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FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks: 1977 December

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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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p. 1 …inviting all concerned to a meeting in Cairo next Saturday. Now that the dust is settling…
p. 2 …is also expected to discuss the forthcoming Cairo peace talks, the Palestinian question and Israelis relations…
p. 3 …egion to send their representatives to the Cairo conference. The Americans are especially trying to convince…
p. 4 …There will be a Cairo conference in preparation for the Geneva conference. There will also be…
p. 5 …meetings the Egyptian president has called in Cairo should be welcomed. The prospect of direct negotiations…
p. 6 …secretary of state will want to check the chances of the success of the Cairo conference…
p. 7 …6 Dec 77 N 5 ISRAEL FUNCTION OF DELEGATION TO CAIRO TALKS DEFINED TA051643Y Tel Aviv…
p. 8 …6 Dec 77 N 6 ISRAEL Begin added: "The talks in Cairo are only the beginning…
p. 9 …The delegation will leave for Cairo in the next few days. Our correspondent also reports that…
p. 11 …RUEEFGA/VOA WASH DC RUEHEY/AMEMB CAIRO EG RUFLSJA/PBIS ATHENS GR RUQMDM/AMEMB DAMASCUS SY…
p. 12 …FBIS AMMAN RUQMIF/AMEMB AMMAN RUEHEY/AMEMB CAIRO RUQMDM/AMEMB DAMASCUS RUQMJR/AMCONGEN JERtySALEM RUQMZN/SINAI…
p. 13 …WI TAKE PART IN THE CAIRO CONFERENCE? TOWARDS THAT COMPREHENSIVE PEACE THAT YOU BOTH SAY YOU…
p. 14 …FBiS AMMAN RUQMIF/AMEMB AMMAN RUEHEY/AMEMB CAIRO RUQMDM/AMEMB DAMASCUS RUQMJR/AMCONGEN JERUSALEM RUQMZN/S…
p. 15 …WILt TARE PLACE IN CAIRO, IN GENEVA, IN JERUSALEM, WITH ALL 06E RESPECTI NOT BEFORE THE…
p. 16 …FBis AMMAN RUQMIF/AMEMB AMMAN RUEHEY/AMEMB CAIRO RUQMDM/AMEMB DAMASCOS RUQMJR/AMCONGEN JEROSALEM RUQMZN/SINAI…
p. 17 MSGNO 1273 (FBXX) CRN *1 /I2/77* *05112* PRT I L T I 70- V2O1 CAIRO…
p. 19 …FBIS AMMAN RUQMIF/AMEMB AMMAN RUEHEY/AMEMB CAIRO RUQMDM/AMEMB DAMASCOtS RUQMJR/AMCONGEN JERUSALEM RUQMZN/SINAI…
p. 20 …SAID THAT IT IS YOUR WNOERSTANDINGIrAT THE CAIRO CONFERENCE WOULD nISCUSS SUBSTANCE. AND PROCEDURE, THE. PALESTINIAN…
p. 21 …IT WAS CONFIRMED IN CAIRO THAT IN AN INTERVIEW WITH U,S TELEVISIN.a AS.SADAT…
p. 22 …FBIS AMMAN RUQMIF/AMEMB AMMAN RUEHEY/AMEMB CAIRO RUQMDM/AMEMB DAMASCUS RUQMJR/AMCONGEN JERUSALEM RUQMZN/SINAI…
p. 23 …WEEKS 5GO, AS THE SECRETARY CAME FROM CAIRO TO JERUSALEM AND THEN WENT TO THE KING…
p. 25 …weeks ago, as the secretary came from Cairo to Jerusalem and then went to the King…
p. 26 …first of the year,, when the Cairo conference might possibly take another level or dimension? to…
p. 27 …I think this is really the purpose of the Cairo conference. Now the delegations both of…
p. 28 …So I have no doubt whatsoever that in Cairo our delegations will talk not only about…
p. 29 …We have said this to them from the moment that the Cairo conference was proposed. They…
p. 30 …policy in the region, against the background of preparations for the Cairo conference. HA'AREZ says…
p. 31 …Everyone hopes for the success of the Cairo conference, but side by side with hope one…
p. 32 …Thank you.end recordi g _ CABINET MEE BEGI ,OMMENTS ON CAIRO AGENDA TA122019Y Jerusalem Domestic Television…
p. 33 …Begin had proposed to Dayan that the Israeli delegation to the Cairo conference consist of the…
p. 34 …The military committee will convene in Cairo. The political committee will convene in Jerusalem. Those committees…
p. 36 …as we shall be continuing in the Cairo conference to discuss whatever points of difference are…
p. 41 …not attended the first round of the Cairo conference be invited to the second round once…
p. 42 …tQuestion you said you .were raising the level of participation in the Cairo conferenceto the ministerial…
p. 43 …What we are doing now here in Cairo is the preparation for Geneva. Geneva is not…
p. 44 …Begin Departs Ismailia NC261008 Editorial Report NC Cairo Domestic Service in Arabic at 0945 GMT on…
p. 45 …Declaration of Intent Postponed NC261333Y Cairo MENA in Arabic 1325 GMT 26 Dec 77 NC Text…
p. 46 …in ng months you will travel the Cairo-Jerusalem route? Answer No. The committee with which…
p. 50 …The Egyptian defense minister will open the military committee session in Cairo. A week later the…
p. 56 …A security committee in Cairo and a peace committee in Jerusalem is preferable to a conference…
p. 60 …the status of the Libyans even in Cairo? We are talking about peace, about a peace…
p. 63 …Nobody will threaten the Israeli delegation, either in Cairo or in Jerusalem, and we will discuss…

PPROVED FOR RELEASE CIA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION AR 70-14 13NOV201
V. 27 Dec 77 D 24 EGYPT
The agency learned that despite the differences of opinion on some of the points in the
Israeli plan, this move, which is taking place for the first time on the part of Israel,
means reducing the time spent on procedural matters, which could have taken up to 5 to 7
years.
Declaration of Intent Postponed
NC261333Y Cairo MENA in Arabic 1325 GMT 26 Dec 77 NC
[Text] Ismailia, 26 December--MENA has learned that during the Ismailia talks Egypt
concentrated on the need to achieve a comprehensive solution to the Middle East problem,
including the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to establish
their own state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. This was the reason which led to
the postponement of the issuance of the declaration of intent, although the Israeli
side officially expressed its readiness during the talks to withdraw to the international
borders of Egypt.
As-Sadat; Differences Can Be Solved
NC261400Y Cairo MENA in Arabic 1330 GMT 26 Dec 77 NC
(Text] Cairo, 26 December--President Muhammad Anwar as-Sadat said today that his talks
with Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin were not difficult, but that there were
differences of opinion. The president said there is no room for retreat from peace after
today and that all differences can be solved in the working committees which have been
formed,
President as-Sadat said that Israel has not yet taken the difficult decisions which I
said in Jerusalem it must take. This came in press statements -which President Anwar
as-Sadat made to a number of newsmen after the press conference in Ismailia today.
President Anwar as-Sadat made a statement before his departure from Ismailia today to
one of the Israeli correspondents in which he replied to a question on whether the
negotiations with the Israeli side had been difficuit. He said: I cannot say that
they were difficult, but I can say that there were differences of views.
)
The Israeli correspondent asked: Is there any room for retreat from peace now? The
president said: As I said before, it is impossible for us to go back now. All differ-
ences can be solved in the committees which have been formed.
The correspondent asked whether the religious character of President as-Sadat and Mr
Begin was a factor of understanding between them. The president said: This might be
true.
The Israeli correspondent told President Anwar as-Sadat: You and Mr Begin have become
famous for always making bold decisions.
The president said: These are not bold decisions. They are decisive decisions made at
an opportune time.
A U.S. correspondent asked about declarations to the effect that Israel has made con-
cessions in its proposals.

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