f hit MIC;NICaRN DAILY Page Five Friday, August S, 19 7 Vance, Syria's Assad meet DAMASCUS, Syria (A')-Presi- dent Hafez Assad of Syria was quoted yesterday as telling Sec- retary of State Cyrus Vance that Israeli behavior on the West Bank of the Jordan River is not compatible with a seri- ous interest in peace. Assad told Vance, however, that he will cooperate in re- moving "all obstacles to peace" in the Middle East, said a Syrian spokesman who gave an account of the meeting. ISRAEL RECENTLY legaliz- ed three settlements on the bank, which it captured in 1967. The issue also touched off an Israeli-American exchange last week. President Carter called Isra- el's legitimization of the settle- ments an obstacle to peace, but said he did not discuss the legitimization with Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Be- gin during Begin's recent Wash- mgton visit. Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dyan defended the le- gitimization as "constructive for peace."' VANCE TOLD reporters yes- terday that he had a good meet- ing and discussed,'among other topics, an Egyptian proposal for setting up a "working group" of Arab and Israeli foreign min- isters next month. "Relations are fine," Vance said. How- ever, he added: "We still have differences on a number of items." He declined to provide any estimate of how his session with Assad had affected his ef- fort to set up peace talks. 'We've put forward ideas. They have put forward ideas. It's a process of Wdeveloping ideas," he said. Assad insisted that there must be total Israeli withdraw- al from all land won in the 1967 Six-Day war. And he said "Palestinian rights" must be observed in any settlement. SYRIA IS the third country on Vance's six-nation, 12-day itinerary. Here, qualified ob- servers said, he faces his tough- est challenge in trying to ar- range the ministerial meeting for New York or Washington and then a reconvening of the Geneva peace conference be- fore the end of the year. Bread demand high WASHINGTON (AP} - A comprehensive analysis of the 170 high-volume supermarket grocery items shlCws wrapped bread as the most-used edible item. The study, conducted by Pro- gressive Grocer, an industry trade publication, based its rankings on 30,000 interviews with adults, Covering 900 prod- uct categories. Statistics show that 96.7 per cent of the re- spondents use bread. Other items in high demand include table salt, flour, mayonnaise and mayonnaise-type dressing, catsup, margarine and granula- ted sugar. Syria, of all the so-called "confrontation states," is the most dedicated advocate of the Palestinians. Newsmen were advised Assad will fight hard to gain a role for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) at Geneva - as a separate delegation or in one all-Arab delegation. Israel refuses to negotiate with the PLO or any of its leaders or members. The PLO is committed by covenant to the destruction of the Jewish state, has authorized guerrilla raids into Israel and has not recognized U. N. resolutions calling for a peaceful settle- ment in the Middle East. THE SEMIOFFICIAL Al-Tha- oura newspaper said: "We are fully prepared to be responsive to every effort aimed at peace. But at the same time we shall in no way give up an inch of territory or Palestinian rights." The newspaper said Israel was trying to "consecrate its occupation and ignore the rights of Palestinians." Tishrin, a government organ, said Vance will sense here "Syria's unending commitment toward national responsibility in regards to the liberation of Arab territories and especially the Palestinian cause." AT THE SAME time, Vance's advisers are convinced that As- sad and his military leaders recognize that they cannot win back the Golan Heights by force. Assad is said to be ready to sign a peace treaty with Israel -- but has no intention of en- gaging in economic or political exchanges with the Jewish state. Syria's state-controlled press, which gave Vance an enthusias- tic welcome on his first Da- mascus visit in February, has been skeptical of the proposal for the preparatory conference put forth by Vance and Egyp- tian President Anwar Sadat. "The issues have become very clear and there is no need for all these complications and discussions over marginal is- sues," Al-Thaoura said. Informed diplomats say As- sad was annoyed because Sadat did not consult with him before the plan was announced. VALUABLE COUPON WORTH 8ct 3 81UY" ('TWOC DEL IC 1OU,.S MR. TONY'S SUBMWARINE SAND WICHES (reg) FOR ONLY $1..50 50ndthis coupon) SAVE 8$c expires ' - SUBMRINE SUBMARINES() 1327 S. University ta-91Wll663-0511 709100(neor Woshtenowl ~~ini - - - - - - ii Assad Vance 2 dead in aborted PLO border raid, srael says TEL AVIV, Israel (1') - Israei said its troops smashed an Arab infiltration attempt on the J'srdan border yesterday, killing two guerrillas, wounding one and capturing two. Foreign Ministry officials said the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization (PLO) launched the raid to disrupt Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's Mideast peace mission, which is taking him. to Cairo, Damascus, Amman, Beirut and Jerusalem. VANCE WAS in Damascus on Thursday seeking Syrian ap- proval of a plan to renew Mideast peace negotiations. Palestinian participation in such negotiations is a major issue of the mission. The Israeli command said there were no Israeli casualties in the brief firefight three miles south of the Sea of Galilee. Military authorIties withheld information gathered from the interrogation of the surviving Arabs. It was not known what sort of mission they planned or what guerrilla faction they repre- sented. THE FIVElE rassed.a tangle of swamps and rivulets at the juncture of the Jordan and Yarmuk rivers and near the kibbutz of Ashdot Yaacov, the military said. The guerrillas were spotted after the Israelis discovered a breach in the barbed wire border security fence. Their escape routes cut off by the marshy surroundings, the guerrillas hid in an olive grove less than a mile from the Jor- danian border. Farmers broke out weapons and began patrolling. Then the firefight began. "It went very fast," said an Israel radio reporter. "The infiltrators barely managed to get off a burst of fire. The shoot- ing could be heard all over the place. IT WAS UNUSUAL for raiders to enter Israel from Jordan, which has been guerrilla-free since 1971, when King Hussein ex- pelled the PLO from his territory. The last incident involving Jor- dan happened a year- ago, when the Israelis said they killed two guerrillas trying to reach the Jewish state' by sailing across the Ded Sea 60 mailes south of Ashdot Yaacov. Observers said the guerrillas could have set out from Syri. That country, Jordan and Israel meet on the Yarmuk River about six miles northeast of Ashdot Yaacov. The guerrillas carried the PLO's stock weapon - the Soviet- made Kalachnikov submachine gun - along with 10 grenades, torches, a hatchet, food and first-aid equipment, the military said. I 1. i. 0 1' n I ij .it. r... c s- OFFICE HOURS CIRCU LATION -- 764-0558 COMPLAINTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CLASSIFIED ADS - 764-0557 10 a.m.-4 pm. DEADLINE FOR NEXT DAY-12:00 p.m. DISPLAY ADS -764-0554 MONDAY thru FRIDAY-9 a.m.-4:30 pm. Deadline for Sunday issue- WEDN ESDAY at 5 p.m. DEADLINE 3 days in advance by 3 p.m. Thursday at 3 p.m. for Tuesday's paper i ' I """fr .. _ _ _ _ V " l 1