Fr THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Sinai's Oil Fields Are Returned to Egypt (Continued from Page 1) of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), during the first year. Negotiations are scheduled over the price of oil after that period. The Egyptians are expected to ask for $32.50 per barrel, a price recently quoted on the Rotterdam spot market. Israel also turned over a 2,500-square-kilometer area in southwestern Sinai to the Egyptians. On Jan. 25, it will relinquish a much - larger area including three str-fegic passes in central S Egypt will then con- trol cwo-thirds of the penin- sula. The new demarcation line will run from El Arish on the Mediterra- nean coast to Ras Mohammed on the Red Sea. The final withdrawal from Sinai in 1981 will be to Israel's original interna- tional border with Egypt. At that time Israel will give up the town of Yamit in the north and Ophira in the south along with its mili- tary airfields in Sinai. The Egyptians intend to make A-Tour their district headquarters in southern Sinai. The area is presently inhabited by some 1,200 Bedouins. The last Israeli techni- cians departed some days ago and the last tanker left Alma with 50,000 barrels of oil for Israel. A large sign on the local canteen wall was an epitaph for 12 years of Israeli presence there. It read, "The story is over." In effect, the return of the area means that the U.S. is now committed for 15 years to sell oil to Is- rael at market prices. This guarantee was a condition under which Israeli Premier Menahem Begin agreed to return the Sinai area and its oil to Egypt. How- ever, it is understood that Israel has no need to in- voke that commitment at present. According to information Israel, Egypt to Share Airfield After Withdrawal JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel and Egypt have agreed in principle to share one of the Sinai airfields that Israel will relinquish when it completes its with- drawal from Sinai in 1981 — but on a strictly civilian basis, it was disclosed Wed- nesday. The disclosure was made by the director general of the Defense Ministry, to the _ Knesset Economic Commit- tee. He said that a formal agreement will have to be worked out in negotiations between the two countries. The facility in question is the Etzion Air Base which is close to the Israeli town of Eilat. It will be returned to Egyptian sovereignty. Under the terms of the peace treaty, Egypt will not be allowed to use it as a military air base because of its proximity to Eilat. Instead, both Israel and Egypt will use it jointly for civilian air- craft. It will supplement the commercial airport at Eilat which is not equip- ped to handle the large number of tourists who visit that resort area each year. Meanwhile, work is con- tinuing on the American- financed military air bases 'rig built in the Negev to 7 'ace those that Israel will give up in Sinai. The director general said that the defense ministry would offer more jobs to local workers because of possible unemployment resulting from the government's anti-inflation program. However, foreign labor employed by the American contractors continues to ar- rive. An additional 111 from Portugal landed in Israel Wednesday to join an ear- lier group of 82 Portuguese workers on the Ramat Matred Air Base near Mitzpeh Ramon. About 2,500 workers are expected from Portugal in the next six months but they may be asked to leave if it turns out that Israelis need the jobs. in Washington, Israel buys more than 160,000 barrels of oil a day. Somewhat less than half comes from Mexico. Middlemen supply the rest at extraordinarily high price. The origin of the sales and of the oil are usually con- cealed to avoid an Arab boycott and a cut-off of sup- ply to those sources because they deal with Israel. * * * By YITZHAK SHARGIL SANTA KATERINA, Egyptian Sinai (JTA) — One week ago, the sign at the small airfield near the Santa Katerina Monastary said, in bold Hebrew and English letters, "Mt. Sinai Airport." Today, the sign, in Arabic and English, reads "Santa Katerina Airport." The Hebrew lettering on this and on all other signs designating places, roads and buildings has been blot- ted out with black paint. It is a small thing but it brings home bluntly the ob- literation of 12 years of Is- raeli presence in this region at the foot of Mt. Sinai that was officially returned to Egyptian administration last week, two months ahead of the timetable set by the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. Even the plaque on the airport terminal building stating that it was built by the Israeli Army Corps of Engineers has been covered — in this case by a large portrait of President Anwar Sadat who formally took possession of the area on the second anniversary of his visit to Jerusalem. Certain unremovable . . „.,,, . ., I,. 4 ,,,1 ■ . _ • i - i'S ' + ' ''' ',did, it i evidence of Israeli enterprise remains. There are the paved roads, the tourist motels and shops, an Israeli field school specializing in ecology and various water wells dug by Is- raelis in this arid region. And Israeli tourists who are flocking here with passports or identity cards are given a warm welcome by the new owners. Of course, they must bring dollars. The Isareli pound is no longer legal cur- rency. 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