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This is a Central Intelligence Agency release of Foreign Broadcast Information Service coverage of the Middle East peace talks from December 1977. It collects British, Israeli and Soviet press and radio items on President as-Sadat's initiative and the planned Cairo conference. It also covers Prime Minister Begin's visit to London, Secretary of State Vance's regional tour and the Knesset debate on the peace plan. It contains no material on unidentified aerial phenomena.
“Cairo”42 pages
PPROVED FOR RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL COLLE IVISION AR 70-14 13NOV201 i. (Dec// U N I T E D K NGDOM Q 1 BEGIN CANCELS 6 DEC MEETINGS, TO LEAVE AS SCHEDULED LD0617'48Y London PRESS ASSOCIATIONip English 1640 GMT 6 Dec 77 LD (Text] Mr Begin cancelled a meeting with the Tory deputy leader, Mr Whitelaw, this afternoon. Though "much better" he was not expected to attend a reception of the lerut movernont tonight. But leaders of the movement were expected to call on him. A rae Embassy spokesman said Mr Begin would be leaving London tomorrow as scheduled. 7 Dec Press Conference Reported LD071350Y London BBC Domestic Television Service in English 1245 GMT 7 Dec 77 LD [Text] Israel's prime minister, Mr Begin. has ended his 5-day visit to Britain. At a news conference he said that is Egypt's President as-Sadat asked him to conclude a separate peace treaty with Egypt, he would not refuse. But this would be Just a stage in the peace-making process. He said Israel wants real peace with all her neighbors. [Start Begin: recording] We never suggested to President as-Sadat during his stay in Jerusalem, or the following week, to have a seaprate peace treaty. I prefer the expression "peace treaty" instead of "deal." We do not make deals between Egypt and Israel. Because we do not want, we never intended, to drive a wedge between the Arab countries, the neighbors of Israel. We want real peace, we want peace with all our neighbors. And we want them all to participate in the peace-making process. On this we are in complete agreement with Egypt. And we shall continue to make efforts, I hope with the help of the U.S., to have the consultations with other neighboring countries about the establishment of peace in the Middle East. Of course, if President as-Sadat reaches the conclusion that other neighbors do not Join in that peace-making effort, and he would suggest to us to sign a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, we will not refuse to do so. [Question) Mr Prime Minister, in the light of this past week's events, how do you realistically assess the chances for reconvening the Geneva conference? (Answer] I think the Geneva conference has good prospects of being reconvened. Of course, there must be a number of participants. If, for instance, Syria does not come but Jordan and Egypt participate, we shall go to Geneva, as we did 4 years ago. Syria also did not participate in the first session of the Geneva conference in 1973. If there should be only bilateral talks between Egypt and Israel, and. the two cochairmen, we shall have to decide whether it should be deemed to be another Geneva conference or a different conference. But we shall know about it in the next few weeks. [end recording] BRITAIN REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE BOPHUTHATSWANA LD061434Y London PRESS ASSOCIATION in English 1410 GMT 6 Dec 77 LD [Bv Tom McMullan, diplomatic correspondent) [Text] .ritain will not recognise the independence of Bophuthatswana, the South African homeland territory which declared its independence today, the Foreign Office said.
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