Congress Looks at U.S. Presence
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Congress returned to Wash-
ington Tuesday from its Au-
gust recess to grapple with
the issueof whether Ameri-
can civilians should be sta-
tioned in Sinai as proposed
under the Israeli-Egyptian
interim agreement.
Initially, the legislators
are keeping the issue at
arms length, at least pend-
ing Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger's report
on the new accord. Kissin-
ger visited Saudi Arabia,
Jordan and Syria, before
returning to Washington
Wednesday night. King
Haled of Saudi Arabia gave
Kissinger his approval of
the accord.
President Ford and Kis-
singer are expected to dis-
cuss details of the American
commitments associated
with the Israeli-Egyptian
interim agreement, espe-
cially the stationing of
American civilian techni-
cians between Israeli and
Egyptian lines to monitor
electronic detecting equip-
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Wyo.) conceded that involv-
ing Americans was "risky,
but well worth the risk if we
can contribute to peace in
the Middle East." Rep. John
J. Anderson (R-Ill.) third
ranking House Republican,
said he expected to "support
the agreement," noting that
the monitors "will not be
military or even paramili-
tary personnel" and there-
fore "the argument that it
would involve the U.S. mili-
tary in the Middle East with
Combat forces is not a good
argument."
The Administration,
"approaching this with a
sense of urgency," as a
State Department spokes-
But a senior member of
man put it, is pushing t he House Appropriations
hard for a quick resolution Committee's subcommit-
by Congress on the U.S. t ee on foreign operations,
commitment of monitors. Rep. David Obey (D-
White House aides have Wisc.) warned on a tele-
had "preliminary conver- v ised interview that U.S.
sations" with the two con- t echnicians in Sinai could
gressional committees b ecome symbols for terror-
dealing with foreign af-
sts "who want to blow
fairs and Kissinger to tes- t hings up."
tify before them.
Rep. Obey, a member of a
In the rush for congres- h ouse delegation that re-
sional approval, Adminis- c ently visited Israel, Egypt,
tration officials were nev-
ordan and Syria, said that,
ertheless cautious in " If the terrorists do attack
declihing to predict publicly a nd the U.S. responds like
when CongresS may act. It i n the Mayaguez affair in-
is generally understood in v olving Cambodia, the U.S.
Washington that unless m ay well be basically una-
Congress approves the b le for a long time to play an
American personnel role e ffettive role in the Middle
and other aspects of the E ast."
agreement directly involv-
Leaders of Jewish organi-
ing the U.S., the effort for a z ations who favor endorse-
second-stage Israeli with- m ent of the Sinai agree-
drawal will founder.
ents believe that Congress
These include American w ill approve the accords by
assurances of oil supplies a significantly large mar-
for Israel. gi n.
According to one observer
The special investigations
a sense of "uneasiness" su bcommittee of the House
prevails on Capitol Hill. Few In ternational Relations
congressmen will commit C ommittee has scheduled a
themselves at this time. he aring for next week on the
Senate Majority Leader U .S. aspects of the second
Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) Is raeli-Egyptian agreement
has reiterated his opposi- in the Sinai.
tion, expressed last week, to
In addition, the panel,
the American monitoring he aded by Rep. Lee Hamil-
role. American civilians in to n (D-Ind.), who has led
Sinai "sets a bad prece- nu merous inquiries on Is-
dent," Mansfield said. He ra eli-Arab problems, will
suggested that the monitor- ho ld three days of hearings
ing "should be done by the on what an aide described as
United Nations." "t he question of the Palesti-
Sen. Gale McGee (D- ni ans."
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Ford invited Sadat to
make his first visit to the
United States this fall and
urged Rabin to come to
Washington again soon.
Ford told Kissinger, "I am
very grateful for the tre-
mendous effort you have
made. This is a great
achievement, one of the
most historic of this decade,
perhaps this century."
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On the Palestine ques-
tion, however, the panel has
scheduled Sayez Sayegh of
the Kuwait Mission at the
United Nations, to appear
Sept. 16; Mordechai Abir of
the University of Jerusalem,
and Dr. Itamar Rabinowitz
of Tel Aviv University, to
testify Sept. 23; and George
Assousa and Joseph D. Ben-
Dak, co-directors of a Wash-
ington Arab-Israeli group
known as "Fair," to appear
Sept. 24.
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WASHINGTON — Secre-
tary of State Henry A. Kis-
singer was given a hero's
welcome Wednesday eve-
ning when his plane landed
at Andrews Air Force Base
near here.
Kissinger was greeted by
President Gerald Ford and a
host of dignitaries who
praised Kissinger's efforts
in negotiating a second-
Sinai accord between Israel
and Egypt.
Earlier in the week, Fard
congratulated Kissinger,
President Sadat of Egypt
and Prime Minister Rabin
of Israel via telephone.
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Democrats and two Re-
publicans, has not identi-
fied witnesses on the sur-
veillance part of the
Egypt-Israel accord ex-
cept to note that the State
Department will be asked
to testify on the issues.
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