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...expected that such pressure would be exerted immediately. Last week, to the contrary, there were some superficial indications of progress that could be attributed at least partly to the accord. Bonn and Warsaw reached an interim agreement, for instance, providing for the repatriation of some 125,000 ethnic Germans (out of a total of 280,000) from Poland to West Germany. Cost to Bonn: almost $1 billion in credits and pensions. In addition, the conversations at Helsinki between West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and East German Communist Boss Erich Honecker were said to have led to some progress...
Even if Israel and Egypt do reach an early accord, Middle East tensions will not automatically diminish. On at least one other Israeli-Arab border-the Golan Heights-they will probably increase. Another U.N. mandate on the Golan expires in November, and there is no immediate prospect of any disengagement talks on this front. Syria and Israel both suspect each other of preparing pre-emptive attacks. Last week also, Israel accused Jordan's King Hussein of massing troops for a possible attack-even though the border is quiet and record numbers of Palestinians are crossing the open bridges...
...ROLE IN SPAIN: We cannot understand the policy of the United States. It seems that there is an accord between the superpowers to prevent progressive forces from coming to power in Western Europe. The radicalization in Portugal is to a great degree the fault of the Americans. They could have stopped...
...AFTERMATH OF AN ACCORD...
...expect a relaxed period of several years-no pressure, no threats. An accord has to give some years of relative tranquillity. After that, seeing what will happen in Egypt and other parts of the Arab world, we will be ready to negotiate in a very detailed and prolonged way on the elements of an overall agreement. But whatever may happen in these talks about an overall agreement -especially if they do not succeed or if they come to a deadlock-Egypt has to behave in accordance with the interim agreement...