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Main Goal. The major stops on his journey, however, are Cairo and Jerusalem. In each capital, Rogers, who last year arranged an effective ceasefire in the Middle East, will stress the main goal of his two-week mission abroad-Egyptian and Israeli negotiations over the reopening of the Suez Canal. United Nations-sponsored talks under Swedish Diplomat Gunnar Jarring have stalled. Discussions on reopening the Suez Canal appear to offer the only possibility of present negotiations...
Rogers hopes to get the two sides thinking this week about the practical problems in reopening Suez. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has two meetings scheduled with Rogers, and will probably spend both trying to persuade the Secretary to pressure Israel into agreeing to a withdrawal from the canal's vicinity. The way to do this, in Egypt's view, is to withhold further U.S. arms...
...general views" on the question to the U.S. Israel is not prepared to meet Sadat's insistence that it should pull back its troops to a line midway in the Sinai, which extends from El Arish to Sharm el Sheikh. Nor is Israel willing to talk about Suez in terms of a first step in a larger withdrawal unless it first receives guarantees of peace from the Arabs...
...return for an end of belligerency, to pull back its troops from the Bar-Lev line on the canal's east bank. The Israelis did not specify how far back they were prepared to withdraw, but one unofficial suggestion was to a point, about ten miles from Suez, that would allow observation and artillery coverage of the canal to thwart any troop crossing. Under these conditions, the Israelis could easily cope with an Egyptian landing, but they would face a far more dangerous situation if a Soviet contingent crossed the canal. Direct Soviet intervention on the ground seems highly...
Arabs' Praise. In view of Egypt's obvious interest in Suez Canal negotiations, the surprising note in Benghazi was the saber-rattling declaration that the three members of the Union of Arab Republics would continue the war against Israel and even reopen the long-quiet eastern front. Visiting Cairo last week, TIME Senior Editor Ron Kriss received an explanation from Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Salah Gohar of what such declarations mean. "When Arabs argue," said Gohar, one of the main architects of Egypt's diplomatic strategy, "they start on opposite sidewalks and shout at one another...