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After leaving Oman at dawn, the homeward-bound group stopped in Cairo for its meeting with President Mubarak, who had succeeded the assassinated Anwar Sadat only three weeks before. Mubarak stressed his determination to rebuild relations with his estranged Arab brothers, and appealed for more U.S. investment in Egypt's troubled economy...
...Cairo reveals their plots...
Talks proceed in Cairo...
...planning session for next week's ministerial meetings in Cairo, the Israelis proposed that the negotiators concentrate on a single issue: the nature of the self-governing authority for an autonomous West Bank and Gaza Strip. Indeed, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin talked as if an agreement on that issue would lead straight to a solution of even thornier matters, such as the Israeli settlements on the West Bank and the future status of East Jerusalem and its 100,000 Arab residents...
Mubarak was also making a cautious effort to rebuild Egypt's relations with the Arab states that have shunned Cairo since Sadat boldly made his separate peace with Israel. Even so, he sent a delegation to Israel to resume negotiations on the Palestinian autonomy talks. Mubarak urged the Israelis to "be more flexible on matters of principle." A similar plea was made by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Samuel Lewis. But the Israelis showed scant signs of modifying their refusal to grant the Palestinians any real autonomy. The talks that Sadat began still have a long...