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Debate Over Talks. In secret Cabinet sessions, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan has urged that the Israelis call off the talks until the Egyptians carry out all provisions of the truce. So far he has been overruled. But Dayan, who had earlier visited Israeli soldiers in trenches along the Suez with Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev, is known to be considering resigning if the talks continue under the present circumstances. "He is debating with himself," a friend said last week, "over whether to continue in the Cabinet." A recent meeting between Dayan and Opposition Leader Menahem Begin threw a scare...
Another day was lost when Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, aware that his enemy was moving missiles toward the canal, unexpectedly called for the truce to start 24 hours earlier than scheduled, hoping to stop the missiles in their tracks. The upshot was that at the crucial moment when the truce began, the U.S. had no immediate "before and after" shots to test the veracity of the Israeli claims that the Egyptians had deployed SAMs at six to 15 sites in the cease-fire zone after the truce went into effect...
...chance that the Russians and Egyptians had moved the highly mobile SA3 missiles from one point to another within the cease-fire zone without actually introducing new weapons. Another possible explanation was the abrupt timing of the truce. When U.S. Ambassador to Israel Walworth Barbour called on Dayan at noon on Friday, Aug. 7, the American diplomat suggested that the truce begin at midnight Saturday. Replied Dayan: "Let's make it now." Egypt and Russia reluctantly agreed to stop the shooting at midnight on Friday. Dayan was well aware of large-scale movements then in progress near the Canal...
...back to Washington Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin, who had been recalled to Jerusalem only three days before. He carried in his attache case a complete set of the photographs and other evidence. The next day, Rabin personally handed the material to Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco. Back in Jerusalem, Dayan put pressure on the U.S. Speaking to the Knesset, he publicly charged Egypt and Russia with the cease-fire violation. Dayan saved some of the sternest parts of his speech for the U.S. "We see the Americans as more than just onetime mediators," he said. "They bear a heavy responsibility...
Slim Hopes. Whatever the foundation of Dayan's accusations, the U.S. was indeed obligated to look into them. Before accepting the terms of Secretary of State William Rogers' cease-fire proposal, the Israeli Cabinet demanded -and got-several key assurances from Washington. The most important was a U.S. pledge not to permit any change in the military balance to the disfavor of the Israelis during the ceasefire...