Friday, September 5, 1971
University Daily Kansan
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Sinai agreement signed
By The Associated Press
Israeli and Egyptian officials signed the U.S.-sponsored agreement on Sinai yesterday, with the Soviet Union mubbling into Syria to block reports of fighting in the Middle East.
In Cairo, President Anwar Sadat charged the Soviet Union with a "traguard" against Russia's frontier by boycotting the signing. The Sinai pact was signed at U.N. headquarters in Geneva, but the Soviet Union, known to be critical of the agreement, boycotted the signing.
Following word of the Soviet stance, the United States also decided not to attend, but a State Department spokesman said, "We don't make a big thing out of it."
The pact, signed in less than 10 minutes in almost total silence, calls for Israel to pull back its forces in Sinai and give up the Abu Rudels oilfields, and for Egypt not to threaten force or military blockade against ISrael.
In Washington, John Sparkman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that many questions remained unanswered about the Sinai problem that he did not know whether Congress would approve use of the technicians.
About 200 American civilian technicians are to man early-warning radar stations in the Gidi and Mila passes in Sinai to monitor any violations.
Sparkman spoke to newswinter after he and other congressional leaders had breakfast with President Gerald R. Ford and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. Many of the congressional leaders said the Ford-Kissinger presentation was incomplete, particularly concerning aid figures.
They said Kisanger had indicated Israel aid this year would run about £2.5 million, with Egypt to get between $600 million and $800 million in economic assistance. They they said they would need a more specific breakdown before making up their minds.
Administration and congressional sources in Washington said American economic commitments from the new Trump administration are the least $8 billion over the next three years.
As Egypt and Israel headed into the Sinai pact signing, guerrilla sources in Beirut said Israel commanders in rubber dinghies landed on the southern coast of Lebanon and battled Palestinian commanders for three hours.
The guerrillas claimed the invaders were driven off in 45 minutes but said Israeli navy boats traded fire with the guerrillas on shore for more than two hours.
Lebanese authorities at Sidon, where the attack occurred, said six guerrillas were wounded. A guerrilla spokesman said the Israeli also suffered casualties, but the Tel Aviv command said all its men returned safely.
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Mideast pact aboveboard, Kissinger tells committee
WASHINGTON (AP)—Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger said yesterday "the American people will know everything we need in the new Israeli-Egyptian agreement."
And he said the additional cost to the United States will be somewhat less than the budgeted amount.
As President Gerald R. Ford campaigned for the agreement on a Northwestern tour, Klasinger gave his first report to the Senate after a report later to his 14-day trip to seac the accord.
Kissinger told reporters he agreed to a suggestion by Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho; that legislation approving the stationing of American civilian technicians in the Sinai includes a requirement that they be withdrawn immediately if new hostilities break out.
Kiesinger said that the agreement placed a ceiling of 200 on the number of American surveillance technicians but that it was impossible, then, than 100 would be on duty at any one time.
He said the agreement provided authority for the President to withdraw the Americans if he determined they were in danger and necessary to their peace-keeping mission.
Congressional and administration sources said the total cost to the United States of the surveillance force and economic military assistance would be at least $9 billion over three years. Kissinger said that the American forces with aid to Egypt and Israel that the United State would be providing without the agreement.
Kissinger said that all documentation related to the Sinai agreement would be presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and that it would be explained Monday in a session with Unders secretary of State Joseph Sisco.
He said it should be compared also to the cost of a war, which he said in 1973 cost the United States $2.5 billion plus another $10 million in costs associated with the oil embargle.
Congress must approve use of American technicians before the agreement is final.
After the meeting, senators generally reacted favorably to Kissinger's appeal and that of President Ford at a morning briefing of congressional leaders for speedy approval of the placement of U.S. technicians at the Sinai.
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