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The CIA's Directorate of Intelligence issued this Weekly Summary, No. 0369/70, on 8 May 1970. It covers events through noon on 7 May. The Far East section deals with the allied operations into Cambodia, Hanoi's cautious response and the government in exile Sihanouk formed in Peking. Other items cover Soviet military aid, the Sino-Soviet talks, Jordan, Dahomey, Guatemala and Brazil, and a special report looks at Cuban support for subversion in Latin America. Many pages are withheld, and the summary contains no UFO material.
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Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550 TflE€H§¥¥lL Israeli officials have this cent public opinion poll on the week repeated their desire for a question of the future of the occu- cease—fire and a peace settlement. pied Arab territories. Over 60 per— None of these statements indicates cent of the Israeli citizens ques- any change in Israel's legal require— tioned expressed opposition to the¢»@) ments for a settlement and may have return of any territory whatsoever, been designed largely for domestic and only nine percent were ready to and international consumption. Note— return all the areas. E:::::::::::] worthy of Israeli thinking was a re- NASIR Issues APPEAL AND WARNING T0 US In a lengthy review ef the Arab-I approaches to the Arab—Israeli im- Israeli confrontation before an as— Passe were Offered by Nasirl h0WeVeI- semblage of workers on May Day, Na- sir appealed to the US to order Is- rael to withdraw from the Arab ter- ritories it occupies and warned that a harmful united Arab reaction would result from any new US aid commit— ments to Israel. In conjunction with his appeal for peace, Nasir made an apparent bid to head off any further US aid to Israel. He warned that if the US took another step to confirm "Israel's military superiority," it would affect US—Arab relations for years.Nasir called on President Nixon to order an Israeli withdrawal, and if this were not possible, at least not to give any new political, mili- tary, or economic aid to Israel. Nasir characterized his speech as a "final appeal for the sake of peace in the Middle East." Following the speech, Egyptian officials person- ally conveyed Nasir's "peace appeal" to the French and the British ambas- sadors. In his address, Nasir did not directly mention Israeli and US charges that Soviet pilots flying operational missions have increased - the USSR‘s military commitment to Egypt. He did, however, refer to a recent "political propaganda cam- paign against the USSR," and charged that it was designed to hide the fact that the Egyptians were now taking the initiative militarily and was meant to open the way for a "new escalation of US assistance to Israel."\ \ (b)(3) Nasir has often criticized US support for Israeli "expansionism," and the Egyptians have frequently in dicated they believe that the US has the power or influence to force Is- rael to do its bidding. Nasir's speech thus follows the usual Egyp— tian line, but goes somewhat further in addressing the plea to President Nixon personally and in conveying the appeal to other interested par- ties. No new concessions or fresh "SE€H¥ElL Page 23 WEEKLY SUMMARY 8 May 70 Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550 /\ CTCT \_/4 /\ 1 ( X3)
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