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...Golda Meir...
...capital when another familiar figure is scheduled to arrive. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan is visiting the U.S. ostensibly to raise money for the United Jewish Appeal, but that is a convenient cover for an unofficial side trip to Washington. Before Dayan's departure, Premier Golda Meir dispatched a personal letter to President Nixon seeking clarification of U.S. guarantees on arms deliveries and economic assistance-and a promise that the U.S. will not "impose" its point of view on Israel when the peace talks get under way. The U.S. last week, in an unusually speedy reply, promised to keep...
...shift in government policy appears to have been caused by friendly persuasion. The U.S. has decided that "rectification" of the Egyptian missile violations is hopeless. As an antidote to missiles, Washington is beefing up the Israeli air force and providing Mrs. Meir with additional economic aid. This provides an atmosphere in which Israel can return to the Jarring talks before the second 90-day cease-fire expires...
...Dayan is also acting out of political necessity. Next month Israel's ruling Labor Party will hold party elections and pick delegates to a convention that must be held before Israel has another national election. Since control of this machinery is essential to any prospective successor to Mrs. Meir, both Dayan and Deputy Premier Yigal Allon are working to secure it. So far, Allon appears to have the party establishment behind him. Dayan therefore is appealing to the party moderates whose strength, he feels, is gradually increasing...
...striptease"-by which he apparently meant Dayan's exposure of too many of Israel's peace options. The Foreign Minister said that he had been questioned by U.S. officials who asked why, when Dayan is so eager to return to the Jarring talks without condition, Golda Meir cannot be as cooperative...