NOVEMBER 7, 1973

ROUND-UP 3

**Al-Akhbar:** PRESIDENT'S TALKS WITH KISSINGER TO BEGIN TODAY (Red Banner).

EEC Resolution Calls for Complete Withdrawal.

9 European EEC Countries Demand Immediate Withdrawal to October 22 Lines and Complete Israeli Withdrawal.

New York Times Reveals: Israel Prepared to Make Concessions but only after Elections.

Kissinger Arrived in Cairo after Midnight.

He Met with King AL Hassan Twice and for Two Hours with Bourguiba.

**Al-Akram:** PRESIDENT EL SADAT TO RECEIVE KISSINGER AT 10 A.M.

U.S. Secretary of State Arrived in Cairo at Midnight in Most Important and Momentous Lap of His Long Tour.

Direct Telephone Communication Facilities between Hilton Hotel Where Kissinger Is Staying and White House in Washington.

Severe Tension Prevails on Sinai Front Amid Report from Tel Aviv about Four Egyptian Military Operations and While Enemy Air Force Strikes Syrian Positions on Golan.

Talk in Israel about Formation of War Cabinet and Meir Postpones Important Statement to Parliament Till Monday.

**Al-Gomhuria:** Oil Weapon in Bottle: Japan and EEC Countries Demand Complete Withdrawal of Israel Immediately - Canada Stops Oil Shipments to U.S.A.

ISRAEL TRYING TO DYNAMITE KISSINGER'S MISSION (Red Banner).

Reports from Tel-Aviv that Meir Had Rejected U.S. Proposal for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Amid Intensifying Clamour for War Cabinet in Israel.

Israel Attacks Golan with U.S. Strike Missiles and Prepares to Resume Fighting on Canal and Prevents UNEF from Carrying out Its Mission.

President El Sadat to Receive Kissinger Today After Listening to Ismail Fahmy's Comprehensive Report on His Talks in Washington.

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NOVEMBER 7, 1973

ROUND-UP 4

President El Sadat sent a message of greeting to
Soviet leaders on the occasion of the October Revolution
anniversary in which he expressed the appreciation of the
Arab nation of the Soviet support for the Arab cause.

All papers give prominence on their front pages to
reports about the resolution adopted by the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the nine member-states of the European
Economic Community calling for the withdrawal of Israeli
forces to October 22 lines and for complete withdrawal
from the Arab territories occupied in 1967 in compliance
with the Security Council resolutions.

News of the rationing of gasoline and other re-
strictions on the consumption of petroleum products
notably in the USA also appear prominently on the front
pages of the three papers. Canada halted her oil supplies
in the USA conforming to the restrictions decided by the
Arab Petroleum Ministers.

The reports also tell the restrictions on the con-
sumption of fuel in Japan which would gravely affect the
country's balance of trade. Saudi Arabia told Japan she
could obtain supplies of Saudi Arabian oil at the previous
level if she, Japan, broke her diplomatic and economic
ties with Israel.

Arab summit consultations continue, say reports
on the front pages of the three papers.

King Hussein of Jordan yesterday flew to Riyadh
where he conferred with King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. King
Hussein later flew to Kuwait and held talks with Emir Sabah
el Salem el Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait. The Jordanian
Monarch then flew to Damascus and conferred with Syrian Pre-
sident Hafez el Assad.

President Houari Boumedienne yesterday left Riyadh
ending his consultations with Arab leaders.

The reports indicate that there is general agreement
on holding an summit conference on November 12 in Algiers.

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The Shah of Iran announced that his country would neither increase nor decrease her production of oil but would continue to pursue her normal production programme.

The Shah, whose picture appears on the frontpage of "Al Akhbar" with the paper's report, said that Iran was against the occupation by one country of another's land by force. Iran would never agree to the occupation of Jerusalem, he added.

Israel yesterday announced new figures of her losses in the last bout of fighting in the Middle East which were three times greater than figures previously announced.

"Al Akhbar" publishes on its frontpage, in addition to the report on Israel's announced losses, a comment by the U.S. Defence Under-Secretary in which he defended the U.S. Government's appropriations for supplying Israel with military aid. The U.S. official said that Israel's losses were extremely great and that her economy did not allow for payment.

"Al Akhbar" prints two pictures reflecting the Israeli scene. One is of a group of Israeli women weeping near the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and the other is of Israeli ships lying berthed in the port of Eilath on account of the closure of Bab El Mandab S+traits to Israeli shipping.

Kuwait has refused to receive Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Bisco.

SF/P.

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November 7, 1973

PATIENCE... SILENCE... STEADFASTNESS

(Reproduced from
Al-Akhbar)

## Main Story

* SADAT TO RECEIVE KISSINGER AT 10 a.m. TODAY

* Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger Arrived In Cairo After
Midnight On The Most Important And Serious Stage Of His
Long Tour

* ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO ESTABLISH DIRECT TELEPHONE
CONTACT BETWEEN HILTON HOTEL WHERE KISSINGER IS STAYING
AND THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON

* Israel Trying To Dynamite Kissinger's Mission

* EXTREME TENSION PREVAILS IN SINAI AMIDST NEWS FROM
TEL-AVIV ON FOUR EGYPTIAN OPERATIONS, WHILE ISRAELI
AIRCRAFT RAID SYRIAN POSITIONS IN GOLAN

* Formation Of A War Cabinet Talked About In Israel

* MEIR POSTPONES IMPORTANT STATEMENT TO KNEESET TILL MONDAY

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["CAIRO PRESS REVIEW.", "- 8 -", "November 7, 1973", "Levon Keshishian, reporting from Washington, said that the American officials express optimism fraught with a high degree of precaution towards Kissinger's talks in Cairo. Many warned against the expectation of \"sensational developments\". They believe that it is better to wait until Dr. Kissinger meets with President Sadat so that a better judgement can be made.", "The \"Boston Globe\" correspondent, who is one of 17 journalists accompanying Dr. Kissinger, said in Rabat that Kissinger's efforts concentrate on two points :", "1. Achieve stability of cease-fire.", "2. Remove threats of a new round of fighting.", "Although Kissinger himself warns against exaggeration in building up hopes with regard to the expected results of his trip, many Americans cannot imagine that Kissinger go to Egypt without a tremendous narrowing of the wide gap between the Arab and Israeli views.", "Kissinger's talks in Cairo will continue all day today. Talks between Dr. Kissinger and Ismail Fahmy are expected to be held at 6 p.m.", "This will be preceded by a working luncheon to be held at Al Tāhreer Club.", "The programme of Dr. Kissinger's visit was left open after lunch to give the Secretary of State a chance to visit the Pyramids area if he wants. No appointments were also made after the evening talks so that further meetings may be held to continue the talks.", "-/-'}, "GG/P."]

["CAIRO PRESS REVIEW", "- 9 -", "November 7, 1973", "# Kuwait Rejects Sisco's Visit", "\"Al-Abram\"'s reporter learns that the Kuwaiti Government had rejected the visit which Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco was planning to make to Kuwait following his visit to Cairo.", "In a statement to \"Al Ahram\"'s reporter, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Egypt Hamad El Rageeb said that Kuwait's policy, which is based on unity of stands, is of the opinion that there is no justification for this visit at the time all Arabs place their confidence in their elder sister Egypt.", "## Israel Tries To Dynamite Kissinger's Mission", "Israel began to adopt an increasingly aggressive stand at the time Dr. Kissinger started his mission in the Middle East in a last attempt to contain and defuse the crisis.", "News agencies, reporting from Tel-Aviv, said that Premier Golda Meir informed the Ministers at the secret sitting held by the Cabinet on Monday that Israel rejected an American proposal to withdraw to the October 22 lines in implementation of the Security Council resolution.", "This was interpreted by observers as an attempt to dynamite Kissinger's mission from the very beginning. Reports further said that Israel insists on the immediate exchange of war prisoners with Egypt and Syria before the discussion of anything else.", "## Gap Between Israel And U.S. Is Still Wide", "Israeli papers yesterday published more details on Meir's talks in Washington. The Israeli paper \"Maarev\" said that Meir strongly rejected withdrawal to the October 22 lines.", "-/-'}, "GG/P."]

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The paper further said that the stand of
America and Israel towards this point did not change at
the end of talks and the gap between the two sides is
still wide.

"Maarev" also said that the first meeting
between Kissinger and Meir was difficult and extremely tense
and matters only improved after Meir's meeting with President
ixon.

The paper added that, throughout his talks with
Meir, Dr. Kissinger did not give up his insistence on
Israel's submission to withdrawal in return for agreement on
the question of war prisoners and the lifting of blockade
on Bab El Mandab.

The paper also said that both Dr. Kissinger
and President Nixon adopt the same views.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Military Command yesterday carried out a number of military operations with a view to escalate tension to flashing point.

As to the Sinai front, an Israeli military spokesman said that tension prevails along the Canal front. He further said that the Israeli forces repelled two Egyptian attacks when units of the Second Army tried to plant mines around their positions in the Northern Sector of the Canal.

The spokesman also said that a patrol of the
Egyptian Third Army carried out reconnaissance operations in
South Sinai.

Israel yesterday lodged a complaint with the
United Nations against Egypt accusing her of carrying out
four military operations along the Canal front.

## Call To Form War Cabinet In Israel

It was announced yesterday in Tel-Aviv that the
Tnesset's emergency meeting scheduled for today was postponed
till next Monday.

Observers believe that this decision was taken
so that the Israeli government may know the results of Kissinger's talks in Egypt before this meeting is held.

Reports received from Israel say that the
Religious National Party is exerting pressure to form a war
cabinet comprising all Israeli parties including Opposition.

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(All Papers -
Comp. Summary)

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E G Y P T

MESSAGE FROM SADAT TO SOVIET LEADERS

PRESIDENT TELIS SOVIET LEADERS: ARAB NATION APPRECIATES
YOUR SUPPORT IN ITS BATTLE AGAINST ISRAELI ENEMY

President Anwar El Sadat yesterday conveyed to the Soviet leaders the great appreciation the Arab nation feels for the Soviet Union's firm stand in support of the Arab cause in the most momentous circumstances the Egyptian Nation ever faced.

This was expressed in a message the Egyptian-
leader sent yesterday to the Soviet leaders on the
occasion of the 56th anniversary of the October Socialist
Revolution.

In his message of greetings sent to Leonid Brezhnev,
First Secretary to the Central Committee of the Soviet
Communist Party, Nikolai Podgormy, President of the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet and Alexei Kosygin, President Sadat
expressed sincerest greetings and heartiest felicitations
in his name and on behalf of the Egyptian people and
government, to the Soviet leaders and the friendly peoples
of the Soviet Union.

He hailed the achievements of the great October
Revolution for the progress and prosperity of the Soviet
peoples and the consolidation of the freedom and independence
of the peoples fighting against imperialism and for the
creation of a world in which just peace prevails, and creative
efforts are exerted for the good and prosperity of mankind.

President Sadat also expressed great appreciation
for the Soviet Union's firm stand in Egypt's support in the
most momentous circumstances that even faced the Egyptian
people.

"We also appreciate your support for the cause of freedom as well as your great contribution and continuous backing of the Arab people in its decisive battle against the Israeli aggression, backed by the forces of imperialism, the President said.

SWI/EGF

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The report, he added, coincides with the arrival
of the U.S. Secretary of State in Cairo, where he will
meet with President Sadat. This meeting would have
extremely important results the Spokesman said.

Anis answered questions as to whether Egypt would
accept placing Sharm El Sheikh under international supervision
in the event of Israel's withdrawal from all of Sinai,
whether it would approve of slight border changes, and in
case of the full pullout of Israeli forces from the
occupied Arab territory, would Egypt recognise the Jewish
state.

The spokesman said the Security Council ceasefire
resolution No. 338 provides of immediate implementation
of Resolution No. 242 of 1967 which, he said, should be
put into force in all its clauses, especially since it
was the two superpowers which had sponsored and guaranteed
the ceasefire resolution.

The spokesman recalled that President Sadat in
his speech to the People's Assembly of the Central
Committee meeting, had made emphatic assertions on that
question which, he said, included Egypt's adherence
to the withdrawal of Israel's forces from all the Arab
lands occupied in 1967 in abidance of Resolution No. 242
unanimously passed by the Security Council and later
accepted by Egypt.

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS

Asked to define the legitimate rights of the
Palestinian people. Anis recalled President Anwar El
Sadat's statement in his October 16 speech, to the effect
that it is the Palestinians who must speak for the people
of Palestine and not any other quarters.

He also recalled that the Security Council's
Resolution No. 242 which the two super-powers had
guaranteed to put into force by Resolution No. 338 of 1973,
had provided for an equitable solution of the Palestinian
question.

SWI/EGF

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Answering a question on the reason why Iraqi forces had been pulled out, despite the continued state of war with the enemy, Anis said there is coordination between the Arab states concerning all matters related to the Arab cause. He referred to President Boumedienne's current visits and the top-level Arab contacts which, he said, would determine the Arab plan to be followed in confrontation of Israel and its backers.

In this context, the spokesman hailed the Arab cooperation and solidarity on both the official and popular planes, in the political, military and economic spheres.

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EGYPT HANDED ISRAEL WOUNDED PRISONERS

HAND-OVER OF WOUNDED HAS NO POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Military Spokesman

Major General Ezz Eddin Mukhtar, yesterday stated that the October 22 cease-fire lines are defined in the statements of Israeli officials on October 22 and also in Communique No. 58 issued by the Egyptian Armed Forces General Command.

Major General Mukhtar, who was addressing a press conference yesterday also said that Egypt's point of view concerning this issue has been communicated to UNTSO's head. The issue involves no ambiguity as the Israeli side claims, he said.

SWI/EGF

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Replying to a question whether Egypt has set a
deadline for the demarcation of the ceasefire lines
especially on the West Bank of the Suez Canal, the
spokesman said that Egypt adheres to the Security Coun-
cil's resolution which stipulates the immediate return
to the October 22 ceasefire lines which has been guaranteed
by the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Bab El Mandab

Concerning the lifting of the siege on Bab El Mandab
in the event of Israel's acceptance to withdraw her forces
to the October 22 ceasefire lines, Major General Mokhtar
said that in his recent press conference, President Sadat
stated that the immediate return of Israeli forces to
October 22 lines will be followed by a peace conference
which would consider all the articles of Security Councils
resolutions No. 338, 339 as well as 242 and find the
appropriate solutions for establishing peace and security
in the area.

Replying to a question on the downing of 8 Mirages
which were said to belong to a foreign country, the Spokes-
man reiterated the text of communiqué No. 60 and said that
Egyptian pilots had affirmed the information contained in
that communiqué: namely that these planes belonged to a
foreign country.

Wounded

Concluding, Major-General Mokhtar replied to a
question on whether the hand over to Israel of a wounded
captain could be considered as the prelude to the exchange
of POWs or has a political significance, the military
spokesman said that the wounded captain (Dan Avidan)
was at the top of the list of wounded POWs handed over
to the International Red Cross. The act has no political
significance other than to show Egyptian good will, he said.

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["C. IRO PRESS REVIEW", "- 16 -", "NOVEMBER 7, 1973", "EEC Support Arab Stand", "EEC Nine-member-states decide to Participate\nwith Washington and Moscow in Settling\n<u>the Crisis</u>", "EEC Delegation to Visit Arab Countries", "The member-states of the European Common Market,\nyesterday announced the necessity of Israel's withdrawal\nfrom the Arab territories occupied since 1967 as a vital\nprerequisite for a settlement of the Middle East crisis.", "The Foreign Ministers of the EEC nine-member-states\ncalled for implementation of the withdrawal of combatting\nforces to the October 22 positions.", "The EEC Council of Ministers further called on\nIsrael to \"end its territorial occupation\" of Arab lands.", "The resolution, worked out by Common Market\nForeign Ministers over a six-hour dinner on Monday and\nrefined in private talks yesterday, was sent immediately\nto Israel, the Arab capitals, Moscow, Washington and the\nUnited Nations. It was expected to widen the U.S.-European\ngap over Middle East policy.", "The Nine Common Market countries insisted that\nterritory should not be acquired by force. They supported\nrespect for the sovereignty and integrity of the countries\nof the Middle East, and the right of all to live within\nsecure and recognised frontiers.", "The right of Palestinian Arabs must be respected,\nthey added.", "An unofficial Israeli comment immediately des-\ncribed the statement as pro-Arab, and a submission to Arab\ndemands. It called the reference to the rights of Palestin-\nians more unfavourable to Israel than the original resolu-\ntion of the United Nations in 1967. It accused the Europeans\nof failing to help Israel during the war and interfering\nwith the negotiations afterwards, \"encouraging the Arabs\nto be difficult\".", "-/-'}, "SWI/NA"]

["CAIRO PRESS REVIEW", "- 17 -", "NOVEMBER 7, 1973", "Statement ...", "The Common Market statement came after the Netherlands spent its first Sunday without pleasure driving, and Belgium scheduled Nov. 18 to be a day with reduced speed limits to save petrol. The West Germans are considering similar measures, Even France which has been promised special treatment by the Arab states, is asking motorists to restrict their speeds voluntarily.", "The statement said in part:", "- The Ministers \"insist vigorously\" on withdrawal to the October 22 lines, saying:", "\"They believe that a return to these positions will facilitate solution of the other pressing problems.", "- They consider that peace accord should be founded on the indamissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, the need for Israel to end the occupation of territory it has maintained since 1967; the respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of each state in the region and its right to live in peace within secure and recognised boundaries; the recognition that a just and lasting peace should take account of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians.", "- They recall that the peace settlement should be internationally guaranteed and believe that it should be strengthened by the sending of peacekeeping forces. These guarantees, they say, are of primary importance and they reserve the right to make proposals on them.", "- Recalling the ties of Europe with the south and east shores of the Mediterranean, they reaffirm their intention of making agreements with the countries there in the framework of a balanced overall policy.", "There was no immediate indication whether this would persuade the Arabs to end their oil boycott of Holland-one of the nine nations - and guarantee future European supplies. But an Israeli diplomat here scoffed at it as an attempt by the Europeans \"to prove that they exist\".", "Spokesman for the nine nations hailed the document as the strongest example so far of Europe's fledgling political unity. As such, it may have more impact and meaning within Europe itself than on the Middle East.", "-/-'}, "SWI/NA"]

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During the war the nine drafted another mild statement urging peace, only to have it ignored by both the belligerents and the super-powers.

The Ministers also discussed the oil question in private session - particularly the Dutch plea for Common Market "solidarity" in the face of the Arab boycott of the Netherlands. But national spokesman said they expected no decision.

## Neutrality

A third major topic growing out of the war - the US-European dispute over Europe's neutrality in the conflict - was barely discussed, the spokesmen said.

Instead, it was left for the next Foreign Ministers' meeting November 20 in Copenhagen.

The Ministers called their resolution "only a first contribution on their part to search for a comprehensive solution" to the Middle East problem. They said they were "ready to do all in their power to contribute to peace", but said any negotiation should take place within the United Nations.

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## Idi Amin Calls on all African countries to Sever Relations with Israel

Ugandan F. resident, Idi Amin, called on African countries still maintaining relations with Israel to date to break off these relations in unison with the majority of the African countries.

In a statement broadcast over Radio Uganda yes-terday, President Idi Amin warned Israel's rulers that their policy would cause them very grave consequences unless they withdrew from the occupied Arab territories.

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ZAYYAT TO START TALKS IN LONDON
TODAY

Dr. Mohamed Hassan El Zayyat, Presidential Adviser, arrived in London yesterday from Paris to complete his mission concerning presentation of Egypt's point of view with regard to the Middle East events.

During his two-day visit to Paris, Dr. Zayyat held talks with French President, Georges Pompidou, and French Foreign Minister, Michel Jolivet.

Before leaving Paris, Dr. Zayyat told newsmen that there was a great danger constituting a possibility of fighting being resumed unless the last UN Security Council's resolution was implemented.

Dr. Zayyat is due to hold talks today with Edward Heath, British Prime Minister and Alex Douglas Home. British Foreign Secretary. The Presidential Adviser will deliver a message from President Sadat to Edward Heath.

Dr. Zayyat is due to leave for Belgrade next Thursday to meet President Tito next Friday.

Dr. Zayyat will deliver a message from President Anwar El Sadat to the Yugoslav President.

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ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR, EGYPT SAYS

Dr. Hussein Khallaf, Chief of Egypt's delegation to the UN European Headquarters declared that Israel was responsible for the break out of the recent war in the Middle East as a result of her expansionist and domination policy which is backed by a major state.

Dr. Khallaf in his speech before the European Security and Cooperation Council said that many voices in Europe declined to consider fighting to restore usurped land as aggression. He also said that security could not be attained by force and that the peace cherished by the Arabs is based on the respect of their sovereignty over their lands and the respect of Palestinian rights and confirmed that detente was being subjected to severe trials because of the Middle East war.

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WALDHEIM REPORT AGAINST ISRAEL

The report prepared by UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and distributed as an official document to Security Council members stated that Israel continued to ignore the Council's resolution to withdraw to the lines of October 22.

General Sulasvuo, the UNEF Commander, did not receive, up to the time the report was prepared, a reply to his demand on October 30 to withdraw her forces to the October 22 lines. Israel's reply to the demand had been delayed pending the return of Israel's Premier, Golda Meir, from Washington, the report said.

Waldheim also stated in his report that cease-fire violations notably increased on November 3 compared to previous incidents. He also added that Egypt's complaint against Israel's evacuation of the inhabitants of the area occupied by the Israeli forces on the Western Bank of the Suez Canal and that Israeli forces were demolishing buildings and killing cattle, was being investigated.

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MESSAGE TO KISSINGER FROM HIS
COLLEAGUES AT ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY

Considering that Dr. Henry Kissinger, American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is also a university professor like them having the search of the whole truth as a common cause, with nothing but the welfare of mankind in mind, members of the Alexandria University teaching staff sent a message to Mr. Kissinger which dealt with the fundamental causes of the Middle East crisis; namely the setting up of the state of Israel in the heart of the Arab Nation and at the expense of the people of Palestine.

The message by Alexandria University teaching staff called upon the American academic thinker to study the costs incurred by the world economy since the establishment of the State of Israel:

- Ten thousand million dollars war reparations from the Federal Republic of Germany.

- Fifteen thousand million dollars as grants and donations from the government and people of America.

- Four thousand million dollars last October alone.

- One thousand million dollars on account of the closure of the Suez Canal.

- Thousands of millions of dollars spent by the Arabs to defend themselves.

In their message, members of the Alexandria University teaching staff asked if American citizens would continue to go about blindfolded to these facts after they had been directly affected by the problem and put at the doorstep of a nuclear world war which would bring complete destruction to mankind. In their message Alexandria University teaching staff asked whether the Americans extricated themselves from the Vietnam problem only to get entangled in that of preserving Israel's conquests.

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Finally Alexandria University Teaching Staff concluded their message by saying that they preferred peace but that they were not afraid of war, they would not leave their rights and that they would defend their rights because in doing so they would be defending peace and all the human race.

AHRAM p. 4
FT

## SHAHEL'S MEETINGS

Vice President Hussein El Shafel yesterday received the DPRK Ambassador in Cairo, Mr. Kim Byong Ho.

He also received Samir Helmy, Deputy Chairman of the Central Accounting Agency, and Gamal Nazim, Secretary General of the Higher Sports and Youth Council.

AHRAM p. 4

## SOGHAYAR'S MEETINGS

Dr. Khairy El Soghayar, Speaker of the Confederal National Assembly, yesterday received Hafez Badawy, Speaker of the People's Assembly, and discussed with him means of consolidating relations between the two councils.

AKHBAR p. 4

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## ARAB WORLD

### Summit In Algeria Demanded
Hussein Meets Faisal and Sabbah

Contacts at summit level yesterday continued among confirmed reports that an Arab Summit Conference will be held in Algeria in mid November.

Algerian President Houari Boumedienne yesterday left Riyadh at the end of his tour during which he visited Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia prior to convening a summit conference.

King Hussein of Jordan arrived in Riyadh yesterday and held discussions with King Faisal for several hours after which he continued his journey to Kuwait where he met Kuwait's Ruler, Sabbah Salem El Sabbah. In the evening King Hussein arrived in Damascus and had discussions with Syrian President Hafez El Assad.

Damascus was also the scene of multilateral discussions. In the same evening, King Faisal's personal envoy, Emir Sultan Ben Abdel Aziz Minister of Defence and Aviation visited President Assad and delivered to him a message from King Faisal.

Zaid El Refai Jordan's Premier announced that Jordan was willing to participate in the summit. Tunisian President El Habib Bourguibe also agreed to attend, and Lebanon and the Palestinian Resistance had previously agreed.

"Al Anwar", the Lebanese paper, said that the summit was scheduled for November 12 and would evaluate the political, military, and economic aspects of the Arab stand and coordinate Arab efforts to meet the possibility of resuming war and the use of economic and political weapons against America and other pro-Israel countries.

Agence France Presse reflected the bafflement of observers by the Arab contacts. The Agence referring to Arab current activities, said that matters were being dealt with in full coordination as heads of states come and go keeping silent about their discussions and then leaving in the same haste with which they arrived without giving the slightest chance to observers to didact what was going on.

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## Arab Boycott Tightens on Pro-Israeli Concerns

The Arab Boycott Bureau yesterday, sent a memorandum to regional boycott bureaux to study the attitude of countries backing Israel to apply boycott measures to them. The memorandum also demanded the study of the stand of aviation and maritime companies in case they continued to haul materials and immigrants to Israel, Mohamed El Mahgoub, the Boycott Commissioner General revealed.

The Boycott Commissioner warned all foreign companies and concerns that their alignment with Israel and helping her with her economic and military efforts would subject them to the clamp of Arab Boycott.

Al Ahram P.2.
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## Makarios to Visit Libya

Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios is due to arrive in Tripoli next Friday on a three-day official visit to Libya.

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## Arabs Appreciate Austria's Stance

A number of Arab Ambassadors accredited in Austria including the Ambassadors of Egypt, Iraq, Libya and Saudi Arabia, held a meeting yesterday in Vienna with the aim of assessing Austria's stance towards the Arab-Israeli dispute.

Al Akhbar P.4.
Summary

## Kuznetsov Leaves Damascus

Vassili Kuznetsov, First Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister, left Damascus yesterday to an undisclosed destination after holding talks with Syrian President Hafez El-Assad and Syrian officials.

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Israel's Aggression On Civilians Raised in
Red Cross Conference

An Egyptian delegation yesterday left for Teheran to attend the International Red Cross 22nd Conference which will convene in Teheran on October 9. Delegations of 117 countries will attend the conference.

The Egyptian delegation will raise before the conference Israeli's violations of the Geneva 1949 convention which protects civilians during war. Israel had attacked civilians in the Canal Zone, intentionally bombed hospitals and thickly populated quartirs in P. Said, used internationally prohibited weapons and captured big numbers of civilians.

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Czechoslovak Journalists Support
Arab Struggle

Czechoslovak journalists expressed their support of the just struggle of the Arab people against the zionist imperialist aggression.

This was in a message received by Saad Kassem, Iraqi Press Syndicate Chairman, from the Czechoslovak Press Syndicate.

The Czechoslovak journalists were performing their
duty in exposing the criminal role played by the zionist
entity as a guard of imperialist interests in the Arab area,
the message said.

Al Gomhouria P.2.
F.T.

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Syria Repulses Two Israeli Aircraft Formations

At 9:35 a.m. yesterday two enemy aircraft formations
overflew the Syrian occupied heights in the central and
southern sectors of the front, a Syrian military spokesman
announced yesterday.

The enemy aircraft, the spokesman added, fired a
number of air-to-ground missiles of the shrike type on
advance Syrian positions.

Syrian fighter planes and air defence units inter-
cepted them immediately and prevented them from achieving
their aims, the spokesman said.

The spokesman added that Syrian losses were nil.

## Secret Session

The Syrian People's Assembly held a three-and-half-hour meeting behind closed doors, a Syrian official spokesman said.

During the meeting, the spokesman added, a review
was made of the situation in Syria in general and the latest
developments.

Al Akhbar
P.1

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ECONOMY

THE OIL CRISIS
RESULTS OF ARAB OIL MEASURES: CANADA HALTS FLOW
OF OIL TO AMERICA IN RESPECT FOR ARAB OIL MINISTERS'
RESOLUTIONS

The recently adopted oil measures have led to several significant developments foremost among which was the announcement in America that the government will be forced to ration benzine within the next sixty days, and the declaration by the Canadian Minister of Power that his government will be forced to halt its oil exports to America (one million barrels daily) to conform to the resolutions adopted by the Arab Ministers of Petroleum. Canada imports thirty per cent of her crude oil requirements from Arab states.

In America, Deputy Chairman of the Union of American Oil Marketing Companies declared that American citizens will be shocked by the cold atmosphere in their houses this winter, forcing them to wear heavy clothes to save fuel, and to look in their cars.

As a preliminary step, Standard Oil of Ohio announced a ten-per cent decrease in its gasoline sales and refining operations owing to the lack of Arab crude oil. This may be followed by greater percentages if the situation in the Middle East did not improve, Standard Oil of Ohio said.

The West German Minister of Economy was reported by reliable sources to have announced that he was preparing emergency regulations for oil and house-heating fuel distribution which will be put forward before the Cabinet today. Oil-importing companies in West Germany also forecast new oil price increases.

Oil circles in Britain have forecast rationing of petrol in Britain soon.

The Belgian Government affirmed that it will adopt stern measures to curb petroleum consumption within limits compatible with restrictions imposed by Arab countries on the production of oil, among these measures will be halting of private car traffic on Sundays and decreasing house-heating fuel supplies as well as increasing weekend holidays by one day for schools and imposing restrictions on air transport.

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In Japan, government sources declared that they would ask industrial circles and housewives to decrease electricity consumption to face the expected acute power shortage. Japanese Ministry of Commerce sources said that it is now preparing instructions to nine major Japanese electricity-generating companies to step down their supply of electrical energy to major companies by seven per cent. Japanese Ministry of Commerce sources said that these measures will entail a decrease in Japan's industrial output, exposing the Japanese trade balance to a deficit for the first time as well as causing big price increases to be followed by inflation.

The Lebanese Middle East Economic Survey affirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia informed Japan that it was ready to give Japan first priority in obtaining her oil requirements if Japan severed her economic and diplomatic relations with Israel. The Middle East Economic Survey said this would mean that each friendly country would receive Arab oil supplies at the rate of the average it had received during the first nine months of this year, without being affected by gradual Arab oil production decreases.

The Shah of Iran disclosed to the Saudi Arabian News Agency that his country would not increase or decrease her oil production, thus continuing to conform to the schedule of the production programme formerly set by Iran. The Shah said that his country could never accept occupation by any country of another country's lands by force, that is why Iran approved Security Council's Resolution No. 242 and added that Iran would not, in any case, accept Israeli control over the city of Jerusalem.

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EDITORIALS :

EDITORIALS WRAP-UP

Dr. Kissinger's mission should not be confined to immediate ceasefire considerations, but should strike beyond to an over-all Middle East peace settlement, said "Al Ahram" editorial today.

"If Dr. Henry Kissinger's talks in Cairo were confined to stabilization of the ceasefire, elimination of the causes of the resumption of hostilities, and solution of the problem of the exchange of prisoners-of-war, that would be just what Israel wants", said the paper.

"Al Ahram" enumerated three basic commitments of U.S. Middle East policy. The first is Security Council resolution 338 of October 22, 1973 concerning a ceasefire, a peace conference, and the beginning of Israeli withdrawal without delay. The second is Security Council resolution 242 of November 22, 1967 as the basis for solving the Middle East conflict. And the third is the rights of the Arab people of Palestine.

"The best of United States sincerity in the search for a solution to the root causes of the crisis", said the paper, "lies in its readiness to convert its commitments to these three principles into practical measures that would force Israel to respect legal procedure instead of blocking any solution and giving a tense situation to explosion again. This is an urgent task, and the value of Kissinger's Middle East visit depends on its success".

"Al Ahram" editorial lashed out at the Danish Prime Minister for having charged that the Arab states want to drive Israel into the sea.

Columnist Aly Hamdy El Gammal said Soviet aid to Egypt was a steadfast feature not only because of the friendship between the two countries but essentially because the October Revolution, whose anniversary was being celebrated today, upheld the sovereignty and independence of nations.

The full texts of the editorials follow.

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KISSINGER'S MIDDLE EAST MISSION

If Henry Kissinger's talks in Cairo were confined to stabilization of the ceasefire, elimination of the causes of the resumption of hostilities, and solution of the problem of the exchange of prisoners-of-war, that would be just what Israel wants.

We should recall on this day that the United States had declared its commitment to three principles which Egypt considers essential for a political solution of the Middle East crisis.

-- The United States has declared its commitment to Security Council resolution 338 of October 22, 1973 concerning a ceasefire, a peace conference, and the beginning of Israeli withdrawal without delay. Israel has violated the ceasefire and refuses to pull back to the ceasefire line.

-- The United States has declared its commitment to Security Council resolution 242 of November 22, 1967 as the basis for solving the conflict. Egypt and the United States differ in their interpretation of the provisions of the resolution. It is noteworthy, however, that for six years Israel has been utilizing the differences in interpretation as a pretext for refusal of withdrawal at all, even for the entrenchment of its occupation of Arab territories and for continued violation of the sovereignty of the neighbouring Arab states.

-- The United States has conceded that a just solution of the problem of the Arab people of Palestine is an inevitable prerequisite for the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the area. This United States commitment was officially proclaimed in the joint communiqué on Brezhnev's visit to Washington in June this year. Israel, however, rejects any national entity for the Arab people of Palestine.

The test of United States sincerity in the search for a solution to the root causes of the crisis lies in its readiness to convert its commitment to these three principles into practical measures that would force Israel to respect legal procedure instead of blocking any solution and driving a tense situation to explosion-again. This is an urgent task, and the value of Kissinger's Middle East visit depends on its success.

(Al Ahram)
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STRANGE STAND BY DANISH PREMIER

The Danish Prime Minister has made curious statements, saying right out that he would defend Israeli aggression to the limit, and claiming that Israel's neighbours want to drive the Jewish state into the sea.

These curious statements reflect nervous tension and mental disequilibrium. They don't show that rule of reason which distinguishes a man who holds a position of state responsibility.

The Danish Premier who says that the Arab states want to drive Israel into the sea should know, as everybody does, that all the October fighting took place only on Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967.

Does the Arab states' attempt to liberate their lands contaminated by the Israeli occupation mean that the Arabs want to drive Israel into the sea? Does the protection of Israeli presence justify the occupation and annexation of Arab territories?

This is inverted logic, and the most eloquent answer to it is the statement made by French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert upon the outbreak of fighting: "How can one describe as aggression the attempt of a people to return to their homelands?"

Does the Danish Prime Minister, who describes this attempt as aggression, defend the acquisition of land by force?

The Arabs will achieve their purposes with their own strength and the support of freedom-loving nations.

(Al Akhbar)
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POLITICAL ACTION IS MILITARY
NECESSITY

Cairo is currently leading an intensive drive of political contacts in the Arab countries and the outside world. The drive attests to Egypt's sincere quest for a Middle East peace based on justice. It seeks to marshal all available potential for application of United Nations resolutions calling for Israeli withdrawal from all the Arab territories occupied in 1967 and restoration of the rights of the Palestinian people.

This political action is not separate from the new scheme of things prevailing in the Middle East since October 6. The main feature of this new order is that the Arabs now have an armed strength whose fighting capacity affords sufficient confidence in victory.

This political effort, along with the military one, has helped clamp a real encircling movement around the enemy. Militarily, the enemy has received an effective blow for the first time. Politically, he is finding himself isolated. Economically, he is incurring difficulties resulting from general mobilization, war spending, and the Arab blockade on Bab El Mandab.

This political action should grow stronger and stronger, in full coordination with military and economic action.

(Al Gombouria)

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C O L U M N :

"PEOPLE'S TALK"

(By: Aly Hamdy El Gammal)

A foreign correspondent has asked me: "Do you believe the Soviet Union would stay on by the side of Egypt in its war with Israel after all the worldwide developments that took place after October 6?".

I replied that apart from Egyptian-Soviet friendship, from Soviet aid to Egypt and a number of other Arab countries, and from Soviet support for the Arabs at the Security Council, the Soviet Union adopts this policy as a natural sequence of its opposition to military occupation and expansion and its defence of the right of nations to sovereignty, independence and prosperity. It is a question of principle and not mere friendship between two countries.

It was a good coincidence that this conversation should come at the time when the Soviet Union is celebrating today the anniversary of the October revolution. This was a revolution that erupted to free the Soviet citizen, and this freedom is the right of all nations and all citizens. The Soviet Union believes in the value of this freedom, and stands by the Arab liberation movement against Zionist expansionism.

President Sadat has expressed these thoughts in his yesterday's cable to the Soviet leaders affirming his appreciation and that of the Egyptian people as regards Moscow's support for us in the most dangerous circumstances.

(Al Ahram)
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1973

(C.P.R. SUPPLEMENT)

Dear Henry ...

By: Mohamed El Ezaby

It is only obvious that the "Henry" we mean is the U.S. State Secretary Henry Kissinger who is currently visiting Cairo and other capitals in quest of a solution to the tense Middle East situation...

He is the same Henry who had scored great victories in solving international problems, and the architect who had helped build the policy of detente between Moscow and Washington...

Kissinger is rated as the second most powerful man in the world, hence his importance which probably makes up for his miserable childhood and early youth... A German-born Jew, Kissinger was turned out of school by the Nazis who had earlier dismissed his father from his job. He was forced to join a Jewish school, and eventually, the whole family was expelled from Germany. They moved to Britain and finally settled in the United States... where Henry shot his way through journalism, writing and teaching as university professor, to statesmanship.

Kissinger says his miserable life in Germany left no impression on his mind but nobody seems to believe his words...

He is said to have no leanings or affiliations, but faces the charges of failing to take a firm stand on the side of "these in Israel"... Others would accuse him, however, of loyalty to his Jewish faith and of being influenced by his early life ...

But all accusations end in one conclusion... Henry Kissinger cares only for Henry Kissinger ...

Henry is so enigmatic that even the French journalist who befriended him for two whole years admitted having failed to understand him. She ended up by not trying to unravel his mystery...

However, in an attempt to understand Henry, we should be well advised to recall some of his writings and press articles which paved his way to becoming the world's second strongest man...

In his book "Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Politics", Kissinger tried to promote the "possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons within a limited scope"... Time has changed, however, and what was possible ten years ago, is now no longer tenable... and this was possibly the reason why Kissinger initiated a series of successful negotiations in Peking, Moscow and Vietnam, based on his "mutual interest or give and take "concept..." He used to say "America would appear to be the victim and not the maker of circumstances", and he behoved it to realise its power and to think of its foreign policy in terms of power balance...

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Every Egyptian fighter now standing on the soil of Sinai which he had helped to liberate, with his hand on the trigger, the steering wheel of a plane, a tank or a destroyer, a radar screen or a missile launcher, knows perfectly well that his role in protecting such liberated land is no less important than the successful mission he had already accomplished.

This is the general feeling of Egypt's soldiers inside the forward positions of Sinai.

Everybody felt the ceasefire does not mean any interruption of utmost vigilance, but only a pause in abidance by the Security Council resolution provided the ceasefire is properly observed by the enemy.

These were the words of one of our commanders on the fireline. They came out with confidence and without emotion.

## 23 Tanks

With the same calm and self confidence, I heard all fighters tell stories of heroic feats on the land of Sinai all through the October war.

The stories were told without exaggeration of the Egyptian soldier's valour or underestimation of enemy power ...

The specimens of men whom Al Gomburia introduces as of today are models of every Egyptian fighter now living or was killed in action on the land of Sinai...

Our superiority over the enemy, was not a numerical superiority because numbers are no longer of account in modern warfare, nor was it a superiority of equipment on armour for with their same weapons and our same arms we were defeated in 1967... The secret behind our superiority this time is the mettle of both the Egyptian commander and the Egyptian soldier who broke the complex of fear from the enemy, and shattered his mythical invincibility...

So-called invincible Israeli soldiers came out of their tanks in the October fight, and submissively surrendered to the Egyptian fighter...

Abdul A'ati was a singular example of our valiant soldiers ...

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For a proper appreciation of the heavy losses inflicted by this fighter on enemy forces, it should be realised that a tank in modern wars is deemed to have successfully accomplished its mission and deserved retirement if it destroys two enemy tanks ...

In major countries, an order of merit is conferred on whoever destroys five to seven enemy tanks, according to the military convention observed by individual countries...

But Egyptian fighter Abdul A'ti broke all records... Single-handed he wrecked 23 Israeli tanks whose crews were burnt alive inside them, or came out of them, anxious to surrender...

## With the First to Cross

The 23-year old medium stature, slim-bodied Abdul A'ti is a simple soldier who joined the armed forces in 1969.

He was a student of a secondary agricultural school at the time of the 1967 setback... He had the shock of his life to learn that Egypt's forces were defeated in six days.

Abdul A'ti was with the first to cross. He was in charge of an anti-tank missile base, and started dealing with the enemy from the first day he set boot on the sandy lands of Sinai... Within 10 minutes on that day, he wiped out eight M60 tanks, a most up-to-date type of tank, fitted with 105 mm gun, and said to be provided with laser rays which Abdul A'ti says, he never felt...

## Fleeing in Disarray...

Israeli tanks, Abdul A'ti continues, used to open up at their maximum 60-kilometre per hour speed to escape Egyptian rockets, but he and his colleagues, managed to hit them in their weakest points immediately they came within the range of his devastating missiles...

Egyptian fire took a heavy toll of enemy tanks, particularly during the Central Sector's tank battles.

Abdul A'ti alone had 23 tanks to his credit... an astounding record by any measure... As the tough service-men put it, every Egyptian missile was worth an Israeli tank...

Al-Gomhuria, p.3
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Al-Ahram's Political & Strategic
Studies Center.

Comprehensive Settlement:

TWO VISUALIZATIONS & TWO METHODS

By Gameel Matar

For the first time, those who seek a permanent
and just peace in the Middle East are provided with
an opportunity which actively challenges their ability
and theories about settling international conflicts.

The Middle East conflict, on its own territory,
has emerged from a six-year deep-freeze to the state
of heat and liquidity required for getting underway
with a peace settlement. At the same time, on inter-
national territory, it has gripped the ends of other
problems at the top in detente, fusing with them and
defining for itself a place in the lead. On American
territory, the conflict has expressed itself in a
struggle between unfamiliar and destructive Israeli
pressure on the one hand, and Arab influences operating
within the limits of the familiar and the acceptable in
relations between states.

In spite of all this Israel, in defiance of all
desires for creating permanent peace, is trying to
cancel the fact and live in legend; stop history and
live outside it, imposing her own views on all dimen-
sions of the past and the future. When she feels
incapable of arresting history and changing realities,
her movement and manoeuvres increase with the aim of
making both friends and foes - through mistakes and
problems - allies who join in her efforts to obstruct
the march of history and reality.

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With the increase of Israel's international isolation, her dependence on the United States also increases while her assurance diminishes. An isolated Israel can represent a dragging weight on the structure of American foreign policy because of her deep and profound infiltration into this structure. She will not hesitate to involve the United States in actions strengthening possibilities of confrontation with the Soviet Union, undermining Atlantic relations or hurting the U.S. economic position.

Unless Israel can fully succeed inside the United States in preventing Washington from concentrating attention on joint action with the Soviet Union for achieving a peace solution, she will try to prevent her through pressure on the conflict territory itself. This will be either through insistence on her own visualization of a settlement or launching a new aggression to reinstitute the freeze and weaken international activity. Similarly she can engage in maneuvers to divide efforts and directions and scatter issues.

The peace offered by Israel is grounded on the right she claims for herself in imposing it, not participating in its making. The visualization of Israel's rulers is fixed here at what they call Israel's national security. In the Israeli concept, this is different from the concept of security in relations among the big powers. The Israeli mind understands this as humiliation for the Arabs through imposing successive military and political defeats upon them; as pride and arrogance vis-a-vis other world nations. As a psychological concept, Israel's security is a successfully-pursued policy if the Arabs are gripped by fear, despair and feelings of intellectual and cultural inferiority.

Consequently these rulers believe that a comprehensive settlement achieved through equal participation by all parties to the conflict is a procedure threatening Israeli security. The preferable and perhaps only course in their eyes thus far is forcing the Arab side to sit before the Israelis in a position of military, political and psychological weakness. In other words the Arabs should accept an imposed settlement as conceived by Israel, not as a result of acceptance, understanding or mutual need for such a settlement.

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In contrast to this Israeli offer Egypt is forwarding an offer grounded on her right to participate in peacemaking - a peace based on the principle of guaranteeing the security of all parties to the Middle East problem, on equal position of all states and countries in the region participating in settlement talks. Egypt is convinced that neither size of territory nor longer reach -individually or collectively- can guarantee the security of either side in the absence of complementary regional and international legitimacy - a legitimacy derived basically from acceptance of the direct parties and backed by guarantees and support of the international community.

Within the Egyptian-Arab Effort to regain the balance of psychological, military and political confidence in the region, the Arabs were concerned not to make their international influence reach the boundaries of extortion. That they wanted through their petroleum did not go beyond the limits of the reasonable and the legitimate in inter-state relations. They even insisted, and still do, on making this influence tied to their concept of international friendship and its consolidation. They did not ask from friends more than they could provide. They did not go in any case to the extent of attempting to hurt that friend from within, or dragging him to the brink of dangerous international confrontations, nor dynamiting his efforts and intentions for permanent peace;

As Israel has been consistently working against the framework of the new international reality; against principal rules for international settlements, she is likewise insisting today on imposing an Israeli peace just like Hitler wanted to impose a Nazi peace on Europe. Moreover she is striving today to lead those seeking peace in the United States and Soviet Union, behind her tactics and manoeuvres. The rulers of Israel know what has been agreed between Washington and Moscow

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evolves around general points connected with a comprehensive outlook towards the conflict. They also know that the efforts of peace - at the top, in Europe or on the conflict territory - will be in the direction of the more inclusive and the wider solution. They realize the Egyptian project, and its accessory procedures and joint Arab efforts, go into the making of an overall plan for a single problem with the aim of working out a comprehensive and final settlement.

Despite this knowledge - or perhaps because of it - they have deliberately sought to forestall movement towards comprehensive settlement when they breached the ceasefire resolution to make a piece of newly-occupied territory a hurdle obstructing progress towards an overall solution. International efforts found themselves stumbling before fragmentary issues connected to what has become called the October 22 lines. Doubtlessly, the aim of Israel is to exhaust diplomatic and political moves, whether Egyptian or international, by sheer concentration on fragmentary problems. Doubtlessly the Israeli hope this exhaustion could yield Egyptian, American and international concessions or weaken the strength of the Arab position gained after October 6.

There are, then, two standing formulas for peace; an Israeli formula which has proved its futility and danger to the peace of the region as well as prosperity and wellbeing of the whole world; and a realistic Egyptian formula guaranteeing by the world and by real peace the security of all states in the Middle East.

Similarly two settlement styles are raised: one aiming at fragmentation of the conflict into small parts, not with the aim of working out a contracted settlement but with the aim of imposing a settlement. This is a style rejected by other parties to the conflict; by the thinking and reality of relations among those promoting a settlement, and by the degree of intensity of the conflict in its present stage. The other

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style provides for everybody the chance for hope in
just and permanent peace, and this can be achieved
only through action to eliminate all causes of the
conflict in a single settlement within a framework of
guarantees and international supervision.

Thus our activity and the activity of others promoting permanent peace will never stop, not for a single instance, at the October 22 lines. This issue is a part connected with the wider and bigger issue of all occupied territories, exactly the same as the issue of prisoners is tied -- of necessity -- with Israeli military presence on all Egyptian and Syrian territories; as petroleum is connected with the right of all Arabs to lead a life free from the threat of homelessness and constant menace of Israeli terrorism. The same goes for the issue of passage through Arab streets, Israeli reparations for the consequences of aggression against civilian regions and other issues related to laying the foundations of a new structure in the Middle East. All these are issues primarily connected with the peace negotiations which the Security Council stipulated should start, as soon as the ceasefire went into effect, under appropriate supervision.

It may be said that it is possible to settle international conflicts through disentangling various issues from one another and solving them one by one. This argument may apply for quieter, less complex and narrower conflicts, but in a conflict such as that in the Middle East various issues are interconnected even despite the will of many parties. Each issue is capable alone of detonating singlehanded a new war and dynamiting agreements reached on other issues. Palestinian rights is an issue connected with the rest of the conflict because it is the original cause and constant detonator of other issues. Arab petroleum is not staked for the sake of one issue but for the sake of Arab rights as a whole. The current massive international effort is being exerted for the sake of settling an overall conflict, not to be exhausted and depleted on the altar of a partial or a side-issue.

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If Israel can drag the international or direct parties - through manoeuvres or the mistakes and impatience of these parties - behind conflicting pieces of the dispute, beginning with the October 22 issue and linking it with the prisoner of war or other problems and leading to indefinite talks, it may turn out soon that the international peace conference has become devoid of substance, giving way to a new state of freeze. Such a state may be dressed in various garb, such as the long arm of Israel until the Arabs challenge her again, or conferences as diversified as the issues are diversified, or dividing the Arabs into particles losing ability to influence through lack of practice and fragmentation, or the international community may turn its attention to new problems of higher intensity.

This is why the Arabs shall not accept discussion of partial issues, because if they do so they will destroy by their own hands the most important and honourable achievement gained when their heads were raised high on October 6. They shall not accept fragmentation of their cause because they are - for the first time - standing before Israel in an actual and real position of equity; because they can always get further consolidation from the friend who has and who will definitely continue buttressing them; because they are capable more than at any time in the past to win new and strong friends; because they have become internationally influential and benefiting from the fruits of their influence; because the chance is ripe through the unanimity of big and small powers for the sake of a comprehensive and total settlement for the Middle East problem; and finally because they know return to the freeze is impossible since its cost is more enormous than the cost of continued war.

Blood spilled so far, weapons destroyed, money, equipment and Arab solidarity provided, and political efforts now being exerted world-wide certainly deserve more than time wasted on partial settlements for scattered issues - all these merit a comprehensive settlement for the sake of which all potentials should be mobilized to achieve a permanent solution within an international peace conference convened today before tomorrow.

Al Ahram p. 5

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# WHO WANTS ANOTHER "MASADA" ... VEST OF THE CANAL?

By Mohamed Abdul Moneim

A newly-graduated Israeli officer starts his military career by repeating a strange oath: "I shall not permit the occurrence of another Masada."

Despite the fact that the Masada incident took place in 73 A.D.; and despite the long Israeli memory for history, the possibility of a new Masada is becoming evident in 1973 A.D., this time west of the Suez Canal instead of in the Dead Sea area.

Masada (authentic Arab name is Mes'da), is a natural boat-shaped fortress covering a 20-acre area in the Dead Sea region. It was the last Jewish stronghold resisting the Romans during the 66 - 73 A.D. Jewish uprising. 960 Jews, led by Eleazer Ben Yaier, were besieged there by the Romans, from 72 A.D. through 73 A.D. The besieged Jewish force burnt everything and committed suicide - every man, woman, and child.

In their foray West of the Suez Canal these days the Israelis have used a new tactic resting on using tanks in a guerrilla warfare. They appeared when they were in an advantageous position and made them scarce otherwise, never attempting to hold on to any single piece of land. This required a counter-operation of meticulous search-and-destroy tactic, time-consuming but of a single ultimate conclusion at the end.

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The ceasefire came and was accepted by both Egypt and Israel. Then the second infiltration took place, with small groups of tanks and armour hastening to cut off some vital roads between Deversoir and Suez. Nonetheless a new situation emerged with the ceasefire -- the hitherto scattered Israeli force came out to announce themselves and prove to the world they have accomplished something.

Thus the Israeli force denied itself, for propaganda's sake, the cover which had provided it with protection throughout the Egyptian chase. They can no longer employ the hit-and-run tactic, because they are scattered between our own forces, pinpointed in number and locality, and spared only by our commitment to the ceasefire.

Will Israel commit herself to international decisions, or will the Prosectuion Phobia lead her into a new Masada-- very different from the original in locality, motives and opportunities available for escape?

(Al Ahram P.5)
Summary

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