SAID MOSCOW APPEARS TO BE UNDERMINING HAK'S EFFORTS IN CALLING FOR RESUMPTION OF GENEVA CONFERENCE.

EX AMMAN: UPI REPORTS HAK ARRIVAL IN JORDAN WITH STRAIGHT-FORWARD COVERAGE OF ARRIVAL STATEMENTS BY HAK AND SAQQAF.

RADIO: SCHWEID-CAIRO: "ONE DOOR KISSINGER SEEMED TO LEAVE OPEN IS EVENTUAL CONTACT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE PLO. HE SAID HE WILL REMAIN IN ACTIVE CLOSE DIPLOMATIC CONTACT WITH ALL OF THE PARTIES AND ENCOURAGE PROGRESS WHENEVER THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS."

TV. ABC NEWS, 20 MINUTES INTO SHOW: REASONER: "ABC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT TED KOPPEL REPORTS THAT A HIGH U.S. OFFICIAL HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER SOVIET DETERMINATION TO BLOCK A U.S. SETTLEMENT OF ARAB-ISRAELI DIFFICULTIES. THE OFFICIAL, KOPPEL REPORTS, BELIEVES THAT U.S. SOVIET DEFENTE ITSELF IS THREATENED.

SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER IS IN AMMAN, JORDAN, TONIGHT, AFTER A BRIEF STOP-OVER IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR TALKS ON ME PROBLEMS. EARLIER, IN CAIRO, KISSINGER HAD AN ENCOURAGING MEETING WITH PRES. SADAT. SADAT TOLD NEWSMEN HE SUPPORTS KISSINGER'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TOWARDS ACHIEVING A LASTING AND JUST PEACE IN THE ME."

NBC - NO TRIP COVERAGE

CBS - 13 MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM: CRONKITE: "AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY SEEMS TO BE INCHING TOWARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE PLO IS A FORCE TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE ME.

THE PRESIDENT'S NEWS SECRETARY, IN A WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT TODAY, SAID MR. FORD "ABSOLUTELY" STANDS BY HIS REMARK OF LAST WEEK, THAT THERE MUST BE MOVEMENT TOWARD A SETTLEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND JORDAN ON THE PLO.

SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER, IN CAIRO ON HIS LATEST ME PEACE MISSION, RAISED SPECULATION THAT THERE MAY BE A US-PLO MEETING BY SAYING: "WE WILL REMAIN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH ALL THE PARTIES AND ENCOURAGE PROGRESS WHEREVER THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS."

KALB: IT WAS EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY THAT KISSINGER ARRIVED IN CAIRO FOR THE FIRST TIME, PRE-DISENGAGEMENT, PRE-SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY. SINCE THEN, HE'S BECOME A COMMUTER, A FIXTURE ON THE LANDSCAPE OF THE ME. HIS ARRIVAL THIS TIME WAS CLOUDED BY THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM, SUDDENLY THRUST INTO CENTER STAGE BY THE RABAT SUMMIT

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MEETING. DURING HIS TALKS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER FAHMI, KISSINGER GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THE EGYPTIANS WERE READY, DESPITE RABAT, TO ENGAGE IN NEW NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL OVER FURTHER WITHDRAWALS IN THE SINAI. DURING HIS TALKS WITH PRESIDENT SADAT, BUNDLED UP BECAUSE OF A BAD COLD, THIS IMPRESSION SEEMED TO HARDEN INTO A STRONG BELIEF. SADAT GAVE THE SECRETARY AN UNUSUALLY WARM EN-;ORSEMENT, A BIG PLS FOR THE NITED STATES IN ITS CONTEST WITH RUSSIA FOR INFLUENCE IN THE OIL AND POLITICS OF THE ME. KISSINGER WAS EQUALLY ENCOURAGING. TO BOLSTER SADAT'S POSITION, KISSINGER PROMISED TO PROVIDE EGYPT WITH 200,000 TONS OF WHEAT AND SONGHUM UNDER THE PL-480 PROGRAM. THIS, IN ADDITION TO 103,000 TONS PROVIDED A FEW MONTHS AGO. TOTAL VALUE ABOUT $55 MILLION. THE

TERMS OF A NEW EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATION ARE STILL MURKY, AT LEAST TO AN OUTSIDER. BUT KISSINGER THINKS HE KNOWS WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND WHAT'S REALISTIC. HIS STOP IN ISRAEL TOMORROW EVENING IS NOW CRUCIAL.

CRONKITE: "FROM CAIRO, KISSINGER FLEW TO SAUDI ARABIA AND THEN TO JORDAN FOR AN OVERNIGHT STAY."

NOTE: LATE SCHWEID LEAD EX KIYADH REPORTS PLEDGE BY SAUDI ARABIA TO TRY TO HOLD THE LINE ON OIL PRICES, OR WORK FOR A NOMINAL CUT AT A OIL-PRODUCER MEETING IN VIENNA NEXT MONTH. INGERSOLL

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["[LCS]", "Press", "NNNNNV ESA162EUT535\n00 RUQMJR\nDE RUEADWW 6916 3111855\nZNR UUUUU\n0 071911Z NOV 74 ZFF-1\nFM THE WHITE HOUSE//TOSEC853//\nTO RUQMJR/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM\nINFO RUEHC/SECSTATE\nBT\nUNCLAS WH43192 SECTION 1 OF 2\nTOSEC 853", "7 Nov 64 20 58", "JERUSALEM: PLEASE PASS TO S/S TEAM FOR THE SECRETARY", "SECRETARY KISSINGER'S OCTOBER-NOVEMBER TRIP -XVI (TAKE ONE OF TWO)", "FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OF FOREIGN MEDIA REACTION AS OF LLOO\nEST NOVEMBER 7, 1974, PREPARED BY USIA.", "SUMMARY:", "MEDIA TREATMENT OF SECRETARY KISSINGER'S TRAVELS TOOK AN UPWARD TURN THURSDAY AS HIS VISITS TO CAIRO AND RIYADH PRODUCED STATEMENTS OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS PEACE EFFORTS.", "THE LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH SAID MR. KISSINGER'S \"BRAND OF PERSONAL DIPLOMACY GAINED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE OPTIMISTIC NOTE SOUNDED\" BY PRESIDENT SADAT.", "## PAGE 2 RUEADWW 6916 UNCLAS", "AMMAN'S AR-RAI NOTED THE \"OPTIMISTIC COMMENTS\" BUT WARNED OF THE \"TOUGH NEW ISRAELI POSITION ADOPTED AFTER RABAT.\"", "LONDON: THE CONSERVATIVE DAILY TELEGRAPH SAID TODAY THAT MR.", "KISSINGER'S \"BRAND OF PERSONWYRFOPLOMACY GAINED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE HMPTIMISTIC NOTE SOUNDED\" BY PRESIDENT SADAT, WHOSE \"UNCOMPRO-MISING SUPPORT MEANT THAT EGYPT WAS PREPARED TO DIFFER FROM THE REST OF THE ARAB WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR WITH ITS ALLY,", "SYRIA, AND GO AHEAD WITH THE KIND OF STEP-BY-STEP PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AMERICAN POLICY REQUIRES...THE EGYPTIAN POSITION ALSO MEANS THE RUSSIANS HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED IN THEIR AIM OF RECONVENING A GENERAL PEACE CONFERENCE AT GENEVA IN WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ROLE.\"", "THE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL TIMES JUDGED THE MIDDLE EAST \"CLOSE TO THE BRINK OF WAR\" IN WHICH, \"HOEVER WERE", "TO START IT...THERE WOULD NO DOUBT BE THE SAME RIFT BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND THENBII OPEANS AS TO HOW FAR THE ISRAELIS SHOULD BE HELPED... DR. KISSINGER MUST BE AWARE OF ALL THIS...", "BUT HE HAS VERY FEW CARDS LEFT TO PLAY.\"", "MANCHESTER GUARDIAN CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN STEELE REMARKED TODAY THAT \"THE RECENT ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN RABAT FULFILLED", "## PAGE 3 RUEADWW 6916 UNCLAS", "ALL MOSCOW'S HOPES... IN THE LONG TERM, MOSCOW WANTS TO SEE A PALESTINIAN STATE...A PERMANENT REMINDER OF RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR THE ARABS AND A VALUABLE WAY OF RECOVERING SOVIET", "PRESTIGE IN A HIGHLY FICKLE AREA... AS DR. KISSINGER REVISITS THE MIDDLE EAST WITH HIS LATEST PEACE PROPOSALS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LESS LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTABLE, HE WILL NO DOUBT REMEMBER THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE FOR ONCE QUIETE HAPPY.\"", "WEST GERMANY: PAPERS PROMINENTLY REPORTED SADAT'S STATEMENT OF CONFIDENCE UC MR. KISSINGER TO HIEV EFFORTS. AMONG LATE REPORTS RELECTING AN UPTURN IN EXPECTATIONS, KOELNER STADT-ANZEIGER", "RAN A DISPATCH F\nBM AMMAN THAT KING HUSSEIN WAS \"NOT OUT OF THE GAME,\"}, "AND THAT ALTHOUGH HE FREQUENTLY YIELDED TO PRESSURE", "HE DID \"NOT INTEND TO CHIME IN IN THE GENERAL CHORUS OF THE ARAB STATES.\"", "AN ATHENSIEPORT THURSDAY IN FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE SAID GREECE CONSIDERED KISSINGER'S IMPENDING VISIT TO ANKARA A \"USEFUL", "INITIATIVE\" AND HOPED IT WOULD PRODUCE A POSITIVE TURN IN THE CYPRUS SITUATION.", "COMMENT TRAILED THESE LATE DEVELOPMENTS. SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG"]

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OF MUNICH SAID THURSDAY THAT "WHEN KISSINGER COMES TO ISRAEL TODAY, THE QUESTIONS JERUSALEM'S POLITICAL LEADERS WILL PUT TO HIM ABOVE ALL OTHERS WILL BE: IS THEIR SURMISE CORRECT THAT THERE ARE SOME DELAYING TACTICS BEING PURSUED IN THE MATTER OF PALESTINE?...MEANWHILE, ISRAEL HAS COME TO DOUBT THE USEFULNESS OF A PARTIAL AGREEMENT WITH EGYPT ON MIDDLE EAST PROBLEMS."

WEST GERMAN WEEKLIES STRESSED DANGER OF NEW WAR. DEUTSCHE ZEITUNG SAID MR. KISSINGER'S "INCREASINGLY HECTIC JET DIPLOMACY RESEMBLES A RACE AGAINST WAR AND SEEMS TO REDUCE COORDINATED CRISIS MANAGEMENT BY THE SUPERPOWERS TO A FARCE." DIE ZEIT SAID "THERE IS REAL DANGER OF ANOTHER WAR. KISSINGER'S PEACE EFFORTS ARE JEOPARDIZED

BY FRANCE'S GOING IT ALONE IN THE FIELD OF OIL POLICY." RHEINISCHER MERKUR SAID "A NEW DANGER IS ARISING FOR ISRAEL IN THE FORM OF A SHIFT IN WESTERN PUBLIC OPINION AS REFLECTED BY SENATOR FULBRIGHT'S REQUEST THAT ISRAEL AGREE TO 'INEVITABLE' WITHDRAWAL FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND THAT THE U.S. GUARANTEE THE ISRAELI BORDERS OF 1967. FULBRIGHT'S STATEMENT AMOUNTED TO A STAB IN THE BACK FOR KISSINGER AND HIS DIPLOMATIC CONCEPT. FAILURE OF THE LATTER WOULD ALSO MEAN FAILURE OF EFFORTS TO DENY THE USSR A VOICE

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IN DETERMINING ISRAEL'S FATE. THE RESULT WOULD BE CSOME KIND OF (U.S.-SOVIET) DUAL PROTECTORATE OVER ISRAEL WITHIN ITS BORDERS OF 1967. ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD PRECLUDE ANOTHER ARAB-ISRAELI WAR, AMERICA'S FUNCTION OF PROTECTING EUROPE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED."

WEST GERMAN TELEVISION SAID WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT "SINCE THE RABAT CONFERENCE, ISRAEL DOES NOT WANT TO BET HIGH STAKES ON A KISSINGER SUCCESS. THE VICTORY OF THE RADICALS MUST HAVE DEEPLY WORRIED NOT ONLY THE ISRAELIS BUT ALSO THE SECSTATE. FOR TODAY THE WHOLE FABRIC OF NEGOTIATIONS APPEARS TO BE ENDANGERED."

WEST BERLIN: TAGESSPIEGEL REPORTED THURSDAY "THE ARAB STATES STILL SEE REAL CHANCES FOR SUCCESS FOR SECSTATE HENRY KISSINGER'S PEACE MISSION. THIS BECAME EVIDENT IN KISSINGER'S TALKS IN CAIRO AND RIYADH."

THE PAPER SAID THAT "ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE SOURCES, KISSINGER WAS TOLD IN RIYADH THAT THE U.S. MUST FORCE ISRAEL TO ACCEPT THE PLO AS A DISCUSSION PARTNER... IT HAS BEEN LEARNED FROM KISSINGER'S ESCORT THAT THE SOVIET UNION IS OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO IMPEDE HIS MEDIATION. PRAVDA SAID THE SOVIET UNION WOULD RESIST EVERY MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT CURBING SOVIET

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INTERESTS."

TABLOID B.Z. STRESSED THAT SADAT ROSE FROM A SICKBED TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH KISSINGER. ITEM (END TAKE ONE) FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY TO SECRETARY KISSINGER SECRETARY KISSINGER'S OCTOBER-NOVEMBER TRIP-XVI (:/&!3 529 91 529)

ROME: STATE-CONTROLLED TV WEDNESDAY NIGHT CARRIED FILM OF THE SADAT-KISSINGER MEETING WITH INDICATIONS OF CORDIALITY AND OPTIMISM.

GOVERNMENT-RUN ROME RADIO SAID THRUSDAY MORNING, "THERE IS REASON TO HOPE FOR A REDUCTION OF THE OIL PRICES...IN THE CRISIS BESETTING THE MIDDLE EAST, KISSINGER HAS THE FULL CONFIDENCE OF SADAT AND FEISAL."

CENTER-RIGHT II TEMPO OF ROME GAVE A FAILEAL ACCOUNT OF THE SECRETARY'S TALKS WITH SADAT AND FEISAL, MAKING THE COMMENT, "THE CLEarest AND MOST POSITIVE INDICATION OF THE SUCCESS OF KISSINGER'S FIRST DAY COMES FROM RYADH, WHERE THE SECRETARY SUCCEEDEd IN STRAIGHTENING OUT THE QUESTION OF OIL PRICES WITH KING FEISAL."

PRO-COMMUNIST PAESE SERA OF ROME WONDERED WHETHER THE SECKTARY WOULD MEET WITH ARAFAT.
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AMMAN: THURSDAY'S PRESS GAVE THE TALKS IN CAIRO AND RIYADH AND ARRIVAL IN AMMAN EXTENSIVE TREATMENT. EDITORIAL COMMENT WAS PROFUSE.

GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED AR-RAI NOTED THE "OPTIMISTIC" COMMENTS OF BOTH THE SECRETARY AND SADAT BUT SAID THAT THIS TOUR "IS TAKING PLACE IN AN ATMOSPHERE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE FORMER KISSINGSWR TOURS, FOR PESSIMISM CONCERNING THE FATE OF HIS PEACE MISSION PREVAILS IN THE WAKE OF THE TOUGH NEW ISRAELI POSITION ADOPTED AFTER RABAT." IT ADDED THAT "OBSERVERS VIEW WITH INTENSE GRAVITY THE CONSEQUENCES WHICH MIGHT RESULT IF KISSINGER RETURNS HOME WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING WHICH COULD RELIEVE THE TENSE SITUATION IN THE AREA." THE PAPER ALSO SAID THAT "THERE IS DOUBT THAT THE PRESENCE OF DR. KISSINGER IN THE MIDDLE EAST INCREASES THE HOPES FOR

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PEACE," AND OBSERVED THAT ISRAEL "REJECTS A PEACE THAT DOES NOT FIT ITS PLANS."

STATING THAT ISRAEL "REJECTS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ARABS EN BLOC, REQUESTING INSTEAD TO NEGOTIATE WITH EACH ARAB STATE SEPARATELY," THE PAPER ADDED, "IF ISRAEL REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PLO, IT WILL CERTAINLY ALSO REFUSE ANY DIALOGUE WITH JORDAN OR THE OTHER ARAB STATES." IT ALSO CITED OBJECTIONS TO UNLIMITED MILITARY AID PROVIDED ISRAEL BY THE U.S. AND DECLARED, "WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE AMERICAN GUEST FRANKLY THAT THE ARABS FEEL THAT THEY ARE FACING AN ENDLESS MIRAGE... AS LONG AS THE U.S. CONTINUES TO SUPPLY ISRAEL WITH ALL THE DEVICES AT THE DISPOSAGL OF AMERICAN MIGHT..."

INDEPENDENT AD-DUSTUR SAID THEYNNAY THAT ALTHOUGH MR. KISSINGER AND THE EGYPTIANS AGREE ON STEPS NECESSARY TO SOLVEOPCTHE CRIS, THE ISRAELIS, STUNNED BY THE UNANIMITY OF RABAT, ARE DETERMINED TO CEASE WITHDRAWALS.

WEEKLY AKHBAR AL-USBOU CONTENDED THAT "THE MIDDLE EAST IS A VOLCANO WHICH MIGHT ERUPT BECAUSE OF THE ISRAELI REFUSALS. KISSINGER THREFORE HAS ONLY ONE LAST CHANCBAAHIS COUNTRY MUST PUT GREAT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL...WILL THE U.S. DO WHAT IS REQUIRED?"

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CAIRO: THE PRESS -&.,-,8.97 5#74 $-6 8, 7073-5 4309458,& 91 5#3 $-5-KISSINGER MEETINGS. RED BANNER HEADLINES IN SEMI-OFFICIAL AL-AHRAM AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED AL-GUMHURIYA EMPHASIZED MR. SADAT'S STATEMENT THAT A "DOOR LEADING TO PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS IS STILL OPEN." SENSATIONAL AL-AHBAR'S LEAD REITERATED MR. SADAT'S "FULL CONFIDENCE IN DR. KISSINGER." THE PAPER STATED THAT ISRAEL MUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT "THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION HAS BECOME A POLITICAL ISSUE INVOLVING PEOPLE AND LAND AND NOT MERELY REFUGEE QUESTIONS."

AL-AHRAM, CITED ABOVE, QUOTED ASBERUSALEM "WIRE SERVICE REPORT" THAT ISRAELI INFORMATION MINISTER YARIV'S STATEMENT ON THE EVE OF MR. KISSINGER'S ARRIVAL IN ISRAEL ALLEGEDLY SUGGESTED "DIALOGUE WITH ANOTHER PARTY IF DIALOGUE WITH KING HUSSEIN FAILS, PROVIDING THAT THE OTHER PARTY RECOGNIZES ISRAEL'S EXISTENCE AS A STANDING FACT."

TEL AVIV: A BYLINER FOR SEMIOFFICIAL DAVAR OF TEL AVIV WROTE THRUSDAY THAT THE "EXPLANATION ON THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE GIVEN YESTERDAY BY THE WHITE HOUSE CAME A AN EMBARRASSING SURPRISE TO JERUSALEM...JUST AS PRESIDENT FORD'S PREVIOUS STATEMENT THAT ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO TALK TO JORDAN OR THE PLO...

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THIS AFFAIR MIGHT CAST A SHADOW ON KISSINGER'S TALKS IN
JERUSALEM...AT ANY RATE, THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION OF NOT
HOLDING TALKS WITH THE PLO STILL STANDS..."

INDEPENDENT MAARIV OF TEL AVIV SUGGESTED TODAY THAT "KISSINGER WILL PROPOSE...TO ISRAEL PRACTICAL THINKING ON THE START, MANNER AND PLACE OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN ARRANGEMENT IN SINAI...A DECISION WILL BE MADE AFTER KISSINGER'S TALKS IN JERUSALEM TONIGHT..."

A BYLINER ON THE PAPER WROTE: "IF THE U.S. RETREATS AND
CHANGES ITS POSITION ON THE PLO, THIS WILL MARK A VICTOY FOR
SOVIET DIPLOMACY...THE SOVIETS LET KISSINGER SHUTTLE BACK AND
FORTH, ACHIEVING IDF WITHDRAWALS IN SINAI AND THE GOLAN
HEIGHTS IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE U.S. WAS BETTING ON THE
JORDANIAN CARD...WHILE THEY EHELD THE PLO CARD...MOSCOW KNOWS THAT
IT CAN RESTORE ITS POSITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST THROUGH THE
PLO...AT THE VLADIVOSTOK MEETING, HOWEVER, FORD AND BREZHNEV
MAY FIND A NEW FORMULA FOR SETTLING THE DIPUTE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST..."

INDEPENDENT YEDIOT AHARONOT COMMENTED THAT "U.S. DIPLOMACY
IS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION...ON THE ONE HAND IT REALIZES THAT

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IT CANNOT IGNORE THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM...OR THE PLO...ON THE
OTHER, IT CANNOT COMMENCE HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS WITH THE PLO OR
PRESSURE ISRAEL INTO AGREEING TO SUCH CONTRACTS..."

BELGRADE: TODAY'S POLITICKA CARRIES A PIECE BY DUSAN SIMIC, WHO COVERED SECRETARY KISSINGER IN BELGRADE, DISPUTING A WASHINGTON POST REPRORT "THAT 'KISSINGER AND TITO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF SUPPLYING YUGOSLAVIAHIUGH ARMS.'" SIMIC SAID HE WAS "AT LEAST AS WELL INFORMED ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT AS THE POST COLLEAGUES" AND THAT HE HAS "RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT THIS QUESTION WAS MENTIONED AT ALL IN THE THE TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENT TITO AND SECRETARY UU INGER." HE

ACKNOWLEDGED THAT "IN OTHER TALKS...IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BROADER
CONSIDERATION OF BILATERAL COOPERATION, THERE WAS DISCUSSION
ONLY ABOUT MUNITIONS AND SPARE PARTS PROCUREMENT FOR ARMS
THE U.S. HAD EARLIER DELIVERED TO YUGOSLAVIA."

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