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...bargaining on military matters when the Senate, adopting a position urged by Kissinger, rejected a proposal by Senator Mike Mansfield for the withdrawal of some American forces from Europe. The Administration maintains that the Soviets should pull back combat units from Eastern Europe if the U.S. reduces its strength hi West Germany...
...Israel will also surrender roughly 30 sq. mi. of Syrian territory captured during the Six-Day War of 1967, including Quneitra and the villages of Rafid and Butmiya. Some of this land behind the "purple line" (named for its usual color on Israeli military maps) had been planted hi potato fields and apple orchards. The surrender of the territory marks the first time that Israel has ever been persuaded to give up land worked by its settlers...
Kissinger called the negotiations between Israel and Syria "the most difficult and most complicated in my experience." The 34-day hegira was a typical Kissinger operation, clouded hi secrecy that was occasionally lifted by calculated leaks and above-the-clouds backgrounders by a "high Government official." For the Secretary, the extended negotiations presented special psychological and physical hardships. Psychologically, he was becoming the victim of his own success; each achievement made the succeeding goal more difficult to reach. Physically, he worked at a pace that left aides and accompanying newsmen limp with exhaustion. Days began with early breakfasts...
...Meets with Gromyko hi Cyprus. Meanwhile, the Israelis make concessions on the withdrawal...
...when the Premier-designate offered the Foreign Ministry to Allon. Rubbing salt in the wound, Rabin offered Eban the Minister of Information folio, a lesser Cabinet job that Eban has always considered superfluous. Former Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, 65-the kingmaker of the Labor Party-flatly refused to stay hi his post. According to Rabin's foes, Sapir even cautioned his chosen successor, Banking Executive Yaacov Levinson, not to accept the Finance portfolio because Sapir believes that the new government will not survive for more than two months. Nor has departing Golda Meir gone...