Nachman Reports on Egyptians' Questions on His Zionism, UJA
Allan Nachman
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The 26 members of the United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Cabinet returned safely Tuesday night. They were in good
spirits after 10 hours' captivity in Egypt.
Allan Nachman of Detroit remarked that it had been "a queer trip."
Dr. Warren Sachs of Norfolk, Va., said the Egyption soldiers who captured them in Western Sinai seemed embarrassed and didn't know
what to do.
Joseph Merback, a Philadelphia industrialist, told how they were blindfolded and driven in their bus across the Suez Canal to headquarters of
the Egyptian Second Army in Ismailia where they were interrogated for four hours.
The Egyptians were inensely curious about the UJA, all members of the group agreed. An Egyptian colonel wanted to know "How is the
UJA constructed, how do you raise money for Israel, how does the campaign work?" reported Howard Stone of New York.
Nachman said he was asked, "Why haVe I come to Israel and why am I a Zionist?" The Egyptian officers also wanted to know "how many
Jews are coming from Russia" and "Who do you think won the October war and who do the Israelis think won it?"
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ed Cross Will Visit POWs Today;
Spur Disengagement, Geneva Talks
'Adventure in Egypt' Ends on Happy
Note for UP Young Leaders Group
By YITZHAK SHARGIL
JTA Tel Aviv Correspondent
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Forty persons, including 28 members of the United
Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Cabinet, were released at 10 p.m. Tuesday
by Egyptians who arrested them 10 hours earlier when the sightseeing bus
accidentally entered Egyptian-held territory near Ismailia, about 10 kilom-
eters from the east bank of the Suez Canal.
Three Detroiters—Irwin Alterman, Allan Nachman and Dr. Sheldon
Sonkin—were in the UJA mission. (They will relate their experiences at
the Allied Jewish campaign report meeting March 10, at which Yael Dayan
will be guest speaker).
Israel demanded their immediate release but the busload of people,
including an Israeli army escort, press photographers and other civilians
described as guests, were, nevertheless held. The joint Israeli-Egyptian
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WASHINGTON (JTA)—Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, upon his arrival
in Jerusalem from Damascus Wednesday, submitted to President Nixon the names of
65 Israeli prisoners of war held by Syria.
President Nixon made the announcement here Wednesday. It was read to the
press by a member of his staff, Gerald Warren. The text of his announcement reads:
"The secretary of state has been authorized by the government of Syria to
transmit to the government of Israel a list of the total number of Israeli prisoners of
war now held by the government of Syria. There are 65 names on the list. The
government of Syria has agreed for Red Cross visits to the Israeli - POWs to begin on
the morning of March 1. The government of Israel will give its ideas on disengagement
of Syrian and Israeli forces to Secretary of State Kissinger March 1 for transmittal to
the government of Syria. The secretary of state will personally take the ideas to
Damascus."
There are reports here Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will be in both Cairo
and Damascus and it is possible that Kissinger may meet Gromyko in Damascus.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger brought from
Damascus Wednesday a list of names of 65 Syrian-held prisoners of war and a
Syrian commitment to permit Red Cross visits to the POWs starting March 1, pav-
ing the way for the start of talks on Syrian-Israeli disengagement of forces.
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Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund Nears Completion
Ambassador Dinitz at Closing Dinner Meeting on March 18;
Yael Dayan at Final Report Meeting of Volunteers March 10
Yael Dayan
Nearing completion of the record-breaking 19'74 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel
Emergency Fund, general co-chairmen William M. Davidson and Lewis Grossman
announced that the concluding meeting March 18 at the new Temple Beth El, will be
addressed by Israel Ambassador to the U. S. Simha Dinitz; and that at the concluding
volunteer workers' final report meeting, 10 a.m. March 10, at the United Hebrew
Schools, the speaker will be Yael Dayan, daughter of Israel Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan. The three Detroiters who were in the mission that was detained in Egypt
will report at the March 10 meeting.
Ambassador Dinitz, who was born in Tel Aviv, has been Israel's ambassador
to this country since last May. Before that, he was director-general of the office of
the prime minister, highest civil service post in Israel.
Graduating from high school in Tel Aviv in 1947, he served in the Israel
defense forces during the War of Independence. Studying at the University of Cin-
cinnati until 1951, Dinitz then moved to Washington and worked as a night watchman,
later in the department of information at the Israeli Embassy while completing his
advanced degree in foreign service at Georgetown University.
Returning to Israel in 1958, Dinitz began his career in the foreign affairs
ministry. His steady climb brought him an appointment to be minister plenipoten-
tiary to Rome in 1966.
For information regarding reservations and tickets to the closing kosher-
catered dinner, which is an invitational affair, '7 p.m. March 18, with a cocktail hour
preceding it at 6:30, call the Federation office, WO 5-3939.
Miss Dayan, who will address the March 10 meeting, has written three best-
selling novels as well as many articles for the Jewish press and scripts for the British
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Simha Dinitz