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...unusual series of high-level conferences in the area. Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev may have canceled his Middle Eastern trip for real or diplomatic reasons of health (see story page 35), but he was scarcely missed. The Shah of Iran, intent on reinforcing Arab ties, flew to Amman for two days with Jordan's King Hussein and on to Cairo for five more days with President Sadat...
Raise Funds. Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, a key figure in Middle East peace moves (TIME MAN OF THE YEAR, Jan. 6), was also scheduled to visit Damascus, Amman and probably also Cairo this week. In advance of his trip, the Saudi state radio announced a $756 million contract with the U.S. in which the King will buy 60 U.S. jets. The deal presumably would reinforce U.S.-Saudi relations, which are essential for peacemaking in the area. Israeli Foreign Minister Allon flew off once more to the U.S., ostensibly to raise funds for Israel, but mainly to check with...
Zaid Al-Rifai, Premier Amman, Jordan...
...enough and fast enough that Kissinger was forced to revise the flight schedule. As his blue-and-white Air Force 707 lifted off from Rome for Cairo last week, newsmen traveling with Kissinger were told by State Department officials that his calls at the Egyptian capital, and at Riyadh, Amman, Damascus and Jerusalem, were "working visits" rather than "official visits"-the description of previous stops on his aerial caravan...
...nagging omens as Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flew from Washington last week for a seven-day journey of mediation through the Middle East, his sixth such trek in the past two years. Kissinger reached Cairo on the first leg of his flight to seven capitals (the others: Damascus, Amman, Jerusalem, Riyadh, Algiers and finally Rabat) during the Moslem penitential month of Ramadan. The Secretary of State was unable to meet with fasting President Anwar Sadat until after sundown; Kissinger thus had to while away several hours sightseeing. As he flew out of Cairo, a Secret Service agent...