Mrs. Meir Assails Hussein 'Open City' Suggestion

Premier
.1).- IV ( .IT.%)
Men- responded angrily
tiolda
Tuesday to King Hussein's sug
gestnin that Jerusalem could .he-
co ne an "open city" jointly ad-
ministered by Arabs and Israelis
The Jordanian ruler made that
point when he appeared on the
NBC "Meet the Press" television
progra 0 in Washington Sunday

Mrs Meir asserted that ' -There
will be no territorial rights in
Jerusalem for Hussein nor a Jor-
darran flag over Jerusalem "

If Hussein had any rights in the
its he lost thorn in the Six-Day
War into which he plunged in the
expectation of easy gains despite
Israel's message that Jordan would
not be harmed if it stayed out of
the fight." Mrs Meir said.

She stressed that Israel had
neither the pretension nor then
ambition to administer Christian
or Moslem Holy- Places in Jeru-
salem

She denounced Jordan's 19-
year rule user Fast Jerusalem
during which Jews were denied
access to the Wailing Wall and
other sacred sites and Jewish
cemeteries were desecrated.

Mrs Muir reiterated to newsmen
that Israel will never return to its
pie June 1967 borders. She said
Israel would continue to establish
settlements in the occupied terri-
tories - according to security needs
and development requirements-"
She said Israel would continue
holding Sharm el-Sheikh, the West
Bank and the Golan Heights. At
the same tine, she said, no maps
have been drawn and Israel is
ready at any time to meet the
Arabs at the negotiating table with-
out pre-conditions .
Commenting on Israel's religious
pro ilems. Mrs_ Meir said that
while religion has an important
place in the nation's life, the rab-
binical authorities must display
greater flexibility in the solution
/;- p7Obi•:IIS so as not to create
, an atmosphere of coercion "1 do
not believe that Halalkha (religious
law) was intended to cause suffer-
ing to people and I call on the
religious elements in the country
to fin 1 the way to coexistence,"
she said

Terrorists Threaten to Renew
Warfare Against Hussein
.IERI - SALEM (JTAI El Fatah,
the Palestinian terrorist organiza-
tion, said it would renew its war-
fare against King Hussein of Jor-
dan in an effort to topple his
rog,
El Fatah made the threat as the
o a
left Washington following
his meetings with President Nixon
an-I leading administration offi-
cials
_Last Friday. a spokesman for
the Fatah-sponsored Palestine Lib-
eration Organization called on all
.Arab states which rejected Hus-
sein's federati o n plan to disqualify:
the '.ung from speaking for Pales-
tinian or any other Arabs
Israeli sources said the n•s)"
terrorist threats against the His-
spin regime were not merticularly
significant inasmuch as El Fatah
itself faces a crisis
In a statement in Washington.
Ilussen suggested that Jeru- .
salem be the capital of both Is-
rael and the Palestinian portion
of Jordan" as "a unified open
city." His remark to newsmen
appeared to be a reversal of
Hussein's previous opposition to
sharing the Holy City with Is-
rael.
KinY Ilusse-n said Sunday that
he did not "foresee a return to
conditoms that existed up to 1967
in any a ay. turn or respect" if
his country reached a peace agree-
ment with Israel .
Hussein made the statement
Press" when
on "Meet
the
asked if he .would re)erse the
changes
which
occurred on the
West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day

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War if he recovered that territory ;
after peace was achieved.
He replied in the affirmative
when asked if that meant he would
not uproot the Israeli settlements
planted on the West Bank since
the war, rectose the borders. end
trade between Israel and the West
Bank Or prevent West Bank Arabs
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fruit tal,iing jobs in Israel
are talking of total iy•ace." Iles
rein said. "not only accepted by
us but more inuMrtant by the gen-
erations that are to
Hussein rejected war as a solo-
- non to his conflict with Israel or
the broader Israeli-Arab dispute.
He said "I do not believe that
Arab strength is a match to the
Israelis at this time, and I do not
believe that war is a solution to
the problem."
Hussein insisted, however, that
to achieve peace with Jordan. Is-
rael must withdraw its military
forces from thus West Bank and
that Arab sovereignty over the
Arab part of Jerusalem is a
"must." "We are open minded to
anything and everything - that
would make Jerusalem the meeting
place of all." Hussein said
According
to authoritative
sources, the U.S. has agreed to
sell Jordan 22-24 supersonic F-5
jets to modernize the Jordanian
Air Force that is presently ob-

solete.

The American aircraft report-
edly to be sold to Jordan are well
suited for operations against ter-
rorist .concentrations but are no
match . for the 1"-4 Phantoms of
Israel's Air Force. The F-5s cost
$1.500000 each, have a maximum
speed of 1,100 m.p.h., an opera-
tional radius of 200 miles and
carry a 7,000-pound payload.
The Phantom s, which cost
S4.503.000 each, carry nearly
16,000 pounds of bombs, can fly
at 1,700 m.p.h and have a combat
radius of about 900 miles. The 1, -5,
however, is reportedly capable of
outin: ne,iivering the MIG-21s of the
Syrian and - Egyptian Air ForeOls.
It is _probably the most sophisti-
cated aircraft the Jordanian Air
Force is capable of absorbing at
this ti ne.
Even with 24 F-5s it will be out-
numbered by the air forces of Is-
rael, Syria, Egs pt and Iraq.
I.etters Said to Be Written by
Jordanian Officials in 1967, Claim
'Secret Agreement' with Israel
PARIS (JTA - The F r en
weekly L'Express published the
texts of three top secret letters
said to have been w ritten by Jor-
danian officials in October 1967
which. the magazine says, estab-
lish that
- secret agreements"
exist between Israel and Jordan
and that their respective repre-
sentatives met several ti - nes
"L'Express stated that the docu-
ments 'prove that the day after the
Six-Day War Jordan chose tb prac
lice a dual policy toward Israel
- -outwardly. solidarity with the
other Ara:, states -. but covertly, a
win.): of negotiations with Israel.
The magazine published photo
copies of the three letters.
According to L'Express. the let-
ters prove "explicit proof" of Is-
raeli-Jordanian "collusion" not
only by "intention" but - in fact"
behind the smukes:•reen of in-
dignant denials
Dayan: Israel Intends to Retain
Control of West Bank Indefinitely
TEA. AVIV IJTAI -- Defense
Minister Moshe Dayan indicated
in a radio interview that litrael in-
tends to retain military control of
the West Bank indefinitely
and
declared that even in the event of
a peace settlement. the area must
be open to Jewish settlement.
He also favored Jewish settle-
ment in the Gaza Strip despite
the population density there.
'9 (1,, not believe we should re
moop our soldiers from the Jordan
(rives) with the present situation
in tre Arab llOrld being what it

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Dayan said. "We must lie in ,
a position to control the entire
West Ban': absolutely should the •
need arise and to fight terrorists
there if the Fatah continues. or
stops and then renews their ac-
tnity."
Noting that Israeli forces had to
cross the Lebanese border recently
"to protect our northern settle-
ments," Dayan said, "we must not
retreat today only to he compelled
to cross borders again in violation
of l'N resolutions."

Commenting on last Tuesday's
elections on the West Bank. the de-
fense minister said that it was very
important that the terrorists had
failed to sabotage the elections.

Hussein of Jordan as a friend and
regarded his recent proposal for
an Arab federation linking Jordan
and the West Bank as an attempt
to break the deadlock between
Amman and the Palestinians and
the rest of the Arab world

While the Americans have re-
ceived Hussein's plan favorably,
they do not expect any real action
to follow his proposals, Rabin said.

According to -Rabin's report,
L'.S. still gives an interim
Suez agreement between Israel (A recent conference in Cairo
and Egypt priority over an over- disclosed that Soviet arms assist-
all settlement worked out under ance to Egypt has amounted to
some $5,000,000,000. Soviet partici-
the auspices of United Nations
mediator Gunnar V. Jarring, pants at the conference, which was
It was learned that Israel does called to extend the Arab-USSR
not propose to present the U.S. dialogue, said that Moscow was
with a map outlining its ideas for skeptical that Egypt's armed forces
future borders before Mr. Nixon could achieve victory in a war with
Israel. According to Al Abram,
goes to Moscow. Sources said, how-
the current rate of Soviet aid is
ever, that this decision could be
revised after Eban and Allon visit $5,000,000 a day.)

the

Dayan stated that the very
fact that the elections were held
—and hy secret ballot—was
sienificant. He noted that the
candidates had stood of their
own free will ant that it was
only after they showed signs of
Washington.
giving in to Jordanian and ter-
Douglas-Home Reported
rorist pressure that the Israeli , Concerned Over Soviet Influence
administration had asserted its
LONDON (JTA) — The Jewish
resistance to the pressure.
Telegraphic Agency learned from
Israel Galili, minister without reliable Egyptian sources that For-
portfolio, told a special session eign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-
of the Knesset that the Gaza Strip Horne expressed concern over So-
would never he separated from -
Israel.

Ile spoke in a reply for the gov-
ernment to three urgent motions .
nresented by Gahal. the Free Cen-
tm- and the State List protesting I
Mapam's "incitement" against set-
, dement in the Raffah area of
. Gaza.

Galin declare^ that even if
neace is attained with the Arab
states, the status of the Gaza
' Strips will not be open to question.

The Knesset removed the mo-
tions from the agenda by a vote
of 43-28. There were 11 absentions,
including all members of the Na-
. tirnal Religious faction.

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Three senior army officers will
he reprimanded and one of them
transferred from his present post
for improper handling of the
evacuation of some 6,009
Bedouins from the Raffah area.

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Judea's Role

On a map of the world you may
cover Judea with your thumb, •
Athens with a linger tip: but they
still lead it in the thought and ac-
tion of every civilized man-
-James Russell Lowell.

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. (Chief of Staff David Elazar said
he had accepted the recommenda-
tions of a committee named to in-
vestigate complaints against array
officers in the evacuation of the
Bedouins. which also involved se-
cority considerations and the demo-
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Rabin: U.S. M.E. Policy Unlikely
to Change; to Retire From Public
Life if Not Appointed to Cabinet
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Ambassa-
dor ltzhak Rabin. _arriving here
Monday from WaSghington, said he
did not think 'American policy to-
ward the Middle East would be
significantly changed as a result of
President Nixon's meeting next
month with Soviet leaders in Mos-
cow- .

Rabin, whose return was de-
scribed as a private visit and for
consultations on the latest develop-'
meats in Israeli-American rela-
tions, did not discuss his personal
plans.
According to reliable sources,
however, the envoy has stated
that he will not remain in his
Washington post beyond next No-
%ember and that if not appointed
to the cabinet he would retire
from public life.
Rabin told reporters at the air-
port that the C.S. regarded King

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Abdul Kadar Hatem.
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told Sir Alec that the alliance be-
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was a policy of convenience for
Egypt rather than an alliance be-
tween two countries having the
same outlook. Egypt would break
its Soviet ties once Mid East peace
is established, Hatem added.

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