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Listening Posts. The major compromises and concessions had been worked out before Kissinger left Washington: Israel is to give up the Abu Rudeis oilfield and the Giddi and Mitla passes in the Sinai; American technicians are to man listening posts between the two armies; the agreement is to run for three years and, while it will not include an Egyptian statement of nonbelligerency, it will amount to about that...
...Israel would give up the Mitla Pass and almost all of the Giddi Pass, retaining only some foothills at its eastern terminus (see map following page). The passes are the keys to the Sinai. North of them is soft sand; south of them are towering granite mountains. Any army that wants to move across the peninsula is almost compelled to go through the two passes, and Israel's General Staff has hitherto considered them indispensable to the country's security. Since the October war in 1973, Jerusalem has spent $60 million fortifying nature's own impressive defenses...
...American technicians, presumably anywhere from twelve to 100 civilians, would probably be stationed at the Umm Khisheib early warning installation above Giddi Pass and at six or seven other sites within the two passes or just to the west of them. They would probably be joined by Israeli technicians on the east side and Egyptian technicians on the west side; all would man electronic reconnaissance and surveillance gear. The Ford Administration, which would prefer that U.N. forces take on the potentially dangerous task, is decidedly cool to the notion of such American involvement. But Israel has insisted and may well...
...rough truce line in Sinai has been agreed upon, this must still be drawn more precisely-practically rock by rock-before Kissinger can return to Washington with a signed pact. Also undecided is whether Egyptian troops would be allowed to follow the Egyptian flag into the Mitla and Giddi passes. Israel wants a guarantee that the passes be demilitarized if its forces pull out. Cairo is insistent that it owns the territory-"Sinai is ours, ours, ours!" proclaims an Egyptian officer-but seems willing to bend and accept demilitarization anyway. The Israelis, many of whom no longer regard Kissinger...
With Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Herman Eilts acting as intermediaries, Israel two weeks ago had presented to Cairo its own proposals concerning a further pullback in the Sinai. The interminable negotiations center around the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes in the desert. In its latest offer, Israel agreed to let U.S. electronic technicians operate the key listening post at Umm Khisheib above the passes. But Jerusalem proposed additional Israeli posts near by and insisted upon keeping Israeli troops on the eastern rims of the passes as a defensive measure...