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Presidenty Mrs. Ford Issue
‘Warmest Greetings' For 5736
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — President and Mrs. Ford issued
Aug. 27 their “warmest greetings to our fellow Americans of
the Jewish faith as you observe the High Holy Days.”
Continuing, the greeting stated: ‘This year adds a special
dimension to the meaning of your observance. These solemn
days are marked by a traditional exhortation to prayer and
self-examination. They mirror in a unique way the general
mood in our country as we approach the celebration of our
National Bicentennial. On the eve of the two hundredth year of
our independence as a nation, we are joined as Americans in a
spirit of reflection, renewal and reaffirmation. This same
spirit has united the Jewish people for centuries in the obser
vance of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
“Each of you can take deep pride in the profound and
positive influence of the Judaic heritage on our national life.
The principles that guide you in your religious worship have
also inspired countless and enduring contributions of the
Jewish people to humanity and social justice. Your values are a
great component of our quest for the brotherhood of man un
der the Fatherhood of God. The inspired leadership and special
sensitivity of Judaism in areas of humanitarian concern fill
many brilliant chapters of America’s history . .
Presidents Conference, AJCCommittee
Hope Pact Will Lead To Lasting Peace
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Conference of Presidents of Ma
jor American Jewish
Organizations and the American
Jewish Committee expressed
hope this week that the new
Israeli-Egyptian interim agree
ment initialed in Jerusalem and
Alexandria Monday would lead
to a just and lasting peace in the
Middle East.
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, ac
ting chairman of the Presidents
Conference, declared in a state
ment issued September 1: “Israel
has taken the risks for peace
that President Ford and
Secretary Kissinger have said
were essential to progress
toward ending the conflict in the
Middle East. We can afford no il
lusions about this or any other
agreement; no arrangement is
better than the intentions and
performance of the parties.
“If it is to work, the agreement
requires that the Administra
tion and the Congress comply
wholeheartedly with the
assurances of continued support
offered by our representatives
and relied upon by the govern
ment of Israel. Above all, if
there is to be continued peace in
the area, there can be no retreat
from the recognition that Israel
must be demonstrably able to
resist agression by its neighbors.
If this agreement is faithfully
carried out by all the parties,
there is the hope that it may
become the preamble toward a
just and lasting peace in the
Middle East.”
Elmer L. Winter, president of
AJCommittee, said the AJCom-
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mittee welcomes the Israel-
Egypt pact “for the promise it
holds for the complete and
lasting peace that has eluded the
area these many years. We are
gratified that our country under
the leadership of President Ford
and Secretary Kissinger and
with the overwhelming backing
of the American people and
Congress has played such an ac
tive role in the pursuit of the
Middle East peace. Certainly it
will continue to be in America’s
national interest to provide the
necessary underpinnings —
economic and political — to en
sure peace in the area and the
viability of the democratic State
of Israel.”
JERUSALEM (JTA) - The
government issued a com
munique Monday stating that it
has approved the agreement
reached through the
negotiations between the Israeli
negotiating team and Secretary
of State Henry A. Kissinger for
an interim pact with Egypt in
Sinai.
The communique a fated that
the ym'ernment would initial
the agreement and bring it
before the Knesset for approval.
According to the communique,
the agreement includes an
Israeli-Egyptian agreement urith
an annex and a map and an un
derstanding which concerns the
presence of American personnel
in the buffer zone.
The communique was broad
cast after a Cabinet session that
lasted more than eight hours.
The agreement was approved by
a vote of 18-0 with one absten
tion. Police Minister Shlomo
Hillel apparently was the only
minister who did not vote for the
agreement, but abstained in
stead of voting outright against
it. A ceremonial initialing of the
agreement by Cabinet members
took place at Premier Yitzhak
Rabin’s residence Monday night
in the presence of Kissinger. The
Secretary left immediately
afterwards for Alexandria
where he witnessed a formal in
itialing of the pact by Egyptian
officials.
During the ceremony at
Rabin’s residence, Chief of Staff
Gen. Mordechai Gur, and
General Director of the Ministry
for Foreign .Affairs, Avraham
Kidron initialed the interim ac
cord for Israel. Kissinger
countersigned as a witness.
The government communique
said the Premier would decide
who will initial the agreement
and will decide later, after
Knesset approval expected on
Wednesday, who will sign the
pact for Israel at Geneva. Accor
ding to some sources the formal
signing will take place in Geneva
Thursday following the initial
ing by both sides. The govern
ment communique expressed ap
preciation to President Ford for
his efforts and help and to
Secretary Kissinger and his
team for their efforts in bringing
about the agreement.
The Cabinet convened Sunday
night after a prolonged and final
session between Kissinger and
the Israeli negotiating team
comprising Rabin, Foreign
Minister Yigal Allon and
Defense Minister Shimon Peres.
During that session the final
outstanding points of the agree
ment were settled and the Israeli
team decided to recommend that
the Cabinet accept the pact.
It was close to 6 a.m. local
time Sept. 2 when Kissinger and
Allon emerged from the con
ference room to announce to
reporters that “We have made it.
The agreement is ready.”
Kissinger observed, “I think we
have substantially concluded our
negotiations.”
According to informed
sources, the agreement contains
four parts: A public Israeli-
Egyptian agreement covering
new lines in Sinai and political
pledges; an appendix containing
maps and guidelines for
negotiators in Geneva who will
work out the exact new troop
positions that will follow a
further Israeli pullback
eastward in Sinai; a document
covering the stationing of
American civilian technicians in
the buffer zone between Israeli
and Egyptian troops; and an un
derstanding between the United
States and Israel containing 26
paragraphs which will be made
public.
The two sides reportedly
ay mil that there would be two
manned American monitoring
stations and four un-manned
stations in the buffer zone to
detect ciolations of the cease-fire
over the next three years. The
agreement will not be effective
until Egypt and Israel have
negotiated technical protocols to
the agreement and the U. S.
Congress approves the employ
ment of American civilian
technicians to man the monitor
ing stations. Reportedly they
will not number more than 200.
The understanding between
Israel and the U. S. will be given
to the relevant committees of
the House and Senate but will
not be announced to the public,
an official here said. He said the
amount of increased U. S. aid to
Israel called for under the agree
ment has not bet'n determined.
Israel reportedly has requested
more than $2 billion.
Non-Aligned Confab Condemns Israel; Ouster Move Collapses
LIMA, (JTA) The con
ference of 82 non-aligned nations
ended by urging the Security
Council “to take all necessary
measures” to force Israel to com-
ply with United Nations
resolutions on the Middle East
and to withdraw from territory
occupied since 1967. But as ex
pected, the conference did not
urge the UN General Assembly
to expel or suspend Israel. An
Arab move for this action
collapsed last week when Egypt,
Yugoslavia and some Black
African and Latin American
countries campaigned against
calling for Israel’s ouster.
The statements on Israel was
contained in the. ‘‘Lima
Declaration" which dealt with
the problems of the un
derdeveloped world and called
for ways to close the gap
between industrialized and non
industrial nations. The declara
tion was adopted Saturday as
the conference closed a day
behind schedule because of the
maneuverings on the Mideast
and the coup in Peru which
changed presidents in the host
country.
The conference condemned
Israel as the aggressor in the
Mideast and attacked the United
States for aiding Israel. It ac
cused the U.S. “and other im
perialist powers" of seeking "to
make Israel a base of colonialism
and imperialism within the third
world." The non-aligned coun
tries, which earlier had given the
Palestine Liberation Organiza
tion full membership, also ex
pressed its “satisfaction” that
the General Assembly had
recognized the PLO “as the sole
representative of the Palestine
people” and welcomed (he
observer status given the PLO
by the UN.