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Vol. LXV, No. 25
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August 30, 1974
Violation of Israel-Controlled
IA/alters by USSR, New Terrorism,
Egyptian Buildup Renew Crises
Expose Egyptian Threat
WASHINGTON (JTA)--American intelligence
sources reported Tuesday that the Egyptian army
has constructed more than 90 fortified strong
points in the Egyptian-held strip of Sinai east of
the Suez Canal. The strong points are located
along a north-south axis but no attempt has been
made yet to link them up, the sources said.
The sources also said that Israel has erected
various fortifications in its zone facing the United
Nations buffer zone, but they are not as elaborate
as the Egyptian system of bunkers and trenches.
According to U.S. sources, Israel's main de-
fense in Sinai now consists of three armored and
two mechanized infantry brigades deployed along
two key passes through a chain of hills about 20
miles from the Suez Canal.
These brigades would be expected to hold any
Egyptian attack until re-enforcements arrived, the
sources said.
The sources claimed that major Egyptian
forces comprising about seven divisions and four
brigades of infantry and armor are deployed just
west of the canal. The Egyptians were said to have
about 20 Russian-built pontoon bridges ready to
span the waterway, capable of moving the major
elements of five divisions across the canal within
six hours after opening an attack.
Minesweepers Close to Sinai
Coast Create New Danger
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel complained to the United
Nations emergency force that Soviet warships have twice
violated Israel-controlled waters in the Gulf of Suez. The
complaint was lodged by Defense Minister Shimon Peres
and Chief of Staff Gen. Mordechai. Gur with Gen. Ensio
Siilasvuo, the UNEF commander.
They said the violations occurred Sunday and Monday
when two Russian minesweepers approached within three
miles of the Sinai coast in an area known as the Morgan
Straits. The officials stressed that Israel took a serious
view of the violations. Israel complained earlier this month
that Russian helicopters had violated its air space over
Sinai.
An Israeli source also said that Israel was ready to
cooperate in removing mines from the Gulf of Suez, pro-
vided the effort was coordinated.
Meanwhile, a Russian minesweeper entered Israel-
controlled waters off Sinai again Wednesday morning, but
withdrew after a time without a repetition' of Tuesday's
provocative action, it was reported here.
The Russian vessel approached from a point 21/2 miles
from the Sinai coast north of Sharm el Sheikh, an area
known as the Straits of Milan.
An Israel navy patrol boat signaled the Russian craft
to leave the coastal waters, and it departed eventually
without incident.
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Yom Kippur War Recalled in Unity Symbol
A four-page English reading, prepared by the United Jewish Appeal
will serve as a Yom Kippur prayerbook insert commemorating the anni-
versary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The reproduced photo from the
supplement conveys the importance of remembrance and unity in Jewish
ranks.
Terrorists Thwarted
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Four terrorist infiltrators
from Jordan were captured, three East Jerusalem
Arabs were detained on sabotage charges, and the
bombing of a roadside restaurant near Natanya
was narrowly averted in three apparently unrelated
acts of terror Tuesday. The four men captured by
a border patrol near Tayassir village in the hilly
region around Jenin in northern Samaria had been
the object of a 24-hour manhunt.
Security sources said the terrorists crossed the
Jordan River Sunday morning and managed to
elude discovery despite an extensive search and
curfews imposed on three Arab villages. Monday
a patrol spotted four suspects on a hill away from
traveled areas. Although they produced seemingly
bona fide credentials identifying them as West
Bank residents, the fact that they were dressed in
"mod" clothing — bell-bottom trousers and loud
colored shirts — aroused suspicion.
After a brief interrogation, the suspects di-
rected police to a hillside cache which yielded four
Kalachnikoff assault rifles, pistols, explosive
charges, terrorist uniforms and snapshots of the
suspects at an Al Fatah training camp in Syria.
The four men were linked by police to three
others captured by security forces Sunday after
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Cyprus Crisis Reveals Growing Hostile
Grecian Attitude Toward Jews, Israel
By MURRAY ZUCKOFF
NEW YORK (JTA)—The ongoing fighting in Cyprus with the continuing military
advances by Turkey has created widespread anxiety in Israel that what is happening
in the war-torn eastern Mediterranean island may be a mirror of its own future.
This anxiety is, aggravated by a growing concern that the United States government
and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger are both • suffering loss of prestige in the
West as a result of the Cyprus crisis and that this loss may have disastrous consequences
for the Middle East.
The loss of prestige is focal to Israel because of her dependence on the U.S.
to help establish a lasting peace—not merely disengagements—in the Middle East. There
is also concern in Israel that the Soviet Union is taking advantage of America's diplo-
matic setback in Cyprus and, if successful, will continue from there to find a way to
play a more preponderant role in the forthcoming Mideast peace talks.
America's inability to help halt the fighting in Cyprus and her inability to per-
suade Turkey from continuing its military advances comes at a particularly perilous
time for Israel in view of the Soviet Union's re-arming of Syria.
Political analysts close to the Israeli scene here note that basic questions are now
being pondered by Israel: If the U.S. has been unable to swing its diplomatic weight
to heal the split in Cyprus and has been unable to prevent Turkey from .seizing on the
military field what it was unable to get at the Geneva talks, what weight can the U.S.
be expected to muster in the Geneva Mideast peace talks?; if the U.S. can "tilt"
toward Turkey, as so many European analysts claim despite U.S. denials, how will
she "lean" in the Mideast peace talks?; and if Turkey was able to ignore the peace
talks and grab some 40 per cent of Cyprus, what will prevent the Arabs from pursuing
a similar policy toward Israel in the future?
In short, just how willing is the U.S. at this time to become involved in pulling
someone else's 'political chestnuts out of the fire? Moreover, of the U.S. has been
involved in a juggling act between two indispensable allies—Greece and Turkey-
wliat are the chances for a straightforward U.S. policy in the Mideast?
Kissinger has served notice all 'through the Cyprus crisis that the world should
not expect the U.S. to intervene every time there is a crisis and that he personally
has no intention of taking responsibility for resolving all conflicts.
The secretary made this painfully clear last week when he told an American
Legion convention in Miami Beach that the American attitude toward turn(?:11 in many
parts of the world, including Cyprus, would be "that we cannot be the world's police-
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