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...halfway mark, chances of any resulting settlement were becoming increasingly slim. Israeli Premier Golda Meir, after conferring in Washington with President Nixon, again ruled out negotiations with the other side until Egypt agreed to "roll back" the Soviet missiles that were installed in the standstill zone along the Suez in violation of truce terms. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad angrily declared that the U.S. peace initiative was "dead...
...return to New York to resume meetings with Jarring until the missile question was settled. Appearing on television, Dayan praised the Cabinet's decision, thereby indicating his intention of remaining in the government. At the same time, however, he raised the specter of resumed fighting around the Suez Canal. "Israel should not be a partner to an agreement that is constantly being violated by the other side," said Dayan. "If we can reach an agreement, fine. If not and we have to continue the war, we are capable of doing...
While Israeli Phantom fighter-bombers remain confined to the other side of the Suez Canal, the Soviets and Egyptians have installed a vast complex of radar-directed antiaircraft missiles and artillery behind the cease-fire zone. The actual count is not known, but American officers concede that the number of missiles is "in the hundreds, but less than 1,000." There is also evidence that some of the missile batteries are already being fortified with concrete revetments, rendering them less vulnerable to bombing attacks. Furthermore, in order to confuse Israeli intelligence analysts, Soviets and Egyptians have bulldozed scores of dummy...
...Soviet-made missiles, some of which are manned by Russian crews, are deployed in scattered batteries in a 50-mile-thick belt that arches from Alexandria on the Mediterranean southward some 180 miles to the Gulf of Suez. Missile batteries have also been set up around major Egyptian airfields. In addition to the relatively old-fashioned SA2, which was familiar to U.S. pilots over North Viet Nam and can effectively strike only planes flying above 3,500 feet, the Soviet Union has installed the new SA-3, which is designed to hit low-flying aircraft...
...second plane dashes in and tosses a bomb, which follows the laser to the target. These U.S. countermeasures, however, were developed in a less sophisticated time. No one knows how they will work against the more modern array of antiaircraft missiles that the Israelis now face across the Suez Canal...