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at Aswan meeting
by David Landau
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —
Premier Menachem Begin urged
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt
not to ask the United States to put
pressure on Israel when he met
with President Carter at Aswan
Wednesday. “I never asked the
U.S. to pressure Egypt,” Begin saidv
NBG head: Saudi sale
signals “no change’
by Vida Goldgar
National Bank of Georgia
President Robert Guyton, in an
exclusive interview with The
Southern Israelite, said
Wednesday there would be no
restrictions on the bank's dealings
with any country, including Israel,
as a result of its imminent purchase
by Saudi Arabian entrepreneur
Ghaith Pharaon.
Guyton clarified an earlier
statement by Pharaon that seemed
to indicate the Arab boycott could
become a factor in bank policy.
The statement according to
Guyton, refered to Pharaon’s
Saudi interests—not NBG.
Pharaon had said last week,
“We are restricted now from doing
business with Israel by the
Palestinian and boycott jjrobUins
but once these are lifted, f don’t see
any reason why I shouldn't be
dealing with Israel."
"1 think it is very clear we are not
affected," Guyton said. “Our
policy will not change from what it
has been previously."
Guyton did not deny that
Pharaon’s majority ownership
could enable him to make a major
policy change: “If somebody owns
60 percent whatever he wants
could happen.
“But,” Guyton added quickly,
“It couldn’t happen without
clearing out the present
management.... We don’t have any
restrictions on us and I would
expect that policy could never be
changed.”
Questioned further on the issue
of the Arab boycott, Guyton said,
“We couldn’t live with that kind of
situation. It might be different in
Saudi Arabia, but he (Pharaon) is
in our country now and has got to
have his investments managed in
the way this country operates.”
The proposed purchase by
Pharaon of 120,000 shares of Bert
Lance’s stock in Atlanta’s fifth
largest bank has aroused some
concern in Atlanta’s Jewish
community—a concern that both
Guyton and Pharaon seem
anxious to alleviate. Guyton has
personally been in touch with a
number of the bank’s Jewish
customers to attempt to assure
them there would be no change in
the bank's policies and practices.
in the course of remarks to
newsmen after a five-hour Cabinet
meeting Tuesday.
“With all friendship and respect,
we (he and Sadat) are
representatives of ancient and free
peoples and we should conduct our
negotiations as free men, without
the need for any external pressure
upon anyone," the Premier said.
The Cabinet met in closed
session, sitting, as a ministerial
defense committee, and no
information was given as to its
deliberations.
After Wednesday’s brief
meeting between Carter and Sadat
at Aswan, the two leaders met with
newsmen at the airport.
Although Sadat said the two
shared identical views and had
decided on specific steps for peace,
Carter did not endorse the
independent P,jksfi^ian state
called for by Sadat and other Arab
leaders.
Saying true peace “must be
based on normal relations between
all the parties,” Carter also said
“There must be withdrawal by
Israel from land occupied in 1967,”
and there must be secure borders
for all parties.
Carter also said “there must be a
resolution of the Palestinian
problem" insuring the legitimate
rights of the Palestinians, andThe
Palestinians “must participate in
the determination of their future.”
He did not refer to the PLO.
Sadat had earlier said in an
interview he was ready to re
evaluate his stance on security
measures to satisfy Israel, but
would not compromise on the
return of all Arab territories taken
in the 1967 war on the question of
self-determination for the
Palestinians.
During Carter’s earlier visit with
Saudi Arabia's King Khaled, a
similar statement regarding Israeli
withdrawal and Palestinian self-
determination was made to the
president by Khaled.
Israeli officials had expressed
some anxiety over the Carter-
Sadat meeting. Observers here
expect Washington will seek to
persuade Arab moderates and
Israel to accept Begin’s plan for
self-rule for the West Bank and
Gaza Strip Arabs as a transitional
step only that might lead to a great
measure of independence for the
West Bank with iSose ties to
Jordan. Carter is believed to have
tested that approach at his
meetings this week with the Shah
of Iran and King Khalid of Saudi
Arabia. Sadat, in recent public
statements, has indicated that it
was acceptable-to him.
But there is little enthusiasm
here, especially within Begin’s
inn^r circle, for the transitional
idea or the link-with-Jordan
aspect. Sources close to Begin
point out that the present Israeli
proposals do not cede sovereignty
on the West Bank to Jordan but
leave that issue open. The fear
expressed here is that a West Bank
federation with Jordan would
inevitably vest sovereignty with
See Aswan, page 22
AJWF forms
new division
Jack Freedman and Harvey
Jacobson have been appointed
chairmen of the Summit Division
of the 1978 Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Federation Campaign.
According to Gerald Cohen,
general Campaign chairman, “The
Campaign committee saw a need
to form a separate division which
encompassed all $10,000 and over
contributors. 'We are proud of the
growth in the number of
contributors in this area over the
past few years and realize tha great
potential for expansion.” Cohen
continued “We have selected two
of our top community leaders to
head up this important division
and we are confident that under
their leadership we will realize our
full potential."
Both Freedman and Jacobson
were participants in the Prime
Minister's mission which visited
Israel in August. They are both
members of the Federation board
of directors and have served in
numerous campaign position^ in
the past.
Freedman is a past president of
Atlanta Men’s ORT-and now
serves that organization as its
national chairman of membership.
He is also currently secretary of the
Jewish Community Center, and is
president of the Federation-Hillel
board. ,
Jacobson was vice chairman of
the AJWF campaign and is a
board member of the Jewish
Community Center and the Jewish
Home. He served as a board
member and officer of the Temple.
See AJWF, page 22
New AJWF Summit Division chairmen Jack Freedman and Harvey Jacobson.