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Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff pressed Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin for his interpretation of the stalled Middle East negotiations, while Correspondents Wilton Wynn in Cairo and Karsten Prager in Beirut reported Arab views and reaction to Faisal's death. From Washington, Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter and State Department Correspondent Strobe Talbott contributed to an analysis of how setbacks in Indochina and the Middle East may affect the future of the Secretary of State. The special section is illustrated by four pages of color photographs, including a remarkable picture of Faisal's simple sand-and-stone grave by TIME...
...irony of Kissinger's failure was that he had come so close to success. The Secretary had spent seven months sounding out both sides and defining areas of discussion and possible agreement. Cairo and Jerusalem both encouraged him to resume his unique diplomatic shuttle, which Kissinger insisted he would not undertake unless there was a reasonable chance of success...
...firmness - was the keynote of Sadat's special address to Egypt's People's Assembly last weekend. "Some may expect an emotional reaction from me [to the breakdown of the Kissinger efforts] but I prefer action to reaction," declared the Egyptian leader. Thus, despite fears that Cairo would not renew the mandate for the U.N.'s peace-keeping forces in the Sinai, which expires on April 24, Sadat said he would agree to a three-month extension because "I do not want to place a sudden crisis before the international community." Yet, he explained, he would...
...troops reached the east bank of the waterway, resulting in its closing. Although Sadat did not indicate whether Israeli ships or cargo would be allowed to transit the canal, its reopening and the repopulating by Egyptians of towns along its banks have been awaited as concrete signs that Cairo prefers to pursue a policy of peace. He warned, however, that Egypt was capable of protecting the canal: "We possess a deterrent capacity that makes our enemy think twice and thrice before any rashness. Any infringement of any single position on the canal will be met with a sufficient deterrence that...
...relations with the U.S. and Western Europe, but - as was to be expected in wake of the failure of the Kissinger shuttle - he also emphasized that Egypt's ties with the Soviet Union would be placed "in their right position." That will almost certainly mean a warming of Cairo-Moscow relations...