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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.
MSGNO 1273 (FBXX) CRN *Il/12/77* *05il2* O SWE IS "4 13NV201 P 1118231 DEC 77 FM PIS TEL AVIV TO RUTLAAA/FBIS WASRDC RUDOMKA/FBIS LONDON RUEBFGA/VOA WASHOC RUDOMLA/FBIS CAVERSWAM/DW RUDDMKD/PBIS NICOSIA RUQMIF/FBis AMMAN RUQMIF/AMEMB AMMAN RUEHEY/AMEMB CAIRO RUQMDM/AMEMB DAMASCOS RUQMJR/AMCONGEN JEROSALEM RUQMZN/SINAI SUPPORT MISSIOS RUDONBA/CINCUSNAVEUR N 2 RUSNAAA/USCINCEUR RUFRBAA/COMIDEASTFOR RHFRAAB/CINCUSAFE IPJO RAMSTEIN AB GERMANY RUFDAAA/USAREUR DEP COFS INTEL HEIDELBER" RUFRMAA/COMSIXTHFLT R-"'QHQA/COMIPAC HONOLULU HI R .:RRA/USNMR SHAPE ZEN/AMEMB TEC AVIV FBTA BT EZ1i UNCLAS BBC DW NC EZZI ATTN SHAPEi PASS Tp SURVEY SECTilN IMMEDIATECY -TA111823Y TAKE 3 OF 4 TAI117 33Y--BEGINwVANCE PRESS CONFERENCe JERUSALEM DOMESTIC HEBREW 1U1600 XXX DO WITH TWAT_ ((TEXT)) (tQUESTION)j I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A.QUESTION, MR SECRETARY OF STATE, AND THE PRIME MINISTER iiWORQS INDISTINCT)) BOTH GENTLEMEN. MY QUESTION IS THIS. I WOULD Lie TO KNOW WHETHER YOU THINK THAT UNANIMITY IN THE ARAB WORCD IS A PRER QUISITE FORTHE ACHIEVEMENT QF PROGRNSS Is GENEVA AND CAIRC AND IN JERUSALEMDAND THE CONTRARY =WMETHER PROGRESS IN THOSE PLACES I(S CONTINKgNT)N UNANIMITY IN THE ARAB WOR1D . AND I WOUCO IEME T0 ASK THE$'CRETARY THIS QUESTION, IS THE UNITED STATES COCERNCRD ABOut THE DEEP SPLiT IN THE ARAB WORLD BECAUSE OF RECENT EVENTS, AND 1F SO COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHY? ((VANCE)I WE WOUED ALL LIKE TO SEE UNANIMITYi- TW5 SOONERUNANIMITY IS ACHIEVED THE MORE RAPID THE PROGRESS WOULD BE TOWARD PEACE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT PROGRNSS CANNOT BE MADE EVEN THOUGH ONE HAS LESS THAN UNANIMITY. (ifT $$ OBVIUS) THATTHERE HAS BEEN A SPEIT IN THE ARAB W.QRLD" HOWEVE, iS TIME MOVES FORWARD, I THINK ALE OF US HOPE AND BELIEVE TIAT THERE IS A PO5SIBILITY THAT THAT SPCIT CAN BE HEALED AND DjgAP!iAR AND THAT WE CAN FIND A GREATER DEGREE OF UNANIMITY THAN THERE IS AT TME PRESENT TIME. I THINK THAT THERE.IS A CHANCE F0R REAL PEASE AND WE MUST GET STARTED ON THAT COGRSE ((QUESTION)) MR SECRETARYa I'S THERE AN UNDeRSTANQiaGn4AN AGREEMENT--BETWEEN ISRAEC (EPASSAGE INDISTINCT BUT REFERENCE IS TOCONVENING.OF THE CA4RD CONPERENCE)h ((VANCE)) WE WAVE NO DIFREgNCES OF VIEW WIT RESPECT "TO THE CAIRO CONFERENCE; ' E HAVE "BEEN MEETING OVER THE LAST 2 DAYS T0 TALKABOUT THE SUBSTANCE AND DETAILS OF THE CAIRO CCNFERENCE AND I LOOK FORWARD To A FRUITRtFL CONFERENCE. #(BEGIN)) I CONCbR,
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