Gur Warns Syria-Controlled Palestine Army Lurks in North TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Chief of Staff Mordechai Gur has warned that several thousand members of the so-called Palestinian Liber- ation Army, controlled by Syria, are deployed over a wide area of the northern frontier ready to serve as the spearhead of a general attack on Israeli military and civilian targets should the Syrians decide to launch large-scale hostilities in an attempt to sabotage a sec- ond-stage agreement be- tween Israel and Egypt. He said the Palestinian ir- regulars were poised in posi- tions from Fatahland to the Hasbani River. DPfense Minister Shimon who accompanied repeated the. same warning later in an address to high school students. Both he and Gur stressed that Israeli forces were fully ready to deal with any con- tingency. But the chief of staff conceded that a new war would be a fierce one with no illusions about any magical victory. "The battlefields of to- day are crammed with so- phisticated weapons and equipment and any new war between us and the 'Egyptians or Syrians could produce the largest tank, artillery and aerial battles in history," he said. The remarks by Gur and Peres were made against the background of stepped- up military activity by Syria and Egypt. Both countries have recently conducted large-scale military maneu- vers on their sides of the dis- engagement lines. While these haye been conducted openly and in full view of Is- raeli forces, the very lack of secrecy has caused some concern in Israeli circles. They recall that large- scale maneuvers by Egypt and Syria in October 1973 suddenly erupted into the attack of Oct. 6, starting the Yom Kippur War. The lack of concealment at that time was one of the factors that misled Israeli intelligence experts in their estimation of Syrian and Egyptian in- tentions. While the situation on the Egyptian front is not considered menacing at this point, at least as long as Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger con- tinues his efforts to prom- ote a second-stage Sinai agreement, Syria's inten- tions are unpredictable. Tresident Anwar Sadat of Egypt has said publicly that he has no intention of attacking Israel. But no similar assurances have emerged from Damascus. Israeli circles, moreover, take a very serious view of the massive build-up of Syr- ia's war machine by the Russians. The Soviets have put larger quantities of heavy arms at Syria's dis- posal than in October 1973. • - In an editorial entitled "Blacklist Backlash in Con- gress," Business Week said that, "Administration offi- cials fear that escalating an- ti-Arab sentiment in Con- gress will make new trouble for legislation dealing with trade or foreign investment in the United States." The magazine pointed out that "amendments are sprouting to block commercial deals with countries that partici- pate in boycotts against Is- rael or discrimin'ate against U.S. companies with Jewish interests." Business Week reported in its March 24 issue that an OPEC report it obtained showed three editorial and advertising representatives from Readers Digest met OPEC officials in Vienna Jan. 17. The Magazine said, "that a suitable program" would cost anywhere be- . tween $4-$8 million. In New York, the man- aging editor of Readers Digest, Edward T. Thomp- son, said that the "ar- ticles" mentioned in the OPEC dpcument were strictly paid advertising, not editorial material. "If the oil group is con- fused about what is or is not paid advertising, it is not ap- parent from the rest of the report" Business Week em- phasized. Part of the report discusses a letter received by OPEC from PKL Adver- tising Inc. 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