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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.
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PPROVED FOR RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION AR 70-14 13NOV2013 V. 2 7 Dec 77 D 1 4 EGYPT [Question] Good morning. My'jname is Hirsch Goodman of the Jerusalem POST. Mr Begin,what are the advantages of two or three committees working in tandem rather than acohesive peace forum? And, first, you and President as-Sadat in obviously coordinatingthe discussion, did you expect to meet soon and .did you expect to meet frequently?Thank you. [Begin] The committees will start their work quite soon, in the first week of January,and they will work every day and they hope for good and concrete results. President as-Sadat and I also agreed during our private talks that, if necessary from time to time,we shall meet again. [Moderator] Thank you very much. [Question] Mr President and Mr Prime Minister, would you say that Israel and Egypt areabout to achieve a peace treaty in a couple of months? [As-Sadat] A peace treaty? [Question] Yes. I[As-Sadat] Between Egypt and Israel? We are working toward a comprehensive settlement. As I sai before, we want to establish peace in the area. Without comprehensive settle-ment, we can't achieve peace. [Question] Mr Prime Minister? . [Begin] I agree with the president. [Question] Prime Minister Begin, we understood that there was a kind of ...[interrupted by press conference moderator] [Moderator] Your name, please. [Question.] Hamdi Fu'ad, AL-AHRAM newspaper. I am Hamdi Fu'ad of AL-ARRAM newspaper. Mr Prime Minister; we understood that you were going to issue a declaration of intention--a declaration of intent. Has this idea been achieved and what is the difference betweenyour proposals which you have presented to President Carter in the United States and theproposals you have presented here in Ismailia? [Begin] The statement made by the President is an agreed-upon statement, so we don'tneed now any additional written declaration. We agreed to continue with the efforts to establish peace--a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East--on the basis of theSecurity Council resolution 242 and 338 and to establish these committees. So thisis the basic agreement. ' This is the most important development at the Ismailia con- ference. And now our colleagues and friends will continue with the effort, as the president and I explained. [Question] Concerning your proposals you presented to President Carter and the differ-ences between the proposals...[question left unfinished] [Begin] We presented President as-Sadat the proposals I made to President Carter. Therewere a few amendments not of decisive importance, and yesterday at the conference I pre-sented all our proposals in detail.
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