Israel Govt. Rift Grows Over Truce Deteriotation
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Unconfirmed but persistent re-
ports say that Dayan has threat-
ened to resign in a week unless
the government gives him a
"green light" to deal with Egyp-
tian truce violations as he sees
fit. Dayan has warned that Is-
rael's military situation was de-
teriorating as a result of new
missile batteries near the Suez
Canal since the cease fire went
into effect.
The defense minister was report-
edly pressing for a frank acknowl-
edgement by the U. S. that truce
violations have taken place. Is-
raeli officials say Washington has
already advised Israel privately
that it no longer regards Israeli
evidence of truce violations as "in-
conclusive." But the U. S. has re-
frained from stating this publicly
or protesting to Egypt or its back-
ers, the Soviet Union. A public
acknowledgement would force
Washington to take measures to
correct the situation in the cease
fire zone or face the embarrass-
ment of having its assurances to
Israel appear worthless.
Addressing Histadrut trade union-
ists Monday, Premier Golda Meir
acknowledged that her government
was in "strenuous dispute" with
the U. S. over the Egyptian viola-
tions. "The U. S. government has
guaranteed that neither side would
improve its military position as a
result of the cease fire. But only a
few hours had passed when the
Egyptians began violating it," Mrs.
Meir said. "We cannot give in on
this score. We cannot be weaker
should the war along the Suez
Canal resume."
Mrs. Meir's remarks indicated
that she leaned closer to the views
of Dayan than some of her cabi-
net colleagues, notably Foreign
Minister Abba Eban, who reported-
ly wants Israel not to make a
major issue of the truce violations
so that peace talks can proceed.
Premier Meir's tactic appears
to be to keep alive the danger of
Israel's withdrawal from the truce
talks and abrogation of the cease
fire while maintaining an urgent
dialogue with the U. S. She sent
another note to President Nixon
this week, reportedly emphasizing
the gravity of the situation.
I
Bank seized from Jordan in 1967, internationally to carry out the
as "part of the heart and soul of peace," Stevens wrote.)
Israeli military action to nul-
the Jewish nation." Other speakers
lify the advantages gained by
included representatives of five
Egypt from its truce violations
political factions, among them
members of the Labor alignment was considered by the cabinet
Tuesday, it was learned from re-
and the religious bloc.
liable sources. Dayan reportedly
(The foreign editor of the Lon-
favored such action but no deci-
don Daily Express said Tuesday
sion was reached. The matter
that Dayan is battling to wrest the
presumably will be taken up
premiership from Mrs. Meir in a
again at the cabinet meeting
power struggle that "will give him
Sunday.
the office he craves or pitch him
Tekoah will remain in Jerusalem
into obscurity." According to
for
that meeting and is not expect-
Stewart Steven, Dayan is the only
Israeli leader with stature and ed to return to New York before
charisma to lead Israel to peace Monday. His prolonged absence has
with the Arabs even if it requires stalled the talks. The official rea-
some territorial concessions. "It son advanced for the delay is that
has now become increasingly plain the cabinet has not concluded its
that the present political leadership deliberations on guidelines for
in Israel lacks stature locally and Tekoah.
U. S. Concedes That Egypt. USSR
Violated Cease-Fire Agreement
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Peninsula. They were trying to ob-
tain the best military posture pos-
sible in case the peace talks fail,
according to these officials, Horne
wrote.
The evidence now in President
Nixon's hands constitutes a clear
reversal of the U. S. position, an-
nounced by the State Department
on Aug. 19, that there was no "con-
clusive evidence" of Israel's
charges of truce violations. There
was no indication Wednesday of
what the President planned to do
about it. Apparently a new policy
is in the process of formulation.
In the meantime, more military
hardware is being sent to Israel
by the U.S. in hopes of easing her
anxieties about a buildup on the
Suez Canal.
The Senate late 'Tuesday pass-
ed a $19,200,000,000 niilitary pro-
curement authorization act con-
taining a clause that gives the
President unlimited authority to
authorize arms sales to Israel.
An amendment by Sen. J. Wil-
liam Fulbright of Arkansas that
would have killed the Israel
arms purchase clause was de-
feated 87-7.
With President Nixon when he
met with his top foreign policy
advisers in San Clemente Tuesday
to review the situation in the Mid-
dle East was Vice President Spiro
T. Agnew, who cut short a rest stop
in Hawaii at the President's re-
There have been persistent re- quest after a 10-day Asian tour.
ports here that Dayan is prepared
Presidential press secretary Ron-
to resign over the issue. (Chicago ald Ziegler said he did not expect
Daily News' Tel Aviv correspon- any announcements or reports to
dent Jay Bushinsky reported that come out of the meeting at the
he will resign within a week un- summer White House.
less the government gives him a
Among the administration aides
green light to deal with Egyptian
truce violations by "whatever attending the meeting were Secre-
tary of State William P. Rogers;
means he deems appropriate." Ac-
Deputy Defense Secretary David
cording to the correspondent, Packard, sitting in for Defense
Dayan does not want to take the
blame for the deterioration of Is- Secretary Melvin Laird: Adm.
rael's military position during the Thomas Moorer, chairman of the
cease fire.) joint chief of staff; Assistant Secre-
Dayan has taken the stand that
"If the U. S. does not keep her
promises with regard to the
standstill cease fire, how can we
rely on her keeping her promises
in other respects?"
The JTA learned Wednesday that
Israel acquiesceed to a U. S. re-
quest that it refrain from making
a major issue of the movement of
SAM missiles into the standstill
cease fire zone during the night
of Aug. 7-8 when the truce went
into effect. That request was re-
portedly accompanied by new de-
liveries of American arms to com-
pensate Israel for whatever mili-
tary disadvantage it may have sus-
tained as a result of the Egyptian
violations.
But Israel claims that the Egyp-
tians have continued their viola-
tions since then and are steadily
improving their military position,
something that President Nixon as-
sured the Israel government would
not happen. Dayan has reportedly
made it clear to his cabinet col-
urged vigilance to ensure that
the present hope does not turn
into despair.
The group said in a letter to
Nixon that the "American diplo-
matic initiative has offered hope
for negotiations that could lead to
a just and peaceful settlement"
between Israel and the Arab coun-
tries. Signers of the letter com-
prise the Middle East Committee
of the Members of Congress for
Peace Through Law, an informal
body of liberal senators and rep-
resentatives in the Republican and
Democratic Parties.
The signers included Rep. F.
Bradford Morse, Massachusetts,
the group's chairman; Senators
Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon, and
Edward W. Brooke of Massachu-
setts, both Republicans, and Sena-
tors George S. McGovern of South
Dakota, Frank Church of Idaho,
Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma and
William Proxmire of Wisconsin,
all Democrats.
Pointing out that "We recognize
the serious risks involved in the
standstill cease-fire," the letter
added: "If either side uses this
time to build up additional sophisti-
cated military installations, the
hope of the present can
more
into
despair and an even more
danger-
ous situation in the future could
result. Therefore, the United Na-
tions and the two major powers
must exercise vigilance and take
all steps necessary to ensure that
leagues that he could not continue
to take responsibility for the de-
teriorating situation in the canal
zone.
Dayan told newsmen Wednes-
day that the question of his resig-
nation from the government de-
pended upon what the govern-
ment does. Asked to elaborate,
he replied, "You can't squeeze
any milk out of this bull."
Military circles here are taking
seriously reports that the Soviet
Union plans to establish a naval
base on Socotra, a large, sparsely
inhabited island in the Arabian
Sea, 200 miles east of Africa and
250 miles south of the Arabian
peninsula. The island commands
the shipping lanes between the Red
Sea and the Persian Gulf. Israeli
military circles say that a Soviet
naval installation there would be
a threat to Israeli shipping to and
from the Gulf or Aqaba but believe
that the most serious threat is not
to Israel but to the Western pow-
ers. They say that the Soviet plans
appeared to be directed at control
of access to the oil-rich Persian
Gulf area which supplies much of
the oil for Western Europe and
Japan.
this does not occur." Israel has
accused Egypt of moving forward
anti-aircraft missiles in the Suez
Canal zone since the cease-fire
standstill went into effect Aug. 7,
but the letter did not specifically Jarring Sees No Danger
to Peace Talks Despite
mention the accusations.
Algeria's Boumedienne
Crisis in Israel's Cabinet
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—Am-
Calls Cease Fire 'Coverup'
bassador Gunnar V. Jarring was
PARIS (JTA)—Algerian Presi- reported unperturbed over the
dent Houari Boumedienne de- stalled peace talks. A spokesman
nounced the Rogers Plan and the for the United Nations said the
Middle East cease fire as a "cover- Middle East peace envoy was
up to recognize Israel and sur- aware of the difficulties Israel's
render to the imperialists." At a cabinet is encountering in its ef-
military parade in Algiers at forts to formulate a position in the
which he welcomed home the Al- peace talks that would be agree-
gerian troops which had been sta- able to all its members. The
tioned on the Suez Canal front, spokesman added that "There is no
Boumedienne declared that Al- indication that (Dr.) Jarring feels
geria supported the Palestinian there is any danger that things
guerrilla organizations "without may come apart."
any reservations" even if this
Dr. Jarring was reported as
should "strain our relations with
"continuing his work." The peace
a number of Arab countries."
Soviet Weapons Continue
to Stream Into Egypt;
Includes Largest Cannon
falk6 began Aug. 25 and Israeli
Ambassador Yosef Tekoah left the
same day for Jerusalem after see-
ing Dr. Jarring twice. The peace
LONDON (JTA)—An upsurge in envoy conferred with the Egyp-
deliveries of Soviet weapons to tian and Jordanian ambassadors on
Egypt since the Middle East truce Wednesday and the talks have
went into effect was reported from been at a standstill since last
reliable sources. They are said to Thursday.
include 203 mm. howitzers with an
Nixon
18-mile range, the largest cannon Report Nasser,
to Meet in October During
in the Russian arsenal. According UN General Assembly
to the sources the big guns have
not yet been deployed but pre- LONDON (JTA)—Egyptian Em-
sumably would be moved into posi- bassy circles said here that Presi-
tion if tke cease fire ends. Another dent Gamal Abdel Nasser will meet
weapon reportedly delivered to with President Richard M. Nixon
Egyptian forces is the ZSU four- during the United Nations General
barrelled, radar controlled anti-air- Assembly sessions in New York in
craft battery, capable of firing October. According to the embassy
4,000 rounds per minute. It has officials, preparations for the meet-
been seen so far only in the Soviet ing are being worked out between
Union and Poland. Some observers American officials and Egyptian
believe the new weapon deliveries diplomatic representatives in Wash-
Myron S. Kaufmann, in his are intended to replace the heavy ington. Egypt and the U. S. have
paperback, "The Coming Destruc- equipment losses suffered by the had no formal diplomatic relations
tion of Israel," published by New
American Library, shows symp- Egyptians under constant Israeli since Col. Nasser severed them
during the June 1967 Six-Day War.
toms of negativism in the very aerial bombardment before the
Suez Canal zone cease fire went Observers here said President Nas-
title of his book.
into effect. The new equipment, it ser is determined to try to extri-
His intention is to make a is believed, will be manned by So- cate his country from total de-
Should Dayan resign, it would ap- tary of State for Near Eastern
. strong
Af-
appeal for Israel, for the viet technicians. pendence on the Soviet Union for
h
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p
rs
defense of the Jewish state, for
pear impossible to avoid a total fairs
It is estimated here that the military., economic and diplomatic
Helma. chairman of the CIA: and
support. He is said to be influenced
collapse of Mrs. Meir's ahead y
shrunken political coalition. The Dr. Henry Kissinger. the Presi- pessimism
American _struck
aid. But in
the
note
of Israeli air force intensive bombings
it is
more
of Egyptian military. positions dur- by large sections of the Egyptian
Gahal faction, Israel's second larg- dent's
security
The national
suggestion
that adviser.
the U. S. terrifying than prophetic,
the ing May, June and July, mainly population, particularly in Alexan-
gam both and
appella-
est political coalition party quit
where wealthy international
pu hi is h ers N% • OU Id gain
against guns and anti-aircraft mis-
the cabinet last month in protest join with the USSR in providing a tions
.
site emplacements, resulted in merchants still wield power. Presi-
for his outline.
against the government's a ccep- Mid East peace-keeping force has
Kaufmann makes many meritori- heavy equipment losses for the dent Nasser does not want current
been ruled out by President Nixon
tance of the cease fire.
ous comments on Israel and some Egyptians, and Egyptian dead and peace efforts to be frustrated by
Gahal leader Monahem Begin in a televisioN interview on Sun-
of his analyses splendidly serve wounded has been placed at about Palestinian guerrillas and is trying
continued to denounce the truce day.
the purpose of indicating Israel's 10,000 during those three months. to please the U. S. He would like
A bipartisan group of 11 sen-
Monday night at a public rally
significant role in the world.
According to observers here, the to be in a position where Egypt
marking the creation of a "Public
ators and 30 congressmen on
But he is panicky when he re- total number of Soviet militar y could play off the two super-pow-
Council Against Withdrawal." The
Aug. 26 congratulated President
sorts to prophecy that Israel could personnel in Egypt is currently ers against each other, sources
group opposes the return of any
Nixon on the United States peace
be destroyed by 1973 or sooner estimated at 10,000, which includes here said.
of the Arab territories occupied by
initiative in the Middle East and
The USSR Communist Party
because of Russia's need to gain several thousand technicians and
in the June 1967 war. Be-
leader Leonid I. Breznev last
control in the Mediterranean area advisers. According to estimates
.. tween 3,000-4,000 persons turned up
Friday
strongly backed the Mid-
and
Israel's
inability
to
withstand
last
spring
there
were
as
many
as
in Jordan
for the rally, a smaller number `Tigercats'
East peace efforts and called for
AVIV (JTA)—Government the attack—unless the U.S. comes 40,000 Russian military personnel.
TEL
than had been expected. Begin,
"an
honest
observance" of the
to the rescue.
Recent speculation that a "secret"
using a large three-dimensional spokesmen Tuesday said the Brit-
90-day truce.
Even Richard Crossman predict- -Soviet development of a large
map on the speakers' platform, ish "Tigercat" missiles recently ed Israel's danger in 10 years and naval base at Matruh, some 150
In a nationally televised speech
claimed that evacuation of the ter- shipped to Jordan are not yet not as soon as 1973.
miles west of Alexandria, has been he expressed confidence in pros-
ritories would put most of Israel's operational. The "Tigercat" is a
Perhaps there is merit to warn- dispelled by western observers in pects for peace and took occasion
ground
to
air
missile
with
a
10,000-
cities and towns "under the guns
ing—and Kaufmann surely warns. Cairo who reported that there has to rebuke the terrorists and guer-
of the terrorists." He referred to foot range and is designed for use But prophecy of doom hardly be- been some dredging activity at rillas, Iraqis, Communist Chinese
Judea and Samaria, the West against low flying planes.
fits Israel. Therefore the Kaufman Matruh but no evidence of a naval and hard-line Israelis for opposing
base. the cease fire proposals.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS augury was spoken too soon.
36—Fridcry, September 4, 1970
Kaufmann Augury
of Israel's Doom
Spoken Too Soon