Rogers Hits Israel for Opposing Big 4
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — Secre- prestige and asked whether France , the Middle East governments. One
was
a
bigger
or
more
influential
P.
Rogers,
tary of State William
Israel senior Arab diplomat, when ask-
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Nasser had ordered Egyptian
troops manning the Suer Canal
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cease-fire line to "shoot first" at
speaking at a press conference power than Italy. He said
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for. the any Israeli soldiers they spotted.
by
the
ed
what
the
outlook
was
Monday, criticized Israel for op- had no quarrel with efforts
According to the spokesman, Col.
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the world's Big Four talks, raised his thumb
posing Big Four talks in pursuit of powers to solve all of
Nasser said, "The time has pass-
did and forefinger in a circle.
a Middle Eastern peace settle- major problems provided they
"Nasser and
ed when we disciplined any of
(-Zero,"
he
said.
not attempt to revive the "exclu-
ment.
our soldiers who saw the enemy
the Hussein are just trying to hang
The secretary said the U.S. gov- sive Big Four club" which, at
and opened fire because we were
the radicals are in con-
ernment "regrets the fact that Is- Yalta conference, divided the on, but The
not ready for complications. Now
Palestinian comman-
rael is so firmly opposed" to the World into spheres of influence trol. will kill Hussein if he makes
the
picture is different. We dis-
talks now in progress. He said that "for which the world is still pay- dos
cipline the soldier who sees the
a deal."
the United States "has made it ing a high price."
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( A well-placed Western diplomat enemy and does not open fire."
Gen. Dayan said Israel had no
perfectly clear that we do not in-
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observing the talks took a more
The announcement was the first
tend, and will not seek, to impose" reason to fear Big Four talks be-
is widely official indication by Egypt that
to turn optimistic view, which
a solution. But he depicted the cause it was strong enough
on the flexi-
talks as a vital instrumentality for down "proposals whose acceptance shared. "It depends
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and Moscow.
easing tensions and finding a solu- would be suicidal." He said Israel bility of Washington that
whenever
position
The
record
shows
was "in the comfortable
tion.
and the Soviet
Rogers stated that no matter of not having to call on the Big the United States results follow,"
what formula the Four Powers Powers to save us" whereas the Union get together,
"to
he
said.)
eventually adopt, the United States Arabs want the Big Four
King Hussein of Jordan said,
will continue to believe that there achieve for them what they them-
after meeting with President
must eventually be some direct selves were unable to achieve."
de Gaulle last week, that
Charles
negotiations between Israel and the He said the Arabs were de-
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New York talks. "I
Arab states. Although he rejected pending on the Big Powers to he favored the
the Big Four meeting
that
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force Israel to retreat without a believe
to a very large extent,
made clear that if the Big Four peace settlement. The return of will help
if it is successful, in terms of the
did produce a formula, world pub-
Israel to the pre-June 1967 bor- coordination and the agreement
lic opinion would make it difficult ders coupled with the return of
reached there to sup-
for any government in the Middle the Arab refugees of 1948 would that will be
of the world" as
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amount to national suicide for port the efforts the
East to turn it down.
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represented in
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Israel, he declared.
Defending the concept of
Nov. 22. 1967 resolution on a
cil's
"guarantees" in a Big Four solu-
Gen. Dayan vigorously denied Mid East settlement, he said.
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past was no reason that a new ers that the Mid East was a "pow- yat. reportedly said in Cairo that
version might not operate effec- der keg" about to explode.
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lively in the future.
He said that view was - pure withdrawal from the occupied ter-
The United States, however, has fiction" even though Egypt was ritories a pre-condition of a settle-
no precise idea on guarantees and trying to present it as a fact by ment. Ile warned, however, that
is looking to the United Nations touching off incidents along the unless Israel ultimately withdrew,
for a determination of the form Suez Canal. He said the canal there would be war.
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guarantees would take place, he fighting in recent weeks was
EI-Zayyat said that President
said. He voiced assurance that such "strictly a local affair" and ob-
guarantees would prove "more sat- served that Egypt was not likely to
isfactory and more lasting than start a war it knew it could not
win.
previous ones."
Gen. Dayan reiterated his call
Once there is agreement that all
Middle Eastern governments have for action by Israel to establish
"facts"
in the occupied territories .
a right to live in peace, guarantees
are less important, he pointed out. He urged the establishment of new '
The secretary said that "the most settlements and proposed the in-
important factor" was the willing- troduction of Israeli law and Is-
ness of the parties to the dispute raeli currency into the West Bank
to declare an intention to live in territories where Jordanian law
peace and to recognize each still applied.
other's sovereignty.
He said such steps would
The statements by Rogers at his
create jobs, improve the stand-
first formal press conference, ard of living and integrate the
made clear that the United States West Bank with Israel's econ-
is proceeding to place great stock
omy. But he said Israel should
in the Big Four undertaking at the bar the Arab population of the
United Nations. His remarks made
West Bank from moving into
it apparent that a gap is widening Israel or acquiring Israeli citi-
in Israeli-American understanding zenship.
on the peace issue.
Most Arab newspapers in Beirut
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was sharply criticized in Jeru- last
talks were not likely to hear fruit.
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fense Minister Moshe Dayan.
Both expressed concern that pro-
posals would emerge that might
compromise Israel's security and
both affirmed Israel's refusal to
accept any Big Power proposals
that might have this effect.
and Cairo papers that the Four
Power meetings will almost cer-
tainly be the last chance for a poli-
tical solution.
The prospects for a solution of
the Mid East deadlock drew mixed
responses of optimism and pessi-
mism from various diplomatic ob-
servers of the UN. One of the
participants confirmed that the
Allon described the Four Powers
as in actuality two Big Powers and
two formerly Big Powers. He said first day's talk produced a - sur-
France was using the Mid East
prising amount of headway." Not-
talks as a forum to regain lost
the initial results should
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not be exaggerated, he said that
the diplomats of the United States,
France, Russia and Britain had
cleared away "quite a few ob-
stacles on procedure."
Following the first meeting
April 3, they issued a communi-
que which said: "The Four Pow-
ers are agreed that the situation
in the Middle East is serious
and urgent and must not be per-
mitted to jeopardize internation-
al peace and security.
"They have straightaway enter-
ed into a discussion on matters of
substance and have started de-
fining areas of agreement," it
said. "There is common concern
to make urgent progress. - The en-
voys said that in their consulta-
tions on a "peaceful political set-
tlement" they firmly supported the
Mid East peace mission of UN
envoy Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring.
(Juan De Onis, writing from the
UN in the New York Times in a
roundup under the heading "Are
the Chances 'Zero' for the Big
Four," stated:
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how far the Nixon administration
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