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...found himself cornered one day last week by a group of reporters near his office on the 38th floor of the United Nations Secretariat building in Manhattan. Pelted with questions about the Arab-Israeli discussions that he has been summoned to conduct on behalf of U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, the Swedish diplomat recited an aphorism in Hindi, one of a dozen languages that he knows. Then he translated it: "All is all right." With customary caution, Jarring immediately added, "I mean that only personally...
...Thant's special representative to the Middle East for more than 2½ years, Jarring, who speaks nearly a dozen languages, including Arabic, Russian and French, has conducted the U.N.'s intermittent search for peace in the Middle East. Because Arab leaders adamantly refuse-for the time being, at least-to bargain with the Israelis face to face, Jarring's critical task is to explain each side's position to the other. His skill at doing just that is one of the few things the two sides have agreed on. "Jarring has a remarkable capacity...
...usually works in the book-lined study of the sea-coast bungalow where he and his wife Lillian spend their vacations. Their 21-year-old daughter Eva laughingly refers to the telephone in the summer home as "the hot line." It rang two weeks ago when U Thant called to summon Jarring to New York to embark upon yet another round of what is generally regarded as the world's most difficult diplomatic mission...
...advocate of Middle East peace, will now concentrate on quiet diplomacy to effect a ceasefire. Ambassador Jarring, following conferences with U Thant, will begin the more difficult task of negotiating a political settlement. Nicosia and New York are under consideration as sites where his discussions could take place...
QHOULD Israel and the Arab states agree to stop shooting and start talking, the mechanism that will get the negotiations under way will be a letter -already drawn up-from Swedish Mediator Gunnar V. Jarring to United Nations Secretary General U Thant. In the letter Jarring will report that the parties involved are ready to designate representatives "to discussions to be held under my auspices." The purpose of the discussions, the Jarring communique will state, will be "to reach agreement on the establishment of a just and lasting peace between the U.A.R., Jordan and Israel, based on 1) mutual acknowledgment...