Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...different kinds of people in Sadat and Begin," one of President Jimmy Carter's close aides observed last week. "Begin is hung up on history and the nuances in every word. Sadat couldn't care less about all that crap.What he wants is to get on with a peace settlement...
More generally, Sadat hoped to convince Carter that the U.S. should produce a plan for a comprehensive Middle East settlement and present it to both Egypt and Israel in private, as the basis for further negotiations, or unveil it publicly. Sadat presumably expected that such American proposals would be close to his own. Carter, however, seemed unlikely to abandon the present U.S. insistence that the nations in the Middle East work out the specifics of any agreement among themselves...
...U.M.W. at week's end was studying the latest contract proposals from the mine operators. The main terms: a wage boost of more than 30% over three years and a guarantee of health and pension benefits in exchange for a union labor stability agreement. Some observers predicted that a settlement was imminent, but even if it did come soon, U.M.W. members would still need ten days or more to ratify the contract, and that ratification was by no means certain...
Since last October, nine new settlements have been established that are ostensibly within army camps. Last month a tenth settlement was started at Shiloh (see box). Begin told President Carter that the Shiloh settlement was authorized strictly as an archaeological exploration site, though the settlers themselves admitted frankly that they were in Shiloh to stay. The U.S. had hoped to avoid an open quarrel with Jerusalem on the eve of Sadat's visit, but Carter did send a stiff letter about Shiloh to Begin, who was said to be shocked and angered by its language. Privately, Administration officials are furious...
...Peking's peacemaking efforts have fallen flat. Chou's widow, a Long March veteran and party heroine, was chosen to lead a high-level Chinese delegation to Cambodia because of her pervasive prestige. Her mission was to persuade Premier Pol Pot to negotiate a settlement with Hanoi, but she failed. Though received with due pomp in Phnom-Penh, she was soon whisked out to view the 12th century ruins at Angkor Wat and otherwise kept occupied. After four days she reportedly cut short her visit and went home. Though her hosts may not have been paying much attention...