Egyptian's Statement Viewed as 'Slamming Door' to Peace

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)
— Egypt is willing to accept a
timetable for step-by-step imple-
mentation of the 1967 Security
Council resolution on the Middle
East if it was laid down by Dr.
Gunnar V. Jarring, the United Na-
tions special emissary, the Egypt-
ian foreign minister said here,
but he insisted Israeli troop with-
drawal had to be the first step.
The Egyptian positions were
spelled out in statements by Mah-
moud Riad, the foreign minister,
in an address to the General As-
sembly and at a press conference.
He demanded a Security Council
guarantee of any agreement be-
cause, he said, Israel had repudi-
ated the 1949 armistice agreements
and thus had "proved" that its
signature alone was not enough.

Foreign Office Official Denies
Politics Causing Suspension
of BBC Hebrew Service
LONDON (JTA) — A British
Foreign Office spokesman denied
in the House of Commons Monday
that there were political reasons
behind the government's decision
to suspend the British Broadcast-
ing Corporation's Hebrew short-
wave program which goes off the
air Oct. 27. But Fred Mulley,
minister of state at the foreign
office, conceded that the move
represented a "change of policy."
He said the change was based on
a survey that showed that more
people in Israel listened to the
BBC's English broadcasts than to
the Hebrew ones.
Mulley's explanation was
challenged by Sir Barnett Janner,
Labor MP, who noted that in ad-
dition to Israelis, the Hebrew
service had listeners among some
500,000 to 600,000 refugees in
Arab countries who did not under-
st-and English very well but who
still understood Hebrew. This ob-
servation by Sir Barnett hinted at
the possibility of political pres-
sure by the Arab governments to
halt the broadcasts.
Mulley insisted however
that the reasons for the shutdown
was purely economic. He said the
government considered that rela-
tions between Britain and Israel
could be fostered more effectively
if the money were spent on other
activities. Among these he men-
tioned better premises for the Brit-
ish Consul in Israel, the exten-
sion of English-language teaching
there, and more professional and
academic exchanges in both direc-
tions. In a written reply to a ques-
tion by John Biggs Davidson, Con-
servative MP, Mulley said that
about $36,600 a year would be
made available by suspending the
Hebrew broadcasts. He said part
of this could be used to maintain
a small staff at BBC to prepare
Hebrew material for rebroadcast
by the Israel radio.

In his policy statement, the for-
eign minister accused the United
States of abetting Israel in a policy
of "aggressive expansionism" and
repeatedly compared Israel to Nazi
Germany.
He also told the General As-

sembly that withdrawal of Is-
raeli forces "from every inch of
Arab territories they have occu-
pied, as a result of the aggres-
sion of June 5, 1967, is an obliga-
tion that belongs to the highest
and most sacred category of in-
ternational obligations."
At no point did the foreign mini-

ster refer to Israeli Foreign Mini-
ster Abba Eban's address to the
General Assembly earlier in the
week in which Eban spelled out an
approach to peace in which he said

Israel was willing to discuss "sub-
stantive" matters with Dr. Jarring.

Israeli sources at the UN ex-
p r e s s e d disappointment over
Riad's statements, calling them
"another slamming of the door."
They noted that while he had said
Cairo's acceptance of the Nov. 22
resolution would include the right
of "free navigation" through the
Suez Canal and other international
waterways he did not say this in-
cluded passage of Israeli flag ves-
sels.
British Foreign Secretary Mich-
ael Stewart said that if an agree-
ment could be reached on how to
tackle the problem of Arab refu-
gees, the atmosphere in the Middle
East would be improved and "the
real just and lasting peace so ur-

4,000 Settled in Israel
Last Month; 800 Yanks

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Jew-
ish Agency announced that about
4,000 immigrants had arrived in
Israel during September, the
largest number in a single month
since 1965. Aryeh L. Pincus, Jew-
ish .-Agency chairman and head

of its immigration department,
said_ the largest single group con-
sisted of 800 settlers from the
United States. About 500 immi-
grants came from France and 170
came from Britain.

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
United States Department of Agri-
culture has approved importing
honey produced at Kibutz Beit
Hashita. The kibutz is planning to
increase its honey exports to the
U.S., packaged in small plastic
tubes.

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Ex-Bonn Envoy to Israel
Next U.S. Ambassador?

BONN (JTA) — Political circles
said here Tuesday that Dr. Rolf
Paull, West Germany's former
ambassador to Israel, will proba-
bly be appointed ambassador to
the United States in the spring of
1969.
While the foreign ministry has
declined to confirm the report,
political sources said that Dr.
Pants' performance as ambassa-
dor to Israel made him a likely
choice to succeed Ambassador
Karl Heinrich Knapstein, who will
conclude his term in Washington
next spring.

gently needed" in the area would
be brought in sight.
Stewart, who spoke during the
general debate in the UN General
Assembly, expressed satisfaction
with the Israel government's plans
to speed up the return to their
homes of refugees who fled during
the June 1967 war.
Mrs. Indira Gandhi, India's
prime minister, in an address to
the assembly, referred briefly and
mildly to the Arab-Israel situation
in the GeneraL Assembly. Without
using the term "Middle East cri-
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"West Asian crisis," Mrs. Gandhi
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like the Southeast Asia situation
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