Syria Reported Willing to Join Peace Talks
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way to influence them to
agree, the minimum they are
obliged to do according to
"international law."
She said that 10 days ago
the Syrians made a proposal
"of some kind" which Israel
immediately accepted only to
have the Syrians suddenly
demand more. "We are not
quite sure what exactly they
are demanding," she said.
Mrs. Meir said that all as-
pects of the Yom Kippur War
and the events preceding it
would be delved into by the
government's inquiry to get
under way soon. She said one
of the issues would be wheth-
er the General Staff had rec-
ommended a pre - emptive
strike by Israel when it be-
came apparent that Egypt
and Syria planned to attack.
But, Mrs. Meir added, "If the
situation had not been clear
beyond a shadow of a doubt
as to who started hostilities,
I doubt whether the vital
equipment we received in the
course of time would have
flowed in as it did and con-
tinues to do."
Israel, meanwhile, reported
several shooting incidents
along the cease-fire lines on
both the Egyptian and Syrian
fronts Tuesday.
An exchange of fire devel-
oped when Egyptian soldiers
tried to capture a house near
Ismailia that had not been in
their hands when the cease
fire took effect, an Israeli
spokesman said. He claimed
that Egyptian forces also
opened fire on an Israeli
army patrol west of Fayed
where the Egyptians alleged-
ly were trying to improve
their positions. Egyptian
snipers fired on Israeli forces
north of the town of Suez and
the fire was returned, the
spokesman said.
He reported that the Syr-
ians attempted to advance
their positions in the Mazrat
Bet Jan region but withdrew
after Israeli forces opened
fire. The Syrians also fired
a few artillery shells but
Israeli soldiers did not return
the fire.
Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan denied Sunday foreign
reports that Israel was seek-
ing to block the - Suez Canal.
He told the Cabinet that Is-
rael "maintained bridges"
across the canal to link its
forces, but that reports say-
ing it was seeking to block
the canal had no basis in
reality.
BULLETINS
A surprise announcement
Wednesday stated that Syria
was willing to participate in
peace negotiations with Israel
under United Nations direc-
tion.
Maj. Gen. Aharon Yariv,
Israel's negotiator with the
Egyptians in the Suez area,
reportedly is returning to Is-
rael, as a civilian to conduct
a campaign for membership
in the Knesset in the Dec. 31
elections.
Pressures are mounting in
many quarters for American
counter-action against t h e
Arab oil blackmail. It is pro-
posed that the U.S. refuse to
send food, soybeans and
wheat to the countries that
are attacking America's eco-
nomic system through the oil
embargo.
In Cambridge, Mass., prom-
inent Harvard and MIT pro-
fessors issued a joint state-
ment urging all nations af-
fected by the Arab oil em-
bargo to counterattack with
embargos on food and other
products upon which the
Middle East countries are de-
pendent upon the U.S. and
the West. Signing the state-
ment were four Nobel Prize
winners, Prof. Paul A. Sam-
uelson of Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology and Profs.
Kenneth Arrow, Simon Kuz-
nets and Wassily Leontief of
Harvard. Co-signing the state-
ment with them were Profs.
John Kenneth Galbraith,
Harvard; Franklin Fisher,
Merton Peck and Robert
Solow, all of MIT.
A poll reportedly taken in
Israel this week showed that
a vast majority favors aban-
doning occupied Arab ter-
ritories in exchange for d
guaranteed peace.
* *
More Israeli POWs
Arrive; Evacuation of Sick,
Wounded Continues
LOD AIRPORT (JTA) — A
group of 33 Israeli prisoners
of war arrived from Egypt
early Monday bringing to 142
the number of Israeli POWs
returned. So far Israel has re-
turned 4,550 Egyptian POWs.
The latest arrival—the fifth
group of POWs since the ex-
change began—were delayed
by the Egyptians for unex-
plained reasons and arrived
several hours later than ex-
pected. They were greeted at
the airport by Defense Min-
ister Moshe Dayan and his
wife, Rachel Dayan. The
POWs were then registered,
issued fresh clothes and sent
home.
Evacuation of sick and
wounded from the town of
Suez continued under Article
3 of t h e Israeli - Egyptian
cease-fire agreement.
The evacuation is being
carried out under Red Cross
auspices in the presence of
Israeli army physicians and
UN observers. According to
the agreement, the town re-
ceives daily supplies of fresh
vegetables and other food.
The exchange ratio is run-
ning at 35-1 in favor of Egypt.
Cairo acknowledged holding
only 238 Israeli POWs while
Israel captured over 8,000
Egyptians. Israel sent home
1,676 Egyptians Monday and
1,500 more emplaned for
Cairo Wednesday. Generally
Israel is satisfied with the
treatment its POWs received
at Egyptian hands. The
wounded were visited at Tel
Hashomer Hospital Eby Pre-
mier Gold Meir Friday and
by Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan Monday. Dayan said
that while the Egyptians be-
haved correctly toward the
captured Israelis in most
cases, there were some re-
ports of callous treatment by
soldiers on the battlefield
and by prison wardens. He
said he learned that one
POW was beaten in prison.
Israeli, Egyptian
Officers Meet Again
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Senior
Israeli and Egyptian officers
held their fifth meeting Mon-
day at kilometer 101 on the
Suez-Cairo road and sched-
uled another meeting for
Thursday. As at the previ-
ous meetings, the Israeli
delegation was headed by
Gen. Aharon Yariv and Egypt
was represented by Gen. Mo-
hammed Gemassi.
(At the UN, Secretary Gen-
eral Kurt Waldheim has or-
dered the integration of 36
Soviet officers into the UN
Truce Supervision Organiza-
tion ,(UNTSO) and has in-
structed the UNTSO com-
mander, Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo
of Finland, to add 28 more
American officers to the eight
already serving with the
group. Waldheim announced
earlier that Siilasvuo, who
was confirmed last week as
commander of UNEF, would
be replaced as UNTSO chief.
He said he had asked the
Irish government to make
available the services of
Soviet officers into UNTSO
is the first time this has hap-
pened.)
Kissinger Favoring
Step-by-Step Talks
Between Israel, Arabs
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger, back from. a 12-
day trip of intensive diplo-
macy in the Middle and Far
East, has scratched two items
from his calendar for the
time being and added a new
one in his quest for an Arab-
Israeli settlement. His latest
idea is reported to be a step-
by-step negotiating process
between the Middle East
combatants that will be cul-
minated with a Soviet-Ameri-
can guarantee. Kissinger and
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly
Dobrynin discussed the U.S.
initiative for an hour Monday
at the White House.
One of the items put aside
temporarily is the mid-De-
cember Arab-Israel confer-
ence slated for Geneva under
UN auspices. American
sources have pointed out that
the Israeli Knesset elections
on Dec. 31 will prevent Pre-
mier Golda Meir's govern--
ment from making what is
now being described here as
"the tough, painful, negotiat-
ing decisions" ahead of it in
the second stage of the Arab-
Israeli negotiations.
The purpose of Congres-
sional legislation to appropri-
ate $2,200,000,000 to replace
equipment lost in the recent
fighting is to restore the bal-
ance of forces in the Middle
East without which peace is
impossible, Sen. Clifford P.
Case (R., N.J.) said on the
Senate floor.
Shunting aside the objec-
tions of Sen. J. William Ful-
bright (D., Ark.), Case of-
fered a bill authorizing the
funds for emergency military
assistance grants or for mili-
tary sales credits' or for both
as the President may deter-
mine. This measure, he said,
is in accordance with Presi-
d e n t Nixon's recommenda-
tion.
U.S. Arms Supplies
to Saudi Arabia Continue;
No Counter-Embargo Seen
Despite Saudi Arabia's to-
tal embargo on Petroleum
supplies to the United States,
the State Department has not
altered its willingness to sell
arms to King Faisal's gov-
ernment and it has no "seri-
ous study" under way for a
U.S. counter - embargo by
withholding food shipments to
that Arab kingdom.
Department spokesman
George Vest expressed these
positions Monday after the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
inquired about the current
U.S. position on its projected
sale of arms of more than
$1,000,000,000 to Saudi Arabia.
Arab Terrorists
Threaten Austria
VIENNA (JTA) — Arab
terrorists threatened to blow
up oil refineries, oil tanks and
gas stations in Austria, police
sources said. "We were in-
formed by international oil
firms," a police spokesman
said. "They passed on their
information to the ministry
of interior." Remembering
the recent experience of the
Vienna Airport hostage ter-
ror, police headquarters in
all provincial capitals were
alerted by the ministry and
security measures were in-
creased.
By closing down the special
transit camp for Soviet Jews
at Schoenau Castle, Chancel-
lor Bruno Kreisky fulfilled
his promise to two Arab ter-
rorists who in exchange freed
four hostages, including three
Soviet Jews, seized Sept. 28.
1,000 Chileans
Honor Israeli Dead
SANTIAGO (JTA) — More
than 1,000 persons attended a
memorial service for the 1,854
Israeli soldiers killed in the
Yom Kippur War. The serv-
ice at the Circulo Israelita
Temple was conducted by
Rabbi Angel Kreiman, assist-
ed by Mauricio Pitchon, spir-
itual leader of the Sephardic
community.
Moshe Tov, Israel ambassa-
dor to Chile, expressed the
hope that the blood of the
soldiers and the tears of their
mothers were not shed in
vain and a real and lasting
peace will be achieved.
Eban Defends, Praises
Nixon's Army Alert Order
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)-
Israel's Foreign Minister
Abba Eban Monday strongly
defended President Nixon's
order for a worldwide United
States military alert shortly
after the outbreak of the
Yom Kippur War. The action
by the President, taken as a
counter to threats of Soviet
military intervention in the
Middle East, has been criti-
cized as an overreaction
linked to the President's
Watergate problems.
Eban, addressing a Com-
monwealth Club luncheon,
said that the Soviet Union
was testing the reliability of
United States commitment,
"inspired perhaps by circum-
stances within your own
country." This was under-
stood to be a reference to the
crisis stemming from the
Watergate scandals.
Eban said that if the Unit-
ed States' response "had
been any less clear, lucid,
resolute, courageous and dar-
ing than it was, I would not
be speaking to you today."
He said that without that
response "Israel and all the
Middle East would have
fallen under the dark domi-
nation of forces and ideolo-
gies utterly alien" to the
"spiritual message" of the
Middle East.
He charged that the Soviet
Union had brought the world
to "the brink of nuclear ca-
tastrophe" by its Oct. 25
"challenge" to the United
States and added that the
United States-Soviet detente
was not yet a reality.
The foreign minister de-
nounced West European na-
tions for "knuckling under"
to Arab oil pressure. He said
"Have the European Nations,
which have quite properly
ceased to colonize the Arab
countries, decided to become
the colonies of King Faisal
(of Saudi Arabia) and the
Zair of Yemen?" he asked.
16—Friday, Nov. 23, 1973
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