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Diplomacy. The Saudi defense buildup is being matched by a major diplomatic effort that readily converts Riyadh's financial clout into political muscle. The Saudi diplomatic watchwords have traditionally been discretion and caution-so much so that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat occasionally upbraided the Saudi rulers as "afraid of their own shadows." Now, noting recent Saudi successes at carving out a mediating role for themselves in the region, one of Sadat's own advisers acknowledges that the Saudis are "no longer seen as weak reactionaries but have a newly acquired respectability...
...King Hussein and Syria's President Hafez Assad threatened an outbreak of hostilities early this winter, the Saudis skillfully stepped in and cajoled the saber-rattling neighbors into a wary detente. Some diplomats now believe that the Saudis may even be getting ready to make political peace with Sadat, with whom they broke relations in protest over the Camp David peace accord...
...sold Egypt $12 million worth of goods, ranging from bananas to iron ore. Egypt, in turn, has sold Israel $500 million in oil-a quarter of its production-and has picked up another $15 million from tourism. Egyptian agronomists are soliciting Israeli help for advanced irrigation projects. President Anwar Sadat has offered a reciprocal arrangement for the future, to bring "the sweet waters of the Nile" across the Sinai to Israel's Negev desert...
Egyptian officials were the first to admit that Sadat's maneuver stemmed from multiple motives. They emphasize that Sadat has effectively given up any hope of reaching an agreement on the Palestinians with the Begin government, and has now pinned his hopes on a probable Labor Party victory in Israel's June 30 elections. During a four-day visit to Egypt last week, Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky passed along his belief that Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres would be prepared to reach an early agreement on autonomy, perhaps even by the end of the year. Although Sadat...
Egypt's new interest in Europe, meanwhile, has also brought some economic dividends. The Egyptians announced that France will build two $1 billion nuclear reactors in Egypt, and undertake construction of a $600 million subway in Cairo. At the same time, Sadat is intensifying his ties with other Arab nations, notably Saudi Arabia, in a bid to restore Arab solidarity. Says a chief aide: "We may have plenty to talk about when President Sadat finally meets Reagan...