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...step short of total breakdown. Last week Egyptian President Anwar Sadat informed State Department Troubleshooter Alfred Atherton Jr. that Egypt would not participate in any new talks until Israel agreed to return the occupied territories. Meeting Vance at the Tel Aviv Airport, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan sounded an encouraging note when he said: "In order to get a settlement, everyone, every party, has to make compromises and concessions...
Until Sadat's flat veto on further talks, Vance had hoped to meet with Dayan and his Egyptian counterpart, Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel, at the U.S. watch station in the Sinai and had even hoped that the Defense Ministers of both sides would attend. Sadat had insisted all along that there must be "new elements" from Israel before Egypt would participate in more talks. Washington expected that Dayan's hint at Leeds that Israel would be amenable to discussing "territorial compromise" in the West Bank would be sufficient. Instead, Sadat denounced the concept as fraudulent and negative. The Egyptian...
During the next four months, Dayan flew incognito to many Muslim countries. He met at least twice with Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian officials and three times with King Hassan II of Morocco. He also met twice with the Shah of Iran, who had taken an active role in trying to encourage a Middle East settlement...
...Israelis responded to the Arabs' gratitude by sending newly appointed Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan on a round of secret visits to Middle Eastern capitals. Premier Menachem Begin had come to power a month earlier vowing that Israel would retain the West Bank and Gaza, Arab lands captured during the Six-Day War of 1967. Nonetheless, the fact that he had agreed to warn Sadat, and the other moderate Arab leaders of impending danger, gave them the feeling that Begin had the stature and the courage to make significant concessions in peace negotiations...
...against this background that Dayan in late July set forth on his odyssey to Muslim capitals in search of a peace formula. Dayan assured his Arab hosts that the Begin government was prepared to make more "generous compromises" than previous Israeli governments. He specifically told the Egyptians and other leaders: "We are ready to transfer the airbase at Sharm el Sheikh to the U.N. and keep some civilian installations there for a limited period. We are ready to restore your sovereignty over all of Sinai and to put our settlements in the Rafah area under your flag. We suggest small...