Allon Meetings in Washington Show Concessions
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Israeli Foreign Minister
Yigal Allon continued his
conversations with American
political leaders this week
after he, President Ford and
Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger indicated that the
negotiating process is both
fluid and uncertain on bilat-
eral discussions with Egypt
or with all of Israel's neigh-
bors in combination.
Allon met with members
he Senate Foreign Rela-
s Committee Tuesday and
onferred with Secretary of
the Treasury. William Simon
on Israers financial prob-
•ems.
"It is too premature to de-
cide how when and what,"
Anon said 'Monday about the
negotiating situation after
seven hours of talks with the
President and the secretary
of state. '
"In a reasonable time we
will know more," he said.
He emphasized the - uncer-
tainity of the future course -
: by pointing out that he had
been making "preliminary
inquiries" towards achieving
"better progress" in the Mid-
dle East and that consequent-
ly it is "too early to sum
up the chances."
Kissinger said that he and
Allon had exchanged ideas
on ,"the whole range of bi-
lateral relationships."
From the U.S. point of
view,' Kissinger said the
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talks were very constructive
and very' positive. But he
gave no inkling of what fur-
ther movement may take
place.
Kissinger said he was still
optimistic for early resump-
tion of negotiations.
The U.S. is not expected
to report the substance of
the Allon meeting to the.
Egyptian government, nor. is
Kissinger 'planning to return
to the !Middle East in the
near future — certainly not
before Soviet leader Leonid
,Brezhnev's visit to Egypt,
,Syria and- Iraq in mid---Janu-
ary.
However, Allon is sched-
uled to return to Washington
Jan. 10. This was seen as
allowing ., some time for dis-
cussions in Jerusalem, Cairo
and Washington in the "quiet
diplomacy" period sought by
Washington and a leveling of
some common ground among
them before -Brezheny' sees
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat in Cairo.
In Jerusalem, sources said
Allon raised the possibility
of a further Israeli pull-back
Of up to 50 kilometers in the
Sinai in return for commen-
surate political 'concessions
from Egypt.
Alternatively, he reported-
ly offered a more modest Is-
raeli withdrawal for less
significant concessions from
Egypt. But Israel will insist
that there must be quid pro
quo if any further agree-
ments ,are to be reached with
Cairo and rules out any
"linkage" of a second stage
disengagement in Sinai to
additional Israeli withdrawals
on the Golan Heights to satis-
fy Syria.
Sources here said there
have been no indications from
Washington that Kissinger
would try to persuade Israel
to link a Sinai arrangement
with a new "token" disen-
gagement with Syria. If the
secretary broached the sub-
ject, 'Allon was to cable
home for instrubtions, the,
sources -said.
Allon, himself, suggested
last week that if he and Kis-
singer reached a stage in
their talks that required a
firm and authoritative Israeli
decisrdn, he would cable
'home and the Cabinet would
convene in a special session
to decide.
Observers said Allon's aim
was to present several pos-
sible scenarios that 'Israel
could contemplate 'and elicit
from the secretary an idea
of Egyptian thinking.
Officials here say they do
not know yet if Allon will be
followed to Washington by.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Is-
mail Fahmi, or if Washing-
ton's contacts with Egypt will
,proceed on a lower level.
The 50-,kilometer w i t h-
drawal offer .would involve
the tremendously expensive
process of building a new
defense line in Sinai east of
the key .Mitle Pass which Is-
rael would vacate. All vacat-
ed areas would have to be
demilitarized and put under
UN control.
The accord would have to
state specifically that the
arrangements would remain
in effect for a substantial
period to be negotiated, pos-
sibly several years. Egypt
would announce its intention
to reopen the Suez Canal in
connection with the accord
with Israel, though not im-
mediately-for Israeli ships.
The deep withdrawal and
new wide buffer z o n e,
coupled with the canal open-
ing, would be regarded by
Israel as a decisive step to-
wards the pacification of the
area, observers here believe.'
A second Israeli proposal
involves 'a more modest pull-
back,' leaving_ __Israel in con-
trol. of the Mitle Pass. Pre-
mier Yitzhak Rabin, in his
Ha'aretz interview last week,
said Israel would 'insist on
retaining the pass, and some
observers here feel he has
envisaged this more modest
scenario 'for a settlement.
The interview has been
',criticized in both opposition
and government circles for
its frankness and its "con-
cessions:" But sources close
to the premier said he did
not regret giving it.
T h e premier's "conces-
sions" and his readiness to
consider a "military" accord
rather than a "political" one,
-and his failure to insist on a
declarative renunciation of
belligerence by Egypt were
less momentous than his
critics hi-1ply, observers said.
"It has been clear here for
months that the initial Israeli
demand for 'a formal renun-
ciation of 'belligerence—by
Egypt ma second-stage par-_
tial settlement was non-
productive.
Kissinger himself told both
-Rabin and Allon that while
Egypt rnight possibly agree
to aspect's- of a. "political"
pact, it could not afford to
agree to formally renouncing
the state of belligerence
while Israel still occupied its.
land
Israel was also cautioned
against labeling the agree-
ment 'as "political" when the
Rabat summit banned sepa-
rate political progress with
Israel by any Arab 'state.
In Washington, the State
Department, responding to
reports that the Geneva con-
ference on the Middle East
may resume 'its 'activities
early in the new year, de-
clined to indicate when a
session may be held.
"It is up to the parties to
decide when it will be useful
to return to Geneva," Depart.
ment spokesman Robert An-
derson said. "We are per-
fectly prepared to return to
Geneva when the parties de-
cide to do so."
The Soviet-American com-
munique issued in Vladivos-
tok last week after President
Ford and Soviet Communist
Party Secretary Leonid I.
Brezhnev had met, called for
resumption of the Genea
conference as soon as possi-
ble..
The United States, eager to
continue its step-by-step ne-
gotiations in—the area, op-
poses a Geneva session until
additional bilateral actions
are taken. _Israel shares that
view.
Some surprise was' occa-
sioned in the State Depart-
ment when it was disclosed
that Undersecretary of State
Joseph J. Sisco, who has
been closely identified with
the Middle East for six years,
did not attend the meetings
with Allon. Sisal, was in Ice-
land on other matters.
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