Word: accords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Congress has requested that the CIA hold on to all evidence that could be useful to the Church committee investigation, but an exception may have to be made in the toxin case. According to the U.N.'s Biological Weapons Convention, the U.S. Government has until Dec. 26 to get rid of all biological warfare materials. Probably the best solution was proposed last week by Murdoch Ritchie, a Yale pharmacology professor and an expert on saxitoxin. Since it is invaluable for the study of such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Ritchie urged that the CIA's costly trove...
Kissinger's mission was to sell Congress* on the soundness of the Sinai accord he had worked out between Israel and Egypt. Since the agreement includes not only massive sweeteners in the form of U.S. aid but also the stationing of U.S. civilian technicians in the Sinai to monitor the truce electronically, Kissinger and President Ford are seeking a congressional resolution of support. Such a resolution, they hope, will not only silence domestic critics but also provide tangible support to Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Premier Yitzhak Rabin, who are both being hounded...
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...