Israel, Romania Sign Pacts for Phosphates, Civil Aviation Flights

Honor Sovereignties, Romanian Urges;
Eban Hails Israel-Rom anian Trade Pact

PARIS (JTA)—Romania's am-
bassador to France, Victor Dimi-

triu, declared that his country's
position on the Middle East is
i nterference in th
internal affairs of the states in that
region and respect for their sover-
eignty, which remains unchanged
since the events of last June. He
noted that Romania continues to
maintain normal diplomatic rela-
tions with both sides in the con-
flict, and observed that the role of
small and medium nations is grow-
ing in world affairs, regardless of
their military power.
The Romanian envoy's remarks
were made against a background
of comment and speculation in the
French press and on radio and
television over what -was being said
behind closed doors in Warsaw,
where the foreign minister of
Soviet Russia and foreign minsters
or deputy foreign ministers of
seven other Communist nations
were meeting since Dec. 19 on the
Middle East situation.
That situation remains a sub-
ject of intense interest beyond

political and diplomatic circles
here. The satiric31 weekly, "Can-
ard Enchaine," has just published
a moving and highly favorable re-
port on Israel. In film circles, the
French producer, Bokanowski, an-
nounced plans for a movie spec-
tacle in the style of the late Cecil
B. DeMille, that would trace Jew-
ish survival from the destruction of
the Temple to present times. He
said the huge cast will include
such stars as Brigitte Bardot, Eli-
zabeth Taylor. Charles Chaplin,
Yul Brynner and Orson Welles.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Foreign
Minister Abba Ehan held a press
conference here at which he an-
nounced that Franco-Israel dia-
logue is still going on concerning
arms supplies and the balance of
power in the Middle East. He said
the Israel-Romanian trade agree-
ment signed Dec. 19 has political
and technical ramifications that

fast on matters of principal, but
was flexible on lesser problems.
Discussing the new trade pact

with Romania, Eban said that

than
can be defined under the term
trade agreement." It calls for
technical, scientific, economic
and cultural cooperation on a
very large scale, he declared,
noting that Romania's readiness
for such far-reaching measures
is doubtlessly based on political
decisions taken by the Romanian

"its scope is much wider

government. This is especially
significant, the foreign minister
said, in view of the attitude of

the other Communist countries
to the events of the past six

months.

Referring to the talks with
France on arms matters, Eban
would say only that Israel's am-
bassador in Paris, Walter Eytan,
has instructions to keep in close
touch with French Foreign Minis-
ter Couve de Murville on the mat-
ter. The feeling in political quarters
here, meanwhile, is that the
United States will take a sympa-

TEL AVIV (JTA)—A three-year between the two countries.
El Al Airlines officials immedi-
agreement under which Romania
will buy 150,000 tons of Israeli ately began planning flights to
phosphates annually, and a civil Romania.
The trade pact provides an op-
aviation transport pact, were
signed here. Signing for Romania 12—Friday, December 29, 1967
was visiting Foreign Trade Mini
ster Gheorghe Cioara. Zeev Sharef,
trade and industry minister, signed

for Israel.
The signing culminated six days
of talks between Romanian and
Israeli officials. The agreements
included provision for a mixed
commission created on the basis
of a wide-range economic, scientif-
ic and trade pact signed last April
14.
Romania is the only Communist
country which did not break rela-
tions with Israel during the Six-
Day War last June.
Officials of both delegations
noted the progress achieved to
date in trade relations. The com-
mission also will examine possi-
bilities of further expansion of
economic and technical cooperation

thetic view on Israel's need to
maintain a balance of military
strength in the Middle East, in
face of the rapid rearmament of
the Arab countries by Russia.

tion for Romania to buy an addi-
tional 50,000 tons of Israeli phos-
phates annually. The phosphates
will be used in Romanian plants to
produce chemical fertilizers.

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No matter how
you figure it,

go far beyond the matter of trade

hetwAen the two countries. Fur-
ther, he expressed satisfaction

with the outcome of the refugee
deliberations at the United Nations
where the General Assembly Dec.
19 declined to vote on a pro-
posal to establish a UN custodian
of absentee Arab property in
Israel.

Ehan said that the negative
action on a custodianship was

"further p r o o- f of the UN's un-

willingness to pass useless resolu-
tions that would serve only to in-
crease enmity in the area." He
said that, during this year's ses-
sions of the General Assembly
and Security Council, all anti-Is-
rael pronosals were solidly defeat-
ed. Ile added that Israel has stood

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