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Even without a formal renewal, the cease-fire could continue next month on a de facto basis. This is far from certain, however. The Israelis have intercepted several Egyptian reconnaissance teams in Sinai, and last week four Egyptian Sukhois made two spy sweeps over Israeli lines on the Suez Canal. Earlier, Cairo complained that Israeli jets were making similar recon flights over Egyptian lines. Without a formal ceasefire, a single, accurate burst of antiaircraft fire by either side could swiftly get the hot war started all over again...
Tourism Campaign. Many of Sadat's ventures depend on an Egypt at peace-a hopeful portent for the negotiations with Israel. Aristotle Onassis flew into Cairo last week to check the possibilities of pumping oil through a proposed $250 million pipeline from the Gulf of Suez to Alexandria. Since the line would cross stretches of sand now dotted by Soviet missiles, Onassis said that he would return in six weeks, when the Jarring talks should be in better focus. The Suez Canal Co. has ordered a $2,400,000 Dutch dredger that could deepen the canal...
Israel quit the talks last September in protest against the movement of Soviet-made missiles along the Suez Canal during what was supposed to be a standstill ceasefire. In the 113 days that elapsed before Mrs. Meir announced that her government was ready to resume negotiations, Israel tried to get the U.S., its principal ally, to agree: 1) to institute a long-range program of military aid and economic assistance; and 2) to recant on Secretary of State Rogers' policy that Israel must return to its Arab neighbors all but "insubstantial" pieces of territory captured during...
...Allon and Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, heir apparent to Mrs. Meir (TIME, Dec. 14), favored a quick return to the Jarring talks. Another, ted by Mrs. Meir and her principal Cabinet adviser, Israel Galili, was skeptical of this approach and held out-fruitlessly-for removal of Egyptian missiles from Suez in return for Israel's reappearance. Defense Minister Dayan wavered between the two sides...
...Most military experts regard the Soviet buildup as part of a long-range policy that stresses offensive naval capability and thus is forcing the Soviet Union to seek foreign military bases for the first time. Writes T.B. Millar, director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs: "To dominate the Suez passage; to have a major influence in the oil-producing states; to be able to exert political pressure, with modest military backing, at key points during times of decision; and to trade profitably-these are the Soviet Union's apparent intentions. The Soviet Union has today a capability...