Word: settlement
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...Yitzhak Rabin and his government a good scare. Apparently Kissinger and his sides have told newsmen that the Israelis were aware that non-belligerency would not emerge from this round of negotiations, and said they were prepared to go ahead with the talks anyway, on the premise that a settlement of any sort is better than none. Thus the Americans feel that internal political pressures made it impossible for Rabin to conclude the agreement without seeing his shaky coalition government topple. The intent of the Ford-Kissinger "re-assessment" and the coinciding halt on arms shipments to Israel...
During this re-assessment period, the results of which will probably be announced by President Ford Thursday night, Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat has shown that he is eager to avoid a new war though he has not indicated any anxiousness for a permanent settlement. Sadat said last week that he will open the Suez Canal on June 5, the eighth anniversary of the start of the Six Day War. The reopening of the canal will require significant capital investment by Egypt, and will provide a steady source of revenue from foreign countries, revenue which Egypt badly needs. Since...
...ships passing through the canal, the chances of the USSR supplying Sadat with the arms he has requested but not received are good. The Soviet Union opposes the Kissinger step-by-step approach resenting the fact that it may be frozen out of any role in the eventual peace settlement. And it has gone out of its way to sabotage the disengagement talks, even to the point of encouraging an alliance between Syria and the PLO in case of a separate Egyptian-Israeli agreement. Clearly step-by-step would be nullified if Egypt and the Soviet Union were once again...
Such personal gibes were perhaps inevitable. Far more significant, the failure of his negotiations in the Middle East is bound to intensify debate over his style and role as Secretary of State. Some diplomats, politicians and academics maintained all along that shuttle diplomacy was unwise because a settlement was impossible unless the Russians were allowed a role in the negotiations. But it remains to be seen whether a settlement is possible with the Russians, and the step-by-step approach was certainly worth trying...
Kissinger is obviously still deeply and emotionally involved with Viet Nam and believes sincerely that the U.S. has a moral commitment to continue aiding South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu. Yet Kissinger's critics argue that had he pressed harder for a political settlement in Viet Nam during the past year or so, the present situation might have been averted, regardless of his previous achievement in extricating the U.S.from...