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...sixth such trek in the past two years. Kissinger reached Cairo on the first leg of his flight to seven capitals (the others: Damascus, Amman, Jerusalem, Riyadh, Algiers and finally Rabat) during the Moslem penitential month of Ramadan. The Secretary of State was unable to meet with fasting President Anwar Sadat until after sundown; Kissinger thus had to while away several hours sightseeing. As he flew out of Cairo, a Secret Service agent's submachine gun-an Israeli-made Uzi-fell from a luggage rack aboard Kissinger's Air Force 707 and fired, wounding the agent slightly...
Arafat has approved Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's decision to negotiate with Kissinger. For this, he has been accused by the P.F.L.P. of surrendering to the U.S. and even of trying to negotiate secretly with Kissinger's aides. Denying such "unfounded accusations," Arafat told the Beirut newspaper an-Nahar: "When Kissinger tried to meet me secretly in Egypt through Sadat, I refused." Washington denies that any such overture took place...
...support, and one of Rabin's aims this week will be to pin down a long-term assistance program with large U.S. credits that may amount to $4.5 billion over a five-year period. The Israeli preference is to begin second-stage negotiations with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat, but not until Egypt demonstrates more willingness to make concessions. Israel feels that it received nothing in return for its withdrawal in Sinai last February. If there is no Egyptian give, Israel feels, the situation could deteriorate. Explained one Foreign Ministry official: "If they want no more war, then...
Ford is likely to carry on with the broad outlines of the Nixon-Kissinger foreign policy. Not that Ford lacks opinions of his own. In the past, he has strongly favored U.S. support of Israel, a stance that worries some Arab leaders, notably Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Ford also believes in maintaining a large U.S. troop presence in Western Europe, at least until the Soviet Union agrees to some kind of mutual force reduction. As a longtime member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, he consistently endorsed big defense budgets. Says Ford: "The way to win peace is to build...
...uncertainty. Arab governments were unhappy to see Nixon go; they credit him with the "even-handed" policy that the U.S. has followed so successfully since the October war. The Arabs have their doubts about President Ford, who has been a vocal supporter of Israel. In Egypt, where President Anwar Sadat has staked his hopes for an acceptable settlement on the personal assurances he received from Nixon only two months ago, the resignation news was played down...