Word: pact
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Equally important, the agreement commits the U.S. to an unprecedented and significantly expanded role in Middle Eastern affairs. Through a detailed series of public and thus far secret agreements that Jerusalem demanded in exchange for its territorial concessions, the U.S. has offered Israel what amounts to an unofficial security pact, one that all but mandates American intervention in case fighting should break out again. Says one high Israeli official: "This is a defense agreement between the U.S. and Israel-even if the text doesn't say that outright...
...might be wary of this dubious proposal. "Let the Israelis do any intelligence gathering that may be necessary," said Senator Henry Jackson, one of Israel's staunchest friends. "I don't want Americans there." But should Congress reject the provision, warns one Israeli official, "no presence, no pact...
...Egypt, under an unpublished part of the pact, would pledge to renew annually for three years the mandate of the U.N. Emergency Force now in the buffer zone. It would also allow Israeli cargoes through the Suez Canal, soften its anti-Israel propaganda, pledge not to support efforts by other Arab states to oust Israel from the U.N., and temper its current economic boycott of firms doing business with Israel. Sadat, of course, has already reopened the Suez Canal and twice extended the mandate of the U.N. buffer force. Under the same unpublished codicil, Israel would apparently accept the principle...
Though a 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...
...make available to the U.S.S.R., the Administration must also consider protecting the role of dependable supplier to established and more reliable export buyers. Agriculture sales are the nation's second largest export after machinery. Last week Japan's Agriculture Minister Shintaro Abe signed a three-year pact to buy 14 million tons of U.S. grain and soybeans annually. "We are not like the Russians, who come into the market every three years," declared the Japanese minister. "We buy regularly, and we feel this should be given due consideration by the U.S." India, the Common Market and other regular...