FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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[Answer] I cannot give you an answer but I can tellnecessary to reach the framework agreement in ever ythinu what I understand. It was
and Jordan as a condition for the biaee aen in evrtig Pertaining to Judaea, Samaria -
approaches issue. The mon t laeral agreement and in connection with the Rafah
appracheisue. he otient an agreemenb was achieved on this subect,'then the issueof peace between us and Egypt is not subect to the negotiatiss there. This is how Iunderstand the state of affairs'at this moment.
[Question] Let us now refer to the content of the agreements, that is, what was Published
moderate members of the ogreements Do you think that the price is too heavy, as some
modeatememersof he pposition have expressed?
[Answer] At this eoent I, like everybody else, I may say, have not had enough time not
only to peruse the documents carefully but to consider this thing. tHoweverggeellyt
think this was a first-rate achievement for theoeide sing.toweveri generally Iable to say-i c-nrs ehp hto h overnment since today. it is really poss- -ibdayo aoYn-in contrast perhaps to that euphoria prevailing after As-Sadatis visit here--
today in a concrete and not a hypothetical manner, that if we decide to go this way then
we have a separate peace with Egypt. This is a great thing. What is the price for a
separate peace with Egypt? Everybody will have to give an account to himself on this
with utmost earnestness.
[Question] What is the account you give to yourself? ..
swerhic I caubgive you a final answer yet. However, I think that every reasonable
price which is subject to all defense arrangements is xorth pain foreteesnawit
Egypt. I will thirc about a final answer to this istor paying for a settlement with
Generally speaking, this is my feeling at the mmenuestion after I consider the details.
:'!oreover, I want to say that the framework agreement regarding Judaea and Samaria is in
fact a great achievement of ours since it is based, like. the Sinai issue, on the govern-men's peace plan. There areall kinds of variations here. There, too, [at Camp David]we did not say that that was the dinal word. We said let us conduct negotiations. There
were many details that had to be .discussed.; Hoeet'picpenmlhvn h
5 years of autonomy thtolHfe h - owever, thie principle, namely; having the
determinoed, that inanyncase, afromthe ese 5 years will the'sovereignty question besptseriedon that nayhe from he fense point of view, the IDF will be in thosespots agreed on, that there will be some sort of a link with Jordan--all these issues are
detailed in the autonomy plan and from this point of view I regard this as a great achieve-meat.
[Question] There is also a clause about the settlements...
[Yadin] I have told you that the clause of settlements, as broadcast, s not corect.The .ituation is completely different However, at this.moment when I am talking.with
you I cannot 'detail, it. It will be Ino*, at 1800.'
[Question] Could you generally say whether there is a concession on the subject ofsettlement?
[Answer ] It is difficult for .e to give you the answer. The mattef' is connected with acertain timing..I cannot elaborate at he o omentswer recording]
Peres Interviewee1
TA18172 5 y' Jerusalem Domestic Service in Hebrew 1105 GMT 18 Sep 78 TA
[From the Midday Newsreel ]
[Text ] We invited PK Shimnon Peres to oar Tel Aviv studio at noon. Our correspondentfor party affairs is talking with him.