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Civilian Experts. The Geneva accord, which will remain in force for the next three years, was unquestionably an American diplomatic triumph; but it involved an unprecedented American commitment to help maintain peace in the Middle East. The most widely debated proviso of the agreement is an article stipulating that the U.S. will send up to 200 civilian electronics experts to maintain surveillance stations in Sinai that will monitor troop and aircraft movements and report truce violations. Israel refused to ratify the pact without U.S. surveillance. Although not explicitly part of the deal, $2.3 billion in military aid for Israel...
Reaction to the agreement throughout the world was less than euphoric. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko is co-chairman with Kissinger of the Geneva Peace Conference. Obviously angered and frustrated that they could contribute nothing to the new Sinai accord, the Russians refused to attend the signing of the articles−thereby forcing the U.S. to stay away as well. The Soviet press, which until last week had scarcely noticed Kissinger's shuttle, denounced the new agreement as "potentially dangerous" and "neglectful" of Arab needs. Understandably, the accord was bitterly attacked by Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation...
Kissinger, Sadat and Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin quickly moved−in differing ways and against widely varying kinds and degrees of opposition−to justify the accords. To head off congressional worries that the American commitment to provide electronics experts might become a new Viet Nam adventure, President Ford and Kissinger met last week with leaders of the House and Senate at the White House. Over coffee and rolls, Ford argued that members of the National Security Council and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had agreed that U.S. involvement was worth the effort. It was a gamble, conceded the President...
Clearly there are many unanswered questions involving the aftermath of the accord. If some kind of withdrawal agreement is worked out−possibly next year−between Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights, will the U.S. also be required to provide electronics experts for this volatile front? And if so, will Congress approve? What will be the mood of America if any technicians are accidentally killed in an outbreak of fighting in Sinai? Even if Congress approves this year's aid package to Israel, will it go along with requests for an estimated $10 billion in new equipment...
...with expected hostility from Palestinian organizations. Declaring an "emergency situation," P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat has scheduled a series of strategy meetings with commando leaders. In an interview last week with TIME Beirut Bureau Chief Karsten Prager and TIME'S Abu Said Abu Rish, Arafat denounced the accord as "dangerous because it ignores the basic question of Palestine and the cause of the Palestinian people." He was careful, however, to avoid criticizing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat...