W. German Foreign Minister Scheel Reports
Arabs Ready for Peace; Affirms Israel Ties
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BONN (JTA) — Foreign character" arising "from the I Jews and Germans have through the 6th grade was
Minister Walter Scheel who terrible past under which suffered in this century."
passed by the New York THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 1, 1973-3
returned here last Friday
from six days of talks with
Arab leaders in Egypt, Jor-
dan and Lebanon, declared
in an interview published in
the Cologne Express that the
governments of those coun-
tries strongly desire an early
peace and "are ready to
make concessions." Scheel
reported that in his talks
with the Arab leaders he had
stressed West Germany's
"neutrality in the Middle
East conflict" and the "bal-
ance of our Middle East
policy."
aid that Israel was
L
going too far in demanding
a settlement outside interna-
tional organizations. "One
must understand the fact
that the Arabs, who are the
underdogs, do not want to
enter negotiations with the
victors alone and unprotect-
ed," he said. "One must see
whether other ways are
open," Scheel said, adding
that he thought. it would be
useful if the whole problem
- could be kept within the
United Nations.
Scheel made similar re-
marks in a television ap-
pearance and another news-
paper interview since his re-
turn from the Middle East.
They drew a sharp attack in
the Bundestag from Erik
Blumenfeld of Hamburg, a
member of the opposition
Christian Democratic Union
and a member of the Ger-
man-Israel Society. Blumen-
feld said it was incredible
that Bonn could adopt a neu-
tral stance when the survival
of Israel was at stake. He
censured Scheel for stress-
ing West Germany's balance
and neutrality which he
claimed was the kind of
diplomacy that could raise
misunderstandings in the
minds of Arab leaders about
West Germany's attitude.
Blumenfeld's criticism was
rejected on behalf of the
government by Transport
Minister Lauritz Lauritzen,
who said it would be wrong
for Germany to be partial to
one side or the other in the
Middle East conflict.
Scheel said in an interview
published Sunday in the
weekly, "Welt Am Sonntag,"
that he thought renewed war-
fare between the Arabs and
Israel was highly unlikely.
He said his recent talks with
President Nixon, Soviet Com-
munist Party Secretary Leo-
nid I. Brebhnev and Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko indicated that both
su- towers agreed on some
Jin their assessment of
the Middle East situation.
He said the U. S. and the
USSR both saw a peaceful
solution as the only way out
of the conflict, and each
acknowledged that neither
could derive any benefit
from new hostilities.
Scheel said that in his talks
with Arab leaders he explain-
ed, and the Arabs were well
aware, that West Germany
maintains good relations with
Israel which have a "special
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