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...step consisted of a visit to Washington by Hafez Ismail, 57, President Anwar Sadat's national security adviser, who is commonly described as Cairo's Henry Kissinger. Egypt lately has shown unaccustomed signs of willingness to discuss peace, if not to agree to specific terms. After visits to Moscow and London, Ismail sought, and was quickly granted the opportunity to become an American President's first direct Egyptian contact since relations between Washington and Cairo were severed in 1967. Ismail's visit suggested that Egypt is aware that the road to peace with Israel runs through...
...principal student complaint was the country's present political impasse. In the two years since Anwar Sadat became president, Egypt has seen neither the increase in internal freedoms that he promised nor a solution to the no-war, no-peace stalemate that grips the Middle East. The students, moreover, are only one of many groups who are unhappy with the situation. The army is so restless that Sadat last October relieved his outspoken War Minister, General Mohammed Sadek; no reason was ever stated but anti-Sadat army grumbling was at the root of it. Afterward there were rumors...
...continuing puzzles of the Middle East has been why Egypt's President Anwar Sadat suddenly expelled his Soviet military advisers last summer -and why they left in such haste. Last week, in an interview that appeared in the Beirut magazine al Hawadess ("Events"), Sadat provided a rare insight into that historic moment: "1 told the Russians that they must end their military presence in Egypt before the morning of July 18. As to the equipment and installations, I said, "Sell them or take them with you.' " The Soviets managed to meet the deadline with 20 hours to spare...
Brandt decided to try one more call, to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. At 8:15 p.m.-10:15 in the Egyptian capital-the Chancellor got through to Sadat's office, but was told that the President would be unavailable for at least 90 minutes. Finally, Brandt was connected to Premier Aziz Sidky, who said tersely, according to Munich reports: "We can do nothing. We do not want to get involved." The Egyptians demurred, they explained later, because they had not been asked to intercede by the guerrillas. They also argued that the Germans had already arranged an ambush when...
Though the State Department disclaimed knowledge of any new proposal, the plan was quietly transmitted to Cairo by American intermediaries two weeks ago, accompanied by an Israeli suggestion that secret negotiations should begin immediately between the two countries. As of last week, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat had not responded to the message, which could mean that Cairo was seriously considering the offer...