Formal signing expected
THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1975
(srae( initials Egypt pact
Associated Press
JERUSALEM - Israel formally
initialed an agreement with Egypt
Monday to pull back its forces in the
Sinai Desert and surrender the Abu
Rndeis oilfields. Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger said it could set
the stage for peace in the Middle
East.
Egypt was expected to initial the
jpact a few hours later after a flight to
lAlexamdria by Kissinger. A formal
[signing is expected a few days later.
President Ford, from the presi-
Idential retreat at Camp Daivd,
Md., hailed the agreement as “fair
and balanced and said it “reduces
the risk of war in the Middle East.
I am deeply gratified by it and
proud of the contribution America
has made, Ford said just before
placing congratulatory telephone
calls to Kissinger, Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Egyp
tian President Anwar Sadat.
Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen.
Mordechai Cur and Avraham Kid-
ron, director-general of the Israeli
Foreign Ministry, initialed the pact
in a crowded ceremony in Rabin’s
office as Kissinger and the prime
minister looked on smiling.
In return for a broad Israeli with
drawal from the desert peninsula,
Egypt committed itself to a number
of political concessions including a
promise not to threaten force or
military blockade against Israel.
I hope that the implementation
of this agreement, and the docu-
mens that we hav e initialed today,
will he remembered as that point at
which peace at last began in the
Middle East, Kissinger said after
the ceremony in Jerusalem.
“Having taken this step, he said,
"perhaps the parties will gain some
confidence, if it works, to take
further steps toward peace.”
A senior American official
acknowledged, however, that Israel
weakens itself militarily by pulling
out of the strategic Sinai mountain
passes of Mitla and Gidi. He said
this slightly complicates the Israeli
military situation but does not make
it significantly worse.
Subject to approval of the U.S.
Congress, about 100 American civi
lian technicians will be positioned at
early warning stations in the desert
tp, atminst surprise attack.
'ere will be three posts operated
entirely by U.S. personnel with
other Americans mixed with Israelis
at one end of the Gidi Pass and with
Egyptians at the other.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Jamps R.
Schlesinger said in Washington
there was a potential danger to
Americans placed between the
Egyptian and Israeli forces but that
it is “an acceptable risk.
Schlesinger also said assigning U.S.
technicians to the area is unlikely to
involve the United States in militan
conflict because there are “substan
tial political pressures on both
sides to be sure they remain safe.
Israel will return to Egypt the
Abu Rudeis oilfields which supply
more than 55 percent of Israel's fuel
needs. The pact calls for that to be
accomplished within eight weeks of
the full signing.
Stripped of Abu Rudeis, Israel
will be entirely dependent on im
ports, but the United States will
guarantee shipments in the event of
a fuel boycott, compensate Israel fi
nancially for some of its losses, and
help build new reservoirs for a
year’s supply of oil.
Israel, which in 27 years fought
four wars with the Arabs and strov e
futilely for recognition by its
neighbors, will for the first time
have a signed commitment from
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Egypt, its principal adversary, to
ship and receive nonmilitary cargo
through the Suez Canal.
Additionally, the two sides
pledged “not to resort to the threat
or use of force or military blockade
against the other.”
The Israeli and Egyptian armies
will be limited to 8,000 men, 75
tanks and 60 artillery guns each on
the Sinai front lines, with rede
ployment of these forces to be com
pleted within five months, the ac
cord text shows.
They promised to observe a
cease-fire on land, sea and air and
establish a joint commission func
tioning under the U.N. peacekeep
ing force “to consider any problem
arising from this agreement.
The accord does not specifically
bind Israel to negotiate further
withdrawls on the Syrian or Jorda
nian fronts. However, Israel and
Egypt recognize that “it is not a final
peace agreement and affirm they
will continue their efforts to achieve
peace in accordance with U.N. Sec
urity Council resolutions.
U.S. officials said Egypt will con
vey through the United States addi
tional promises to Israel to soften
the boycott of American firms doing
business with Israel, and anti-Israeli
pi opaganda.
Final implementation of the ac
cord will depend on L T .S. congres
sional approv al of posting American
technicians in the desert and on
negotiations of military details.
Grand jury struggles
for Hof fa case clues
Associated Press
DETROIT - The government is
counting on the muscle of a federal
grand jury to pry loose clues to the
fate of former Teamsters President
James R. Hoff’a, who has been mis
sing since July 30.
Tbe panel convenes Tuesday.
More than 70 witnesses are
scheduled to appear in sessions ex
pected to take more that two weeks.
Government attorneys counted
heavily on three of the jury s powers
to uncover leads in the disappear
ance of the former Teamsters boss.
These were its power to subpoena
witnesses and documents: its ability
to grant immunity to coax testimony
out of witnesses and authority to cite
reluctant witnesses for contempt of
court.
Federal officials said the jury s
primary purpose will be to investi
gate the Hoffa disappearance,
rather than to issue indictments.
More than 100 FRI agents were
assigned to the Hoffa case at its
height and in more than one case
reportedly ran into people reluctant
to talk about Hoffa s disappearance.
Grand jury powers were expected
to be focused on the reluctant wit
nesses.
Government spokesmen said
Charles L. “Chuckie O Brien, Hol
las adopted son, would be among
the first witnesses to be called.
Members of the Hoffa f amily have
urged O’Brien to take a lie detector
test in the case, but he has declined
to do so.
Inv estigators focused on O Brien
after it was reported that on the af
ternoon Hoffa disappeared, O Brien
drove an auto owned by Joseph
Giacalone, son of reputed Mafia
leader Anthony Giacalone.
O’Brien said he borrowed the car
todeliv er a f ish to a Teamsters union
vice president. The FBI seized the
car several days later and reportedly
found bloodstains on the seat: these
were later described bv some
sources as being from the fish.
The FBI Hew two tracking dogs
from Philadelphia to check for any
trace of Hoffa, and officials said the
dogs found such traces in the car and
its trunk. Other federal sources
questioned the value of this type of
evidence, saying Hoffa could have
been in the car months ahead of the
date the dogs sniffed it.
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