Israel Stands Ready to Confer . Direetly With Arabs, Ehan Asserts

of State William P. Rogers out-, contractually binding if it is to be peace and sovereign independence. view, rectifications from pre-exist-
(Continued from Page 11)
Equally, there can be no secure ing lines should be confined to
ed that the Arab refugee prob. lined the Nixon administration's' lasting."
and recognized boundaries without those required from mutual secur-
lem may be discussed in a spe- new Mid East policy in testimony
The Secretary of State told the withdrawal."
ity and should not reflect the
cial meeting with the Arabs be- before the Senate Foreign Rela-
Rogers declared that "In our weight of conquest."
cause of its humanitarian con- tions Committee. He disclosed that I Senators that peace required "with-
siderations and that these meet- the formula envisaged by Wash-; drawal of Israeli forces from ter-
ings need not take place within ington for a Four Power settle- 1 ritories occupied in the Arab-
1 Israeli War of 1967, the termina-
the framework of peace negotia- ment included a return to the con- tion of all claims of states of
lions. cept of international guarantees to
belligerency, and the acknowledge-
protect
Israel's
rights
of
navigation
Eban reiterated Israel's willing -
ment of the sovereignty, territorial
ness to hold discussions with Arab in the Straits of Tiran and Suez integrity and political independ-
Canal. He also advocated the estab-
leaders under Dr. Jarring's aus-
merit of demilitarized zones and ence of every state in the area and
pices. He was said to have reiter-
pointed out that boundaries "should their right to live in peace within
ated Israel's acceptance of the
not reflect the weight of conquest." secure and recognized boundaries.
Nov. 22 resolution but stressed
Clearly, withdrawal should take
that any implementation of its Describing the Nov. 22, 1967, place to established boundaries
clauses must follow an Arab. United Nations resolution setting
which define the areas where Israel
Israel agreement and should be in forth the principles of a settlement and its neighbors may live in
the form of peace treaties signed as "the bedrock of our policy, >t I
by the parties after direct nego- Rogers said the United States
WE DO OUR
nations between them.
sought a "just and lasting peace."
The leadership of 25 American
OWN COLOR !
must
be
such
a
peace
Jewish organizations called on He thought
the United States government to "mutually accepted if it is to be
"adhere to its policy of advocat- just and juridically defined and
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the parties directly involved"
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UN 4-8785
in the Arab-Israel conflict in 12—Friday, April 4, 1969
order to serve "the best interests
of our country, as well as the in-
terests of the entire Middle
East."
The appeal was contained in a
resolution unanimously adopted
at the close of the National
I.eadership Conference on Peace
in the Middle East, a two-day
gathering convened by the Con-
ference on Peace in the Middle
Jewish Organizations and attend-
ed by over 600 delegates.
Rejecting an imposed settlement.
and "illusory guarantees," the res-
olution warned against a "Franco-
Soviet initiative to produce a Big
Power formula for a political set-
tlement. – It said such a formula
"would absolve the Arab govern-
ments from the necessity of enter-
ing into negotiations with Israel
hich alone can achieve a genuine
peace treaty that would settle all
outstanding issues between the
countries directly involved."
It stated that the signatories
were convinced "that any attempt
to replace such a freely negotiated
peace between Israel and the Arab
states by any substitute would en-
courage the intransigence of the
Arab governments in rejecting all
constructive proposals for negotia-
tions leading to an agreed and
lasting peace" and "would tend to
globalize a regional conflict creat-
ing the danger of Big Power in-
volvement."
In Philadelphia the Bnai Brith
cabinet on Israel affairs, holding
its inaugural meeting, heard Sim-
cha Dinitz. minister of information
for the Israel Embassy, charge
that the intent of the Soviet Union
It might just take you all
and the Arab states, in stimulating
evening. We know you'll like
an - artificial atmosphere of im-
pending war," was to undermine
the fact that we continuously
prospects for direct Arab-Israeli
compound 5% interest so you get
dialogue and wrest political con-
the highest possible earnings on
cessions within the framework of
the Four-Power talks.
bank time savings in Detroit. And
(But Alfred L. Atherton, State
your wife will appreciate the fact
Department specialist on Arab-
that Golden Passbook makes you
Israel affairs, speaking at the
opening session of the weekend
eligible for free, no-minimum-
meeting, said that the adminis-
balance checking. All it takes is
tration, having "detected some in-
$500 to open an account and you
dications" of Soviet agreement
with its own views on preventing
can always get your money on
war, was probing whether the So-
90 days' notice. But don't take
viet Union agreed that only a
too long talking about it. With a
"just and lasting peace" based on
a "mutually accepted, juridica.ly
lot of financial institutions paying
defined and contractually binding"
quarterly interest on savings,
settlement can avert the threat.)

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