FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

PPROVED FOR RELEASE CIA ISTORICAL CTIONS DIVISION AR 70-14 13NOV201
Dayan, Waisma Oomment
TA180599Y -Jerusalem Domestio Servico in ebrew nSOS QMT 18 fep 78 TA
[Prom- the Morning Newareel) -
[?alc] . orraapondant Rfsli arquai managed to gat inside the reception htll of the
White Uouuo and tried to apeak with a few people serving nn the Xarnuli dolea tion. The
delegation members refused to speak about the content of the reement beftorn it was
lficlially publicised. Rasi IDarqa'i spoke with Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, D a'
Minister tflser Weisman and the Israeli ambessadar to the United States, 81iimoha Dinits.
Fi1rst, Por.lgn Minister toshe Dayan. (begin recordint)]
(arqali Mr Dayan, wculd you yay a few words to the radio?
(Dayan) I am very happy that a situation was created where the people, the publia in
Israel will have to make the decision. This is important in itself, I am sure that
during the next 2 weeks this will extensively preoccupy the entire publio--all sorts of
Friday evening conversations, all kinds of criticisms and Fault-finding. At least for
this period, I hope, all these things will disappear and instead, each will give an
aount to himself, discuss things within the Framework of his family, his party, in
the pres. The public will have to make a cruoial decision.
For a long while I, at least, have thought that we have to come to a situation in which
we should examine the conditions under which we can achieve peace and only then decide
whether to accept or reject these conditions. In short, to get to this thorough and basic
examination or cl.arification--not a declaration of principles and such things--but to
get truly to the things on which peace depends and then to consider whether we prefer
to make peace on these conditions. The situation now is that this is the question posed
to us, and this question is posed to individuals, to the government, to this or that
minister and this or that party. The question is posed to the entire public and I assume
that this will not be a question discussed by the public in accordance with partisan
affiliations. This giving oneself an account will be- one of Israel's greatest moments.
This in itself is of first rate importance. Later of cobrse, the result of, this, what-
. ever it may be, will be one of the phenomena that will be most meaningful for Israel.
[Barqa'i] Sir, what is the account you give to yourself? Are you satisfied with this
agreement?
[Dayan] I am satisfied from [word indistinct) of the agreement as an agreement as
regards Egypt--both with regard to the agreement with Egypt and with regard to the ---
agreement concerning Judaea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip--the autonomy and the abolition
of the military government are. compatible with my views, except of course for thisdecisive question only, namely, the settlements and defending them. This is the only
problematic point. As for the other clauses of the agreement--the military installations,
the demilitarizations and so on--I think this is a good agreement.
[Bargali] Mr. Dayan, what can you say about your personal feeling at this moment?