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PERMANENT MISSION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

*TO THE UNITED NATIONS

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No. 571 ,^ W.^VVl cA^*** NEWYORK, December 17, 1973

Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, Ibring to Your Excellency's urgent attention that the Israelioccupation authorities continue their cruel policies andillegal actions against the civilian population of theoccupied territories, in flagrant violation of the GenevaConventions of 12 August 1949.

The Israeli authorities have evacuated by theforce of arms the civilian population from their homeswhich have been thenafter demolished and burned down.Moreover, the Israeli authorities have withdrawn from thecivilian population their exit and return permits and haveissued instead final departure permits. A large number ofdead bodies have also beenleft unburried by the Israeliauthorities. These authorities have also resorted to for-cibly collect Egyptian currency by all available means.

All these actions undertaken by the Israeliauthorities constitue grave breaches of the Geneva Conven-tions and in particular Articles 49 and 53 of the FourthGeneva Convention relative to the protection of civilianpersons in time of war, and Article 17'of the First GenevaConvention for the amelioration of the condition of thewounded and sick in armed forces in the field.

My Governement has requested from the Internatio-nal Committee of the Red Cross to raise this serious matterwith the Israeli authorities, and to carry out the investi-gation of these aforementioned violations.

My Government has also instructed me to requestfrom Your Excellency to undertake the necessary investigationof these violations in the light of t h e v marfa~a~t:ir~e~nt~rus~te~d""™""~

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to the__United .Nations. Emergency Force to assist the Inter-national Committee of the Red Cross in its humanitarianendeavours as stipulated in the Report °f the Secretary-General concerning the tasks of the United Nations Emer-gency Force.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.

Dr. A. Esmat Abdel MeguidAmbassador

Permanent representative

His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-Generalof the United NationsNew York, N. Y. 10017

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TO THE UNITED NATIONS

NEW YORK

10 December 1973

No. 565

Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government/ I wish tobring to Your Excellency's attention the negative attitudeand the policy adopted by Israel concerning the dischargeof its responsibilities in accordance with the fourth GenevaConvention relative to the protection of civilians in time ofwar of 12 August 1949. In accordance with this convention,Israel should allow and facilitate among other things thefollowing:

1) Evacuation of the sick and wounded from the Suezcity and in particular the emergency cases;

2) Provision of medical supplies to the hospital ofSuez;

3) Family correspondence to and from the Suez city;

4) Ensurance of medical service for the population ofthe west of Suez and admittance of the ICRC medical missionto this area;

5) Ensurance of free movement of the population of theIsraeli-held territory on the west bank of the Suez canal;

6) Enabling the ICRC to investigate the status of thedetained civilians by the Israeli forces and to report thisinformation to the Egyptian authorities.

It is clear from the provisions of the fourth GenevaConvention, that Israel cannot escape its internationalresponsibility under the pretext that the humanitarian questionsare being ruled by the agreement of 11 November 1973, regarding

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the implementation of the U.N. Security Council Resolutions338 (1973) and 339; or that humanitarian questions are beingdiscussed in the united Nations meetings at kilometer 101on the Cairo-Suez road.

The fourth Geneva Convention is an independentinternational instrument to which Israel is a party. Article Iof that Convention stipulates that:

"The High Contracting parties undertake torespect and to ensure respect for the presentConvention in all circumstances."

The agreement of llth November cannot in any wayaffect the obligations of the States parties to the fourthGeneva Convention. Furthermore, the functions carried out bythe ICRC in accordance with the fourth Geneva Conventionshould be facilitated and fully respected.

It is also to be noticed that the report of theSecretary General (S/11052/Rev»l) approved by Security CouncilResolution 341 (1973) stipulates, inter alia, that the UnitedNations Emergency Force will co-operate with the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross in its humanitarian task. It istherefore clear that by denying the civilian population of thewest bank of the Suez Canal their rights in accordance withthe fourth Geneva Convention and by frustrating the effortsundertaken by the ICRC in accordance with its responsibilities,Israel does not only violate the fourth Geneva convention butalso prejudices the peace efforts in the Middle Bast.

Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.

DR. A. ESMAT 2&DEL MEGUIDAmbassador

Permanent Representative

His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary General

of the United NatioisNew York, New York 10017

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT ,'


No. 558 N E W V O R K , December 5, 1973

Excellency,

Upon Instructions from my Government I havethe honour to Inform you of the following grave Israeliacts which are in violation of the cease-fire and allnortas of international law and which are viewed by myGovernment with grave concern.

The Israeli military forces In the Zayttiaarea at Suez have been dismantling the machinery ofthe oil refineries belonging .to the Nasr PetroleumCompany and the Suez Petro-Chemical Company and aretransporting it to Israel.

My Government requests that, Your Excellency,intervene with a view to urgently putting an end to

these acts of plunder and destruction.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest consideration.




3O November 1973

MESSAGE FRCK THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF EGYPT TO THESECRETAKY-CEMSRAL

1* Esyjpfc k*8 Decided to put an end to all military

contacts due to Israeli lack of seriousness of

implementation of paragraph B.

2, Xt is clear to Egypt, both from all itscontacts and General fliilaavuo's, that Israel is inthe wrong and is using delaying tactics on this Batter*once she received all prisoners of war.

3* The Egyptian Government looks at the six pointsas a package that has to be kept in feoto and thereforeIsrael is not to pick and choose any one item Sox otherbargaining purposes*

4* The question of disengagement is a militaryBatter and not a political one* It is essential toagree on this issue before the parties can participatein the peace conference*

5* The force in Kabrit has not joined the ThirdAnay and Egypt has been informed that Israel islinking this <juestion with the handing over of anIsraeli spy named Baxudh* This is not an item coveredby the six points*

6. The Foreign Minister of Egypt is asking theSecretary-General to intervene with Israeli Governmentand with the Super Powers, in the way that tho Secretary*General sees fit, for the ln leroentation of paragraph Band that he should instruct clearly General Siilasvuo in thisrespect* The Foreign Minister of Egypt would begrateful to know the results of Secretary-General'sdemarche.

MESSAGE FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF EGYPT TO THESECRETARY-GENERAL

-1. Egypt has/put an end to all military contacts

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due to Israeli lack of /implementation of paragraph B,

2. It is clear to Egypt, both from all itscontacts and General Siilasvuo's, that Israel is inthe wrong and is using delaying tactics on this matter,once she received all prisoners of war,

3. The Egyptian Government looks at the six pointsas a package that has to be kept in toto and thereforeIsrael is not to pick and choose any one item for H-K^bargaining purposes.

4. The question of disengagement is a militarymatter and hot a political one* It is essential toagree on this issue before the parties can participatein the peace conference,

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5. The force in Kabr$t has not joined the ThirdArmy and Egypt has been informed that Israel islinking this question with the handing over of anIsraeli spy named Baruch* This is not an item coveredby the six points,

6. The Foreign Minister of Egypt is asking theSecretary-General to intervene with Israeli Governmentand with the Super Powers* in the way that the Secretary-General sees fit, for the implementation of paragraph Band that he should instruct General Siilasvuo in thisrespect. The Foreign Sinister of Egypt would begrateful to know the results of Secretary-General* •demarche,


TO THE UNITED NATIONS4

NEW YORK

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No. 552

27 November 1973

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Excellency/

I wish to bring to your urgent attention the

question of Israel's persistent refusal to allow the

civilians of the area of Suez to return to their homes and

rejoin their families in the area.••y

This Israeli attitude is a flagrant violation of

the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the protection of

civilian persons in time of war.

My Government has instructed me to bring this

serious situation to Your Excellency1s urgent attention.

Please accept* Excellency^ the assurances of my

highest consideration.

DR. A. ESMAT ABDEL MEGUIDAmbassador



of the United NationsNew York, N.Y.

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NEWYOR1S November 27, 1973

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Excellency ,

Pursuant to my letters regarding Israeliviolations of the cease-fire, I have the honour toinform you of further such cease-fire violations.Protests concerning these violations have been lodgedwith UNTSO.

1) On November 20, 1973 :

a) at 06:00 hours local time Israeli forcesopened machine-gun fire at Egyptian forceson the West bank of the Canal South of WadiEl Ashara ;

b) at 15:15 hours local time Israeli forcesshelled, for more than two hours, the areacjb kilometer 156 ;

c) at 19:30 hours local time a number of Israelitanks engaged our forces on the West bank ofthe Canal.

2) On November 21, 1973 :

a) at 09:45 hours local time Israeli forcesopened machine-gun fire on Egyptian forces ;

b) Israeli forces set fire to the fields in theSouth West of Geebal Mariam ;

c) at 09:45 hours local time Israeli forcesopened small-arms fire on Egyptian forcesapproximately 6 kilometers South of Abu Sueir;

d) from 09:59 - 10:05 hours local time twoIsraeli jet aircrafts crossed the cease-fire

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lines, overflying Egyptian positions, 25kilometers North of El-Zaafarana at a depthof 20 kilometers West of the Gulf of Suezcoast and the Canal up to Ganeefa.

3) On November 22, 1973

a) from 09:57 - 10:01 Israeli air force jetscrossed the cease-fire lines overflyingEgyptian positions from Fayid to Adabyiaat a depth of 30 kilometers West ;

b) at 11:00 hours local time, Israeli forcestried to plant mines in the area North ofGebel Om Kassib and fired small-arms fire

c) at 12:30 hours local time Israeli forcesopened small-arms fire on Egyptian forcesSouth of Nefisha ;

d) from 12:45 - 12:54 two Israeli air forcejets crossed the cease-fire lines over-flying Egyptian positions North West ofEl-Zaafarana to Kabritt at a depth of 26kilometers West of the Gulf of Suez and •the Canal.

4) On November 24, 1973

a) at 09:10 hours local time Israeli forcesopened machine-gun fire on Egyptian forcesWest of the Canal in the area South of LakeTimsah ;

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b) at 10:40 hours local time Israeli forcesopened tank fire on Egyptian forces inthe area South of Lake Timsah ;

c) at 10:40 hours local time Israeli forcesopened small-arms fire on Egyptian forcesSouth West of Gebel Mariam ;

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d) at 13:45 hours local time Israeli forcesopened small-arms fire on the village ofAbu Rabie South of Gebel Mariam.

I request that this letter be circulated asan official document of the Security Council.





T'f KMANThH f.liJ.SiON OP THE AKAB REPUBLIC OF tGYPT

TO THE UNITLD NATIONS

No. 54 £ N E W - Y O R K ^ N o v e m b e r 21, 1973

F x c e 1 1 f: n c y s

Pursuant to ciy letter rar," rding Israeli viol at ionsof the caar. a~l:" re-:, I hnvc- I he honour to inform you of furthersuch virO ;. t j cms co; ;'.ittea by the Israeli armed forces. Protestsconcr rnir,j; these violations haves been lodged with UKTSO.

1. On Novcrnbar 15 Israeli troops embarked on a reconnaissancew 3 .s .s i o 71 of our forces in the Wndi El -Ash ar a area and at tb. ecror,;-;road of Abu Sueir and Ismailia desert roads.

2. On Kovaîher IV 3t 16:30 hours local time the Israeli force;:-opai.Kt'i artillery and snail-atrcs fire at the area of Al-i-ioo v n^-.lai c t, one kilcne-.ter souiih of Kefisha.

3. On li'ovember 18 :

a. lioiii I2:S£ - 13:0?- I".-U::F i.-.-rl tîr.c twc Isreali lo'hvrii-.-planes crossed over, at an altitude, of 9 kiloât er G ,the cease-fire lines, at Eeir Abu Eldarag flying 25kilometers west of the Gulf of Suez Coast turningnorthwards up to Kabritt ;

b. at 13:15 hours local tine Israeli forces opened smal3.~arms fire at Egyptian forces south of Adabiya ;

c. at 14: 10 hours local time Israeli planes crossed thecease-fire lines in the Ballah area.

4. On November 19 :

a. at 22; 00 hours local time Israeli forces directedartillery fire st the area of kilometers 154-350north of Eod lilciars, Israeli planes overflev? thearea dropping several flares ;

b. at 15:00 hours local time, an Israeli force consistinpof two half trucks and a 113m truck, attempting to

-, . ' advance^ opened fire at our forces during one hour.' ^_ ^ It was repelled by Egyptian forces.

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NEW YORK

20 November 1973

NO. 547

Excellency ,

I have the honour to bring to Your Excellency'sattention the following violations by Israel of the fourthGeneva Convention relative to the Protection of CivilianPersons in Time of war:

1« Israeli armed forces captured on 21, 22, 23and 24 October 1973, forty four civiliansfrom the Govsrnorates of Suez and ismailia,in their fields, in their homes, or on theSuez-Cairo road. These civilians weretransferred to a camp used by the Israeliauthorities to assemble captived civilians.Their youth were then moved to the Easternbank of the Suez Canal where they were con-fined in prisons in Sinai and Gaza0 Some ofthese were returned to the west bank of theCanal on 30 October 1973.

20 The Israeli forces searched the confinedcivilians, seized their personal belongings,their identification papers, land propertyleases and their agricultural contracts,

3» The Israeli forces further demonstrated theconfined civilians to press correspondents andphotographers, alleging that they were Egyptiansoldiers,

40 On 24, 25, and 26 October, the Israeli forcesimprisoned eleven police-firemen at the firedepartment of the fertilizers? plant, at the

t / / police station of this plant, at the Ataqa;. ,rc, Srl-t.jt:?; /riff fa; &.*.<• ti-t~•" — — - • '

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police division of the Suez Governorate, andat the Ismailia police centre., These firemenwere released on 31 October 1973, in thevicinity of an Egyptian military unit, aftertheir identification cards and personal belongingswere confiscated.

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The Israeli armed forces captured all the personnelof the police unit/ totalling 23 police ir.enand sergeants/ stationed at the fertilisers'plant. Some of the police personnel are stillretained by the Israeli armed ibrceso

The Israeli forces do not permit the Red Crossrepresentatives to enter civilian regions held bythese forces/ where similar violations of thefourth Geneva Convention are certainly beingcommitted,

7. Upon the occurrence of the above violations,the Egyptian authorities protested to the RedCrocs which admitted the Israeli violationsof the Geneva convention.

I request that this letter be circulated as an officialdocument of the General Assembly and the Security Council,,

Please accept/ Excellency/ the assurances of myhighest consideration,,



His ExcellencyMr0 Kurt WaldheimSecretary Generalof the United Nations

New York, New York 10017



No. 545 NEW YORK ^ November ie , 1973

Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Governeraent, pursuant to f^

previous letters, I have the honour to bring to your urgent

attention the following Israeli violations of the Cease Fire

committed on 13 and 14 November 1973j:

1) - On 13 November the Israeli Forces conducted

reconnaissance flight south of Arabia to bridgehead Abu El

Turk between 10:47 and 10:50 local time.

2) - On 14 November, the Israeli Forces opened

tank, artillery and small arms fire against some of our East

and West of the Canal.

Protests have been forwarded to UNSTO.

I request that this letter be circulated as an official-• -Ti * •••- '" _^ ' - • -

documentjuarid the General Assembly.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest

consideration.

His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary Generalof the United Nations





NEW YORK

13 November 1973

No, 543

Excellency,

Pursuant to my letters concerning the violations byIsrael of the cease-fire resolutions 338 and 339 of 21 Octoberand 23 October 1973, and upon instructions from my Government,I have the honour to bring to your Excellency's attention thefollowing violations of the cease-fire committed by the Israeliarmed forces on 8, 9 and 11 November 1973:

First; 8 November 1973

1. Israeli snipers stationed on the West Bankof the Suez canal, in the area of El~Sha].lofa,have shot at Egyptian soldiers on the Easternbank of the Canal at 09.30 hours.

2. Israeli military boats cruised the area southof the Gulf of Suez and down to "Abou-Redeis"from 22.15 hours on 8 November until 01.50 hourson 9 November, and from 06.30 hours till 08.20hours again on 9 November.

Second: 9 November 1973

The Israeli forces launched two "Shrike"rockets against the Egyptian troops at the area of"Abou-Sweir" from 09020 hours till 09030 hours on9 November.

Third; 11 November 1973

1. Violation of the Egyptian air space by twoPhantom planes, between the town of "Ras-Ghareb"

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on the Red Sea and the north of the "Gamsa"area on the Mediterranean, at a distance of20 kilometers to the west of the western bankof the Gulf of Suez.

2. Two Israeli military planes violated theEgyptian air space from 13.21 hours until13«26 hours over the area lying between thewest of "Ras-El-Bar" on the Mediterranean and"Oyoun Mousa", passing over "El-Salhia" andthe lakes region,, Another Israeli planeviolated our air space between 14,08 hoursand 14.16 hours over the area south of"El-Zafarana". The said plane took a routepassing along the east over "Bin Arida", theeast of the town of "Helwan'ôver "Almaza","Kouesna" and "Tanta" airports, and thenpassing over "Kafr El-Sheikh" and "Baltim".

I request that this letter be circulated as an officialdocument of the General Assembly and Security Council.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highestconsideration.



His ExcellencyMr. Kurt waldheimSecretary General

of the United NationsNew York, New York 10017

U N I T E D N A T I O N S

Press SectionOffice of Public Information

United Nations, N.Y.

(FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD)

Press Release EMF/45912 November 197?

EGYPT; ISRAEL SIGH AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS

Interim UNEF Commander Also Signs. Agreement

(The following was received from the Chief Information Officer ofUNEF in Cairo.)

On 11 November at 1310 hours GMT at kilometre marker 101 on theSuez-Cairo Road, an agreement was signed regarding the implementation ofUnited Nations Security Council resolutions 338 and 339.

The meeting was opened by the interim Force Commander of the UnitedNations Emergency Force (UNEF), Major-General Ensio Siilasvuo.

The agreement was signed for Egypt by Lieutenant-General Mohamed Gamazyandifor Israel by Major-General Aharon Yaariv. Major-General Siilasvuo alsosigned the agreement.

The agreement was drawn up in English in three originals, one for eachof the signatories and a third for the United Nations.

The text of the agreement contains the six points listed in United StatesSecretary of State Henry Kissinger's letter of 9 November to the UnitedNations Secretary-General. It stipulates that: "In witness whereof theundersigned military representatives, in the presence of the interim ForceCommander of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), have signed thepresent agreement, which shall forthwith enter into force,"

Under the auspices of the interim Force Commander of UNEF, GeneralSiilasvuo, the two parties started discussions on the modalities for theimplementation of the agreement. The discussions will continue on Monday,12 November, at 1000 hours GMT in the presence of the UNEF Commander. Themeeting was held in a UNEF tent which was located half-way between the Israeliand Egyptian tents. The United Nations flag was flying on a pole in front ofthe UNEF tent.

Talking to newsmen, the UNEF Chief Information Officer, RudolfStajduhar, described today's meeting and talks as useful and constructive.Four hundred newsmen and news media representatives covered the meeting.

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NEW YORK

11 November 1973No. 537

Excellency,

Pursuant to my letters concerning the violations byIsrael of the cease-fire resolutions 338 and 339 of 21 Octoberand 23 October 1973, and upon instructions from my Government,I have the honour to bring to your Excellency's attention thefollowing violations of the cease-fire committed by the Israeliarmed forces on 8, 9, 10, and 11 November 1973:

First, 8 November 19731. Artillery shelling by the Israeli forces in

the area west of the Canal from 1100 hours to 1230hours .

2. Artillery shelling of the area of Hod Eldars.

Second, 9 November 19731. Violations of the air space west of the Canal

in Port Said/Ismaelia area from 0918 hours until0920 hours.

2. Three groups of soldiers were landed by thehelicopters over Gebel Aataka in an attemptto encircle the Egyptian force in the area.

'Third, 10 November 1973

1. At 1640 hours, the Israeli armed forces shelledthe Egyptian positions on Gebel Aataka, anIsraeli helicopter was directing the shelling(a protest was filed with the UNTSO) .

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11 November 1973Artillery shelling against our positions onGebel Aataka at 0610 hours followed by an armedattack supported by artillery at 0630 hours.(The Commander of the UN Forces was immediatelyinformed of this violation).

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I request that this letter be circulated as an officialdocument of the General Assembly and Security Council.

Please accept Excellency the assurances of my highestconsideration

DR. A. ESMAT ABDEL-MEGUIDAmbassador


His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldehimSecretary-General of the United NationsNew York, N. Y. 10017

CONFIDENTIAL

NOTE FOR THF. FILE

Ambassador I'et uid called upon the Secretary-General at 18.45 hours

on Friday, 9 November 1973.

The subject of the discussion was Gral. Siilasvuo's interview with

the Egyptian Minister of War and Ambassador Keguid's contention that

Gral. Siilasvuo's attitude to the Kissinger agreement was wrong. The

Ambassador insisted that at the meeting to sign and discuss the implement-,

ation of the Agreement Gral. Siilasvuo should immediately insist upon

Israeli withdrawal to the October 22 line, and specifically immediate

Israeli evacuation of Suez, Adabia and Ataqa. The Secretary-General

pointed out repeatedly that the Agreement between Egypt and Israel provided

for the parties "to discuss the question of the return to the October 22

line" and made no mention of the demand now being put forward by the

Egyptian Ambassador. The Ambassador persisted violently in the correctness

of his position. It was also pointed out that if Gral. Siilasvuo were to

take the course suggested the Israelis would almost certainly walk out of

the meeting, which presumably neither party desired. The Ambassador

retorted that in that case the Egyptians would take the case immediately

to the Security Council and probably also go back to war.

The meeting ended inconclusively with the Secretary-General's

assurance that Gral. Siilasvuo would be properly instructed as to his

demeanour during the forthcoming meeting to sign the Agreement.

After the meeting Kr. Urquhart immediately contacted Ambassador Scali

'and explained that at least the Egyptian Minister of War, and perhaps also>.

the Foreign Minister, appeared to be insisting upon a course which would

endanger the success of the meeting for the signature of the Agreement.

Ambassador Scali undertook to immediately inform the Secretary of State

in Islamabad with a view to clearing up this confusion.

On the morning of Saturday, 10 November, Gral. Siilasvuo reported

on an interview with Foreign Minister Fahmy in which the Foreign Minister

gave instructions to the Egyptian representative that he should sign the

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Agreement irrmedlately and without clarification. It was evident from

the meeting that there was a wide divergence of opinion between the

Ministry of War and the Foreign Ministry which had evidently accounteds.

for the demarche of Friday night.

Brian E. Urquhart

U N / T E D N A T I O N SDistr .

S E C U R I T Y

C O I I Ki C I I WW 9 November 1973\J \J IN| V- I L ^^^4^

ORIGINAL : ENGLISH

LETTER DATED 9 NOVEMBER 1973 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVEOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED

TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

I have the honour to transmit the following message to you from the Secretaryof State of the United States of America:

"Dear Mr. Secretary-General:

"I have the honor to inform you that the Governments of Egypt and Israelare prepared to accept the following agreement which implements paragraph 1of the United Nations Security Council resolution 338 (1973) and paragraph 1of United Nations Security Council resolution 339 (1973).

"The text of this agreement is as follows:

:'A. Egypt and Israel agree to observe scrupulously the cease-firecalled for by the United Nations Security Council.

"B. Both sides agree that discussions between them will beginimmediately to settle .-the question of the return to the October 22positions in the framework of agreement on the disengagement andseparation of forces under the auspices of the United Nations.

"C. The town of Suez will receive daily supplies of food, waterand medicine. All wounded civilians in the town of Suez will beevacuated.

"D. There shall be no impediment to the movement of non-militarysupplies to the East Bank.

"E. The Israeli checkpoints on the Cairo-Suez Road will bereplaced by United Nations checkpoints. At the Suez end of the road,Israeli officers can participate with the United Nations to supervisethe non-military nature of the cargo at the bank of the Canal.

"F. As soon as the United Nations checkpoints are established onthe Cairo-Suez Road, there will be an exchange of all prisoners of war,including wounded.

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"it has also been agreed by the tvo parties that they will hold ameeting under the auspices of the United Nations Commander at the usual place(kilometre 109 on the Suez-Cairo Road) to sign this agreement and to providefor its implementation. I vould be most grateful if you would take theappropriate steps to insure that a meeting is held on Saturday,10 November 1973, or at such other time as may be mutually convenient, ofrepresentatives of the parties to take the appropriate steps.

"¥e intend to mcke public this letter at noon, New York time, 7 p.m.Cairo and Tel Aviv time, on Friday, 9 November 1973.

"Best regards,

''Henry A. Kissinger"

(Signed) John SCALI



NEW YORK "•


Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honourto draw your urgent attention to the following Israeli violationof the cease-fire.

On November 6, 1973, six Sikorski helicopters,belonging to the Israel armed forces, were lifting largercrates to Gebel Aataka in an effort to reinforce the Israelposition on the mountain, which was occupied on the 28th ofOctober after the cease-fire,

I have to point out that Egypt has previouslyprotested against the Israeli presence on Gebel Aataka.

A strongly worded protest has been delivered tothe Headquarters of the United Nations Emergency Force inCairo, concerning this new reinforcement action, whichconstitutes persistent attempts by Israel, in flagrantviolation of the cease-fire, to reinforce and consolidatetheir positions occupied after the cease-fire.


DR. A. ESMAT/ABDEL-MEGUIDAmbassador


His ExcellencyMr. Kurt waldheiraSecretary-General of the United NationsNew York, New York 10017

THCOF THE

UNITED STATCS OF AMERICATO THC

UNITED NATIONS

November 9, 1973

His ExcellencyKurt V.'aldheinSecretary-General

of the United NationsUnited Nations, New York

Dear Mr. Secretary-General:

I have the honor to transmit the followingmessage to you from the Secretary of State ofthe United States of America:

"Dear Mr. Secretary-General:

"I have the honor to inform youthat the Governments of Egypt and Israelare prepared to accept the followingagreement which implements Article I ofthe United Nations Security CouncilResolution 338 and Article I of UnitedNations Security Council Resolution 339.

"The text of this agreement isas follows:

"A. Egypt and Israel agree to observescrupulously the ceasefire called for bythe United Nations Security Council.

"B. Both sides agree that discussionsbetween them will begin immediately tosettle the question of the return to theOctober 22 positions in the framework ofagreement on the disengagement and separationof forces under the auspices of the UnitedNations.

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"C. The town, of Suez will receive dailysupplies of fcod, water and medicine. Allwounded civilians in the town of Suez willbe evacuated.

"D. There shall be no impediment to themovement of non-military supplies to theEast Bank.

"E. The Israeli checkpoints on theCairo-Sue:: P.oad v:ill be replaced byUnited Nations checkpoints. At the Suezend of the road, Israeli officers canparticipate with the United Nations tosupervise the non-military nature of thecargo at the bank of the Canal.

"F. As soon as the United Nationscheckpoints are established on theCairo-Suez Road, there will be an exchangeof all' prisoners of war including wounded.

"It has also been agreed by the twoparties that they will hold a meeting underthe auspices of the United Nations Commanderat the usual place (kilometer 101 on theSuez-Cairo Road) to sign this agreement andto provide for its implementation. I wouldbe most grateful if you would take theappropriate steps to insure that a meetingis held on Saturday, November 10, 1973, orat such other time as may be mutuallyconvenient of representatives of the partiesto take the appropriate steps.

"We intend to make public this letterat Noon, New York time, 7:00 P.M. Cairo andTel Aviv time on Friday, November 93 1973.

"Best regards,"Henry A. Kissinger"

Accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.

John Scali

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NEW YORK


Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honourto draw your urgent attention to the following Israeli violationof the cease-fire.

On November 6, 1973, six Sikorski helicopters,belonging to the Israel armed forces, were lifting largercrates to Gebel Aataka in an effort to reinforce the Israelposition on the mountain, which was occupied on the 28th ofOctober after the cease-fire,

I have to point out that Egypt has previouslyprotested against the Israeli presence on Gebel Aataka.

A strongly worded protest has been delivered tothe Headquarters of the United Nations Emergency Force inCairo, concerning this new reinforcement action, whichconstitutes persistent attempts by Israel, in flagrantviolation of the cease-fire, to reinforce and consolidatetheir positions occupied after the cease-fire.


DR. A. ESMAT ABDEL-MSGUIDAmbassador


His ExcellencyMr. Kurt waldheimSecretary-General of the United NationsNew York, New York 10017

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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

9 November 1973

Ify dear Ambassador,

I should be grateful if you vould transmit the enclosed

letter to Secretary of State Kissinger.

Kurt Waldheim

His ExcellencyMr. John ScaliAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative of the United Statesof America to the United Rations

799 United Nations PlazaNev York, N.Y. 10017

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

9 November 1973

Dear Mr. Secretary,

I wish to thank you for your letter of November 9 which vas

transmitted to me "by Ambassador Scali. As you may know, I

immediately expressed publicly my warm appreciation to you and

to the Governments concerned who have made possible this very

important step forward towards peace in the Middle East.

I wish again to express to you personally ny sincere appreciation

for the achievement of this essential step forward which will,

I hope, open the way to early and rapid progress towards a peaceful

settlement in the Middle East.

I also appreciate your thoughtfulness in informing me of

this agreement well in advance of its publication so that the

necessary instructions could be immediately sent to the Commander

of the United Nations Emergency Force. I can assure you that on

our side everything possible will be done to implement the terms

of the agreement in the most effective way possible.

With warm personal regards, -.-.---

Tours sincerely,

Kurt Waldheim

Honourable Henry A. KissingerSecretary of StateDepartment of StateWashington, D.C.



NEW YORK


Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honourto state the following violations committed on the part of Israelin contravention to the provisions of the Geneva convention, as oftoday, November 8th 1973;

1. Israel has hindered the ICRC from performing itshuman mission related to moving the wounded militarypersonnel encircled in the eastern bank of theSuez Canal;

2. Israel makes the return of wounded Egyptian prisonersof war conditional on the receiving of full list ofIsrael's POW, notwithstanding the fact that Egypthas, and continues to deliver such lists;

3. Israel hinders food and medical supplies from reachingthe wounded soldiers of the III Corps as well as inthe city of Suez, Israel equally employs this as astratagem for bargaining purposes;

4. Israel did not enable the ICRC from visiting theEgyptian prisoners of war held in Israel as wellas from preparing full count of them, so far;

5. Israel endeavours to deport some wounded soldiers ofthe Third Army to her hospitals, considering them asprisoners of war;

6. Israel continues to expell the civilians in the areashe occupies, west of the Canal, to the Egyptianpositions. Some of those civilians were even capturedby Israel who did not enable the ICRC from approachingthese areas. As a result the ICRC is not in a positionto be acquainted with the conditions and destinies ofthe population/in those areas.

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I would appreciate it if this be circulated as anofficial document of the General Assembly and the SecurityCouncil.


fDR. A. ESJvSAT ABDEL-HEGUID

AmbassadorPermanent Representative

His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General of the

United NationsNew York, New York 10017



NEW YORK

7 November 19734

No. 521

Excellency,

Pursuant to my letter dated 6th of November,Document S/11080, I have the honour, upon instructions from myGovernment, to inform you that the Israeli troops are persistingin their acts of aggression against the civilian population inthe Suez area. The Israeli troops in the last few days have beenrounding up civilians and expelling them from their villages atgunpoint, and compelling them, under the cover of darkness, toseek refuge in areas where our advanced positions are locatedthus exposing them to the danger of being fired upon. These bar-baric acts by Israel against civilians should be immediatelystopped.




His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-Generalof the United Nations

New York, N.Y. 10017



NEW YORK

No. 522

7 November 1973

Excellency,

I have the honour to inform you upon instructions frommy Government that the Irish contingent of the United NationsEmergency Forces was prevented by the Israeli forces twice from

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deploying their troops across Hie Suez]T!anaTin the East Bank, in3etwêen the ' Egyptian and Israeli

These acts of defiance toeir positions

forces in the area East of Devresoir.the international will represented in the latest Security Councilresolutions took place on the 4th and 6th of November 1973, andthe Commander of the Irish contingent had to return with his troopsto Ismailia, unable to carry out this Mandate due to Israeli obs-tructions. Furthermore, the Commander of the Irish contingent hadto return to Cairo to report this serious situation to the Chief ofStaff of the United Nations Emergency Forces.

I am reporting this, in the hope that the necessary stepsbe taken to prevent any further obstructions by the Israeli forces,preventing United Nations Emergency Forces from carrying out theirMandate entrusted to them by the Security Council of the UnitedNations.

Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highestconsideration.

DR. A. ESMAT BDEL MEGUIDAmbassador




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No. 522

Excellency,

I have the honour to inform you upon instructions frommy Government that the Irish contingent of the United NationsEmergency Forces was prevented by the Israeli forces twice fromdeploying their troops across the Suez canal in the East Bank, inorder to take their positions between the Egyptian and Israeliforces in the area East of Devresoir. These acts of defiance tothe international will represented in the latest Security Councilresolutions took place on the 4th and 6th of November 1973, andthe Commander of the Irish contingent had to return with his troopsto Israailia, unable to carry out this Mandate due to Israeli obs-tructions. Furthermore, the Commander of the Irish contingent hadto return to Cairo to report this serious situation to the Chief ofStaff cf the United lotions Emergency Forces.

I am reporting this, in the hope that the necessary stepsbe taken to prevent any further obstructions by the Israeli forces,preventing United Nations Emergency Forces from carrying out theirMandate entrusted to them by the Security Council of the UnitedNations.

please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highestconsideration.

DR. A. ESMAT/SBDEL MEGUIDAmbassador




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No. 521

Excellency,

Pursuant to my letter dated 6th of November,Document S/11030, I have the honour, upon instructions from myGovernment, to inform you that the Israeli troops are persistingin their acts of aggression against the civilian population inthe Suez area. The Israeli troops in the last few days have beenrounding up civilians and expelling them from their villages atgunpoint, and compelling them, under the cover of darkness, toseek refuge in areas where our advanced positions are locatedthus exposing them to the danger of being fired upon. These bar-baric acts by Israel against civilians should be immediatelystopped.


DR. A. ESMAT ABDEL MSGUIDAmbassador


His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-Generalof the United Nations


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NEW YORK

5 November 1973

No. 518

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Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have thehonour to bring to your attention a further act of Israeliaggression against the civilian population. On the 3rd ofNovember, Israeli troops rounded up the inhabitants of thevillages of El-Ganein and Amer in the Governorate of Suez,two hundred and ninety-eight persons in all, blindfoldedthem and force«tthem to evacuate their homes and fieldsand move to the nearest Egyptian Military position.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest considerati on.



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United NationsNew York, New York 10017

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Upon in;:-Liruotior.'!:; frorvi ray Gcveriiinsnt, I h?.vs thehonour to briug to yo •.:;:•: r.ttf-ntir/n. a farther act of Israelaggression ?-.u;ain£~ the crLviUr . i j vjopui^tion. Cn the 3rd ofKovc-rbe.r, [Israeli v.ôopr; rc.M^cd up t'Ae .lnhuh.Ltt.nts of thevillttotii'. cf Dl-G':r.£.in an,? Aiiic::-; in the Gcvarr,o::e\:e of Suez,two hu*:dx«rd anc; nii^cy--eit;ht p^rtort in all, bJ. inci-rolciodthcii- and forced toci.: l.o ev^cu^te th-iiir ho^ces csr.d fieldsana rnovc to tnc non?rr-ct. Kgyrjtir1.^ Military positJ.on.

I r'-qucnt that, tilts letter be circaIr-.ted as exuofficial d^cuinont of the Security Cc;u;i-::il.

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NEW YORK

November 3, 1973

No. 507

Excellency ,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have thehonour to bring to your attention that the Egyptian Militaryspokesman issued a statement today, November 3rd, 1973,informing that the international news media has circulatedtoday a statement by the official spokesman of the IsraeliDefence Army, Colonel Tekhman Kardy, alleging that heavyfighting has taken place by artillery and various weaponsin the sector of the Egyptian Third Army, and that thisArmy has succeeded in establishing a bridgehead on the SuezCanal linkine? its troops en both sides of the Canal. TheIsraeli spokesman claimed further that the troops of theThird Army have advanced into the depth of Sinai to improvetheir positions and to construct new trenches and fortifi-cations. He also stated that the Egyptian troops haveconcentrated their operations in the region of the "Gedye"pass, and that the Third Army does not endure any shortagesin supply provisions.

In the face of these allegations, the EgyptianMilitary spokesman drew attention to the following:

1. It has been observed during the last few days thatIsrael insists upon inventing visionary battles which have nottaken place, especially with the troops of the Third Army.

2. The Israeli allegations are remarkably inconsistent,since at the same time as they assert that the troops ofthe Third Army are beseiged, they claim that these very troopsare launching military operations in various sectors towardseast and towards the west.

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3. All evidences indicate that these Israeli allegationsare but a ring in a composite chain of attempts which seekpretexts to violate the cease-fire with a view to launchingextensive military operations.

4. It was Israel which has violated today, November 3rd,1973, the ceasefire four times by artillery and air attacks.The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization has beeninformed of these violations on each of the four times upontheir occurrence.

The Egyptian Military spokesman, while reaffirmingEgypt's commitment to observe the ceasefire decision of theSecurity Council, has also asserted that the Egyptian troopsare standing ready to repel and deter any Israeli aggression.

I request that this letter be circulated as anofficial document of the General Assembly and the SecurityCouncil.





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NEW YORK

2 November 1973

No. 503

Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I havethe honour to bring to your attention that Israeli planeshave attacked today one of our radar sites by using T.V.guided bombs from a distance of 20 to 30 kilometers,thus violating the cease-fire and committing a new aggres-sion resulting in more casualties.

I would be grateful if you could instruct theCommander of the U.N.E.P. in the area to put an immediateend to any further breaches of the cease-fire by theIsraeli forces.


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Excellency,

On instructions from my Government/ I nave thehonour to oring to your attention the following acts .committed by the Israeli forces of occupation in violationof their obligations under the fourth Geneva Conventionrelative to the protection of Civilian Persons in Timeof ;;ar:

1. On October 30, 1973, the Israeli militaryforces have:

- expelled the civilian population from thetov;ns and villages of Goneifa, Fayed, Kebrit, Abu Sultan,Bin Ussim and Serapium;

- arrested 600 civilians and put them in acamp in Abu Sultan;

fired at the livestock in that whole area;

- destroyed the shopping centers in Fayed andFanara.

We have informed the Commander of UNSF in thearea and requested the release and return of the civiliansexpelled or captured.

2. The Israeli forces are still cutting thewater supplies from the city of Suez.

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This confirms once more the persistence ofIsrael in violating their obligations under the fourthGeneva Convention. It also defies the appeals issuedby the ICRC to respect the provisions of humanitarianconventions and rules.

The Government of the Arab Republic of Egyptrequests Your Excellency to instruct the Command ofUKSF to take the necessary measures for the release bythe Israeli forces of the captured civilians, and thereturn of the expelled in conformity with their obligationsunder the cease-fire.

I request that this letter be circulated as anofficial document of the General Assembly and the SecurityCouncil.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurancesof my highest consideration.

'DR. A. ESi.IAT ABDHL KEGUIDAmbassador


His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General

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No. 497

Excellency, -

With reference to your cable dated 25 October 1973regarding Security Council resolution 3^0 (1973) andpursuant to the statement of the Permanent Representativeof Egypt made at the Security Council meeting of 25 October1973 which contained the position of the Arab Republic ofEgypt, I have the honour to bring to your attention thefollowing:

1. The Government of the Arab Republic of Egyptaccepts Security Council resolution 3^0 (1973) as a firststep in the implementation of the decisions adopted bythe Security Council.

2. The Government of the Arab Republic of Egyptdeclares its readiness to co-operate with the UnitedNations in the implementation of Security Council reso-lutions 338 (1973), 339 (1973) and 3 0 (1973).

3. The Government of the Arab Republic of Egyptconsiders that the presence of the United NationsEmergency Force on its territory is of a temporary natureand is, moreover, governed by the Charter of the UnitedNations, its purposes and principles and the generalprinciples of International Law which safeguard Egypt'ssovereignty and territorial integrity.

4. The Government of the Arab Republic of Egyptdeclares that when exercising its sovereign rights onany matter concerning the presence and functioning ofUnited Nations Emergency Force, it will be guided by itsacceptance of the Security Council resolutions.

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Please accept. Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest consideration.




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DR. MOHAMAD HASSAN EL-ZAYYAT

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HIS EXCELLENCY

MR. ABBA EBAN

MINISTER FOR FORBIGN AFFAIRS OF ISRAEL

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MR. ABDUL HALIM KHABBAM

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Resolution 339 (1973)of 23 October 1973

The^curity Council,Referring its resolution 338 (1973) of 22 Qstober

1973,1. Confirms ifsvdecision on an'irnmedia'te cessation

of all kinds of firiniand of all military action, andurges that the forces of. the two sides be returned tothe positions they occupied, at^tKe moment the cease-fire became effective;

2. Requests the Sectetary-ueqeral to take measuresfor immediate dispajcnof United rations observers tosupervise the observance of the ceasefire between theforces of Israând the Arab Republic^ Egypt, usingfor this purpose the personnel of the United Nationsnow mê Middle East and first of all the^personnel

Cairo. "*

Adopted at the 1748th meet-ing by 14 votes to

5. Requests all Member States to extend their fullco-operation to the United Nations in the implemen-tation of the present resolution, as well as resolutions338 (1973) and 339 (1973). '/

Adopted at the 1750th meet-ins by 14 votes to

Decisions

At its 1750th meeting, on 25 October 1973, theCouncil authorized 'the Secretary-General to take cer-tain urgent interim, measures, as proposed by him(S/11049),31 namely, to transfer contingents from theUnited Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus to Egyptand to appoint General Siilasvuo, Chief of Staff ofUNTSO, 'as the interim Commander of the UnitedNations Emergency Force established under resolution340 (1973).

fResolution 340 (1973)

of 25 October 1973

The Security Council,Recalling its resolutions 338 (1973) of 22 October

and 339 (1973) of 23 October 1973.Noting with regret the reported repeated violations

of the cease-fire in non-compliance with resolutions338 (1973) and 339 (1973),

Noting -with concern from the Secretary-General'sreport29 that the United Nations military observershave not yet been enabled to place themselves on bothsides of the cease-fire line,

1. Demands that immediate and complete cease-fire be observed and 'that 'the parties return to the posi-tions occupied by them at 1650 hours GMT on 22October 1973;

2. Requests the Secretary-General, as an imme-diate step, to increase the number of United Nationsmilitary observers on both sides;

3. Decides to set up immediately, under its author- _ity, a United Nations Emergency Force to be composedof personnel drawn from States Members of the UnitedNations except the permanent members of the Secu-rity Council, and requests the Secretary-General toreport within 24 hours on the steps taken to this effect;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to theCouncil on an urgent and continuing basis on the stateof implementation of the present resolution, as well asresolutions 338 (1973) and 339 (1973);

28 One member (China) did not participate in the voting.20 See Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-

eighth Year, 1749th meeting.

At its 1751st meeting, on 26 October 1973, theCouncil decided (a) to authorize the Secretary-Gen-eral to send an additional force from Cyprus, as aninterim measure, should he consider it necessary, and(fr) to ask the Secretary-General and the President oftiie Security Council to appeal to the parties to co-operate fully and effectively with the International RedCross.

At the same meeting the Council decided to invitethe representative of Zambia to participate, withoutvote, in the discussion of the question.

Resolution 341 (1973)of 27 October 1973

The Securify^Council1. Approves the report of the^Secretary-General on

the iraplernentatiorNtf Securit/Council resolution 340(1973) contained in dqcurnent S/11052/Rev.l32 dated27 October 1973;

2. Decides tha^tfie Forc\shall be established in ac-cordance with tht above-mentioned report for an initialperiod of s>x months, and thzrt it shall continue inoperation'-thereafter, if required, provided the SecurityCouncil so decides. _ N.

Adopted d*. the 1752ndmeeting by Trf votes tonone3* \

BOOne member (China) did not participate in the voting.81 See Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-

eighth Year, Supplement for October, November and December1973.

32 Ibid.33 One member (China) did not participate ig the votinj.

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CONFIDENTIAL

Note on Secretary-General's conversation vith Foreign Minister El Zayyat' "26 October 1973

This is a turning point in history. We have an opportunity either to go

back to war for 25 years or to move forward to a real peace.

The first essential step is the return of Israeli forces ,to the line

occupied at 1650 hours GMT on 22 October 1973, as demanded by the Security

Council resolution 3 0. If this does not happen, the Egyptians will

have to make an attempt to extricate the 3rd Army by other means and

that will be war again. Until the Israelis have withdrawn in accordance

with the Council resolution, there can be no question of prisoner of war

exchange, negotiations or indeed of any constructive future activity.

Everybody, including the United States, recognizes that Israel adopted

its present positions after the cease-fire. In fact, the United States

has photographic evidence of the situation as of 1650 hours on 22 October.

There can be no doubt therefore of the validity of the demand for

withdrawal, although Egypt would not quibble about ninor details of the

line to which Israeli troops would withdraw.

The Foreign Minister wishes the Secretary-General to put this matter most

urgently to the United States as an essential first step towards the

process foreseen in the American/Soviet resolution 338. He urges the

United States to prevail upon the Israelis to take this step urgently

so that the real opportunity for the future which the present situation

presents can be seized upon in time.



NEW YORK

25 October 1973

No. 496

Excellency,

I have the honour to inform you upon instructionsfrom my government, that the Israeli forces have openedfire at noon today, Cairo time, 25th of October on theGreek tanker "MIMISMIDS" and set it ablaze, at the PointMerssa El Sadat South of Suez, this new aggression tookplace inspite of the declared cease-fire and inspite ofthe fact that the tanker was raising the flag of a neutralcountry. This action further proves the intentions of theIsraeli Military Ruling Circles vis-a-vis the cease-fireresolutions.

I have the honour to request that this letter becirculated as an official document of the Security Council.

Please accept. Sir, the assurances of my highestconsideration.



His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary Generalof the United NationsNew York, New York 10021

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NEW YORK

No. 486

The Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic

of Egypt presents his compliments to the Secretary

General and has the honour to bring to his attention

the following violations committed by Israel to the

cease-fire decided by the Security Council in its

resolution 339 of 23 October T973 .

1- Following the new decision of the Security Council

calling for the immediate cease-fire in resolution

339(1973) thelsraeli forces resumed firing by its

tanks and machine guns against Egyptian forces and

civilians in the southern sector . This took place at

8 A.M. Cairo time , today 24 October 1973 .

2- The Israeli forces attacked the naval base at

El- Adabiah in Suez. The attack was made by eight

tanks. This took place after the adoption of the

Security Council Resolution No. 339 and the ceasing

of the fire in the other sectors.

3- Israel therefore bears the responsibility for

the violation of Security Council resolutions and

its provisions, which provide for its withdrawal

to the positions it held at 16.52 GMT on 22 October

1973.

ft j ^ 4- The Egyptian Authorities protested to the Liaison

,.;.. Officer whose command should have given immediate

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instructions for the observance of the implementation

of Security Council Resolution No. 339. This failure

made it possible for Israel to advance to the South

and to attack our forces as well as the civilians,

thus violating its commitments under Security Council

Resolution 338 and 339.

The Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic

of Egypt to the United Nations avails himself of

this opportunity to renew to the Secretary General

of the United Nations the assurances of his highest

consideration.

24 October 1973

His Excellency

Mr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary Generalof the United NationsNew York, New York

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BY THE

PRESIDENCY OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

President Sadat has studied carefully the Security

Council Resolution adopted this morning stipulating that

a cease-fire be effected no later than 12 hours after the

adoption of the Council's resolution, that the implementation

of Security Council resolution of November 22,1967, in

all of its parts, be started immediately, and that peace

talks take place with the participation of all parties

concerned within the framework of Security Council and with its

effective participation.

President Anwar El Sadat has also studied carefully

the proceedings of the debate which took place in the Security

Council and noted the following:

1. That the draft resolution tabled before the Council

was submitted by both the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

and the United States of America, following intensive contacts

at the highest level between the two powers assuming special

responsibility in the present international situation.

2. That the Security Council has adopted the draft

resolution without any objection on the part of any of its

members.

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3. That the Council's debate was of great significance

and importance.

In this connection, the comments by the representatives

of France and other members of the Council were of particular

significance and in accord with the proper and integral

understanding by Egypt of Security Council resolution 242.

In assessing the situation, there were some important

considerations which comprise the following:

1. The peace plan submitted by President Anwar El

Sadat to the nation and the world in his address before the

People's Assembly and the Central Committee of the Arab Socialist

Union on October 16, in which he emphasized that the full

withdrawal constitutes the basis for any political action.

2. The talks which took place between the President

and Mr. Alexei Kosygin, Premier of USSR, who visited Cairo

between 16 and 19 October 1973,and during which five working

sessions were held.

3. The assurances received by President Anwar El Sadat

from Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, in a message delivered by

the Soviet Ambassador in Cairo on the evening of 21st October

1973.

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4. The contacts which took place with several Arab

capitals, directly concerned with the battle.

President Anwar El Sadat considers that the emergence

of the solid basis which has changed the nature of the Middle

East crisis was further consolidated by the valiant role of the

Arab Armed Forces which was proved in the battlefield with

heroism, ability and sacrifice.

By virtue of this great achievement, the stalemate

in the crisis was broken and the status quo as well as the

political map of the Middle East were changed. It also has

put an end to the arrogance of power of Israel throughout

the past twenty five years.

In view of all these considerations, President Anwar

El Sadat, in his capacity as Supreme Commander of Armed Forces,

has issued an order to the High Command to cease-fire at

the time fixed by the Security Council on the basis of

reciprocity.

President Anwar El Sadat, while taking this decision,

discharging his historic responsibility, considers that the

main and primary credit in this first stage of the decisive

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period of the Egyptian and national struggle goes to the

steadfastness of the entire Arab nation, as well as to the

profound awareness of its peoples.

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Q P C I I D I T Y /lifw+i^ ' GENERALO C V- U K I I Y ®±&Sl|™

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ORIGINAL: FRENCH

LETTER DATED 18 OCTOBER 1973 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVEOF EGYPT TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF

THE SECURITY COUNCIL

Further to my letter dated lU October 1973 in which I informed you of thepositive response by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the appealaddressed by the International Committee of the Red Cross on 9 October to theparties to the conflict in the Middle East to abide by the four Geneva Conventionsof 12 August 19 9 and Israel's refusal to give a similar undertaking, I have thehonour to inform you of the following:

On 11 October 1973, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)appealed to the parties to the conflict in the Middle East to undertake to abideby certain provisions of the draft additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventionrelative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. The Government ofthe Arab Republic of Egypt has just informed ICRC of its favourable attitudetowards that appeal on the basis of reciprocity.

On 18 October, ICRC issued the following press release in Geneva:

"Following Syria and Iraq, the Arab Republic of Egypt replied on17 October 1973 to the proposal by the International Committee of theRed Cross (ICRC) that the provisions of Part U 'Civilian population' ofthe draft additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 19 9 for theprotection of the victims of international armed conflicts should becomplied with from now on. The Egyptian reply is favourable, subject toreciprocity by Israel.

"So far, of the four States to which ICRC addressed its proposal,three have therefore indicated their agreement. ICRC now awaits anearly reply from Israel."

I request that this letter be circulated as an official document of theSecurity Council.

(Signed) A. Esmat ABDEL-MEGUIDAmbassador

73-21551

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LETTER DATED Ik OCTOBER 1973 FROM TEE PERM/VKE'TT REPRESENTATIVEOF EGYPT TO TH3 UNITED NATIONS ADDhES&flD TO THE PRESIDENT OF


Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour tc inform you, inconnexion with t;~e recent bombing by Israeli planes of civilian areas in theKile Delta town?, that Israeli planes have used hiph-explosive bombs weighing500 to 1,000 pc'ivis. In alrlition, they used the deadliest weapons a.gainstindividuals, the -American-made GAB multiple bombs. Each multiple bor.b has anumber of small, round bombs, each of which contains iron balls, apart from theexplosive material. When the multiple bomb explodes the iron balls spread overa wide area, hitting any person in the way, and in most cases resulting in hisdeath.

The description of these bombs is as follows:

Kind: Anti personnel multiple bomo.Specifications: Aluminium Cylinder.

"Length: 210 centimetresPackage: 500 to 6kQ bombs, each bombcontaining small balls totalling from15 ,000 to 192,000Weight of each inner bomb: k3G grar-mesHigh explosive material: 100 gramaesContent: 280 to SCO ballsDiameter of ball: 5.56 millimetresForce: Killing distance 5 to 10 metresDensity of bombs inside multiple bomb: Onebomb for every two to five metres.

The danger of explosion continues a long tine as some of these bombs areequipped with delayed action mechanism, so that explosions hit more people andthose trying to defuse them.

I request that this letter be circulated as an official document of theSecurity Council.

(Signed) A. Esmat ABDEL MEGUIDAmbassador

Permanent Representative'

73-20978

UNITED N A T I O N S

SECURITYC O U N C1L

Distr.GENERAL

S/1102H15 October 1973

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

LETTER DATED lU OCTOBER 1973 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESEKTATIV!OF EGYPT TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF


Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to inform you of thefoil ovine:

1. On 9 October 1973, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)addressed an appeal to the parties to the conflict in the Middle East to abide bythe four Geneva Conventions of 12 August

2. In response to that appeal, the Arab Republic of Egypt informed ICRCorally and by note that "the Arab Republic of Egypt has always been and still iskeenly respectful of the- Geneva Conventions of 19 9, and it will definitely applythese Conventions in the iature, as has been its practice in the past".

3. In contract to this affirmation by EQrpt of its commitments under thefour Geneva Conventions, I wish to draw your attention to Israel's reply to thisappeal as read by its representative in the Security Council on 1? C-';rbev 1973(S/PV.17U6). By this reply, Israel failed to respond to the e.ppcc-1 of .LCRC.

I request that bhis letter by circulated as an official- docu"ienb cf thftSecurity Council.

(Signed) A. Esmat ABDEL MEGUIBAmbassador

Pe>aanent Representative

73-20973

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC


NEW YORKWO. 465

The Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic ofEgypt to the United Nations presents his compliments to theSecretary-General of the United Nations and has the honour totransmit herein the text of Navigation Warning N.30, 1973,issued by the Port Authorities of Alexandria and addressed toall Ships:

"Port of Alexandria is open to shipping duringday time*

Ships should approach Alexandria west of long. 2950 E.E.T.A. to be reported 48 hours foefore arrivaland confirmed within 24 hours.,

Ships should not approach within 50 railes off thecoast between sunset and. sunrise.

The area south of Lat. 33 H and east of long. 2950 E. is declared an operational zone. All shipsare advised to steer clear in the interest oftheir own safety.

Notice. Navigation warning N 28//1973 is cancelled."

The Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic ofEgypt to the United Nations avails himself of this opportunityto renew to the Secretary-General of the United Kations theassurances of his highest consideration.

12 October 1973

His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-Generalof the United NationsNew York, New York

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7.P7.B RFPUDLIC OF ECYPT

Following is the text of statement made by the official

Spokesman yesterday, October 12, 1973.

'Reports were circulated lately about an endeavour on the

part of the r.S. to ship urgent consignments of arnanents to

Israel. Some of these reports—dissiminated by several festern

newpagencies-- have referred, to a certain shipment which v7as

already sent to Israel fron an American air base.

Furthermore, an American Congressional Committee has

decided to appropriate a special fund in the rinistry of Defence

in order to finance supplying Israel with tanbs and light arrs,

vrith a view to offseting its losses during the var.

It vas noticed, that the ?nerican Covernment has propagated,

simultaneously, statements attributed to sone ?nerican officials

to the effect that the USFP. supplies Fgy^t and Fyria with rilitary

equipments shipped by air.

The Government of the Arab republic of Fgypt follows with

crreat aoncern such news which indicate an obvious provocation

to the sentiments of the 7-rab ITation in this crucial stage of

the Arab-Israeli conflict. The U.P.7., indeed, bears the respon-

sibility of supporting the Israeli aggressors in this conflict,

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politically, economically and militarily.

The .P-merican support to Israel has made it possible for

the latter—throughout more than six years since the June 19C7

var—to defy the vorld public opinion, to continue its occupation

to the territories usurped from three 7rab Ftates, anc! to Moc?:

the Suez Canal before the international navigation, thus inflictina

serious economic damages to the majority of world's states.

The Government of the ?,rab republic of Egypt solemnly

warns from the consequences arising from the continuation of the

American policy in its absolute support to the Israeli aggression

and supplying it with arms devices vhich are used in attaching

innocent civilians in Fgypt and Fyria.

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THE ARABmEPUBLIC OF EGYPT

/<TO THE UNITED NATIONS

No. 459 NEW YORK 8 ocotber 1973

Excellency,

Refering to our telephone conversation this afternoon,

and upon instructions from my Governement, I have the honour to

inform you, Excellency, that today 8 of October 1973 the Israeli

airplanes have bombarded the city of Port Said.

I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your

Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

Dr. A. Esmat Abdel-MeguidAmbassador

His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheinSecretary-Generalof the United NationsNew York

PERMANENT MISSION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT ^ f / Jl


NEW YORK

No, 456

The Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic ofEgypt to the United Nations presents his compliments to theSecretary-General of the United Nations and has the honour totransmit herewith the text of the following communiqui issuedon October 6, 1973, by the Government of the Arab Republicof Egypt:

"The Arab Republic of Egypt declares that followingthe aggression of the Israeli forces this afternoon on theGulf of Suez, the territorial waters of both Egypt and Israelas well as the adjacent high seas are to be considered as areasof maritime operations, those areas are as follows:

1) Mediterranean sea:The area up to 33 degree latitude north,and eastwards of 2905 degree longitude east,,

2) Red Sea;Worth of 23 degree latitude north consequently,the Arab Republic of Egypt appeals to all statesto instruct their ships to avoid entering thoseareas for their own security,,"

The Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic ofEgypt to the United Nations avails himself of this opportunityto renew to the Secretary-General of the United Nations theassurances of his highest consideration.

October 6, 1973',ff •' t _ • .. '

His ExcellencyMr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-Generalof the United NationsNew York, New York

Mr. President,

I have the honour to bring to your urgent attention the following

statement:

1. At 6:30 hours a.m. (New York Time) today, Saturday, October 6, 1973,

Israeli air formations attacked Egyptian forces stationed in the areas of

El Zaafarana and El Sukhna on the Gulf of Suez, while Israeli naval units

were approaching the Western Coast of the Gulf of Suez from the Egyptian

territory of Sinai occupied by Israel as a result of the war it launched

on June 5, 19o7.

2. Egyptian forces are at present engaged in military operations against the

Israeli forces of aggression in the occupied territories.

3. Israel has prepared for this latest act of aggression by its military

aggression against Syria on September 13, 1973. This has been folio-wed

by Israeli military movements all along Syrian and Lebanese lines.

k. The aggression launched today along the Egyptian and Syrian fronts

is a continuation of Israel's policy of annexation and consolidation of

its occupation of Arab territories beginning vith Jerusalem and its insistenceon the. humiliation of the Arab people and the breaking of their will.

5. Since its aggression of June 19 7» and particularly since the cease-fire

of August 1970, Israel has been practicing a policy of systematic defiance

to the UI'I Charter, UN resolutions and world public opinion. This policy

has been coupled by another policy seeking to perpetuate its occupation of

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the Arab territories and to abort and frustrate all peace efforts

and initiatives aimed at carrying out Security Council resolution

2^2 and the provisions of the aide memoire of the Special Representative

of the Secretary-General of February 8, 1971.

6, All peace forces throughout the world have condemned these Israeli

policies of aggression and territorial expansion. This has been expressed

clearly by the resolutions of the Organization of African Unity and by

the Conferences of the Non-Aligned countries. Israel's policy has been

equally rejected by the resolutions of the General Assembly and the voting*

of the Security Council in July 1973.

7. Egypt, exercising its legitimate right of self-defence, calls upon

all peace-loving peoples and countries to put all their weight to help

put an end to the Israeli continued acts of aggression.

As it is apparently not possible to convene a meeting of the General

Assembly today, I request Your Excellency to urgently cause this statement

to be circulated as a document of the General Assembly.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

H.E. Lie. Leopoldo BenitesAmbassador, Permanent Representativeof Ecuador to the United Nations

President of the General Assembly820 Second AvenueNew York, H.Y. 10017

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GENERAL ASSEMBLYTwenty-eighth sessionItem 22 of the provisional agenda*THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

SECURITY COUNCILTwenty-eighth year

Letter dated 2 August 1973 from the Permanent Representative ofEgypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to request that theenclosed declaration by the Secretariat of the Arab Socialist Union of Egypt on theposition of the United States of America at the Security Council meetings(20-26 July 1973) be circulated 'as an official document of the General Assemblyand the Security Council.

(Signed) Dr. A. Esmat ABDEL MEGUIDAmbassador


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REVOLUTION OF 23 JULY 1952 MADE SEVERAL REMARKS ON SECCOUNCIL

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ALSO SAID QUOTE REGARDLESS OF RESULT SECCOUNCIL REACHES,

WHETHER ISRAEL DEFIES RESOLUTION OR AMERICA VETOES RESOLUTION

WHICH IS 90 PER CENT POSSIBILITY, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT SECCOUN-

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MISSION PRESIDENT SADAT SAID =

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M E E T I N G WITH SECGEN PRESIDENT SADAT SAID QUOTE I MET WALDHEIM

IN ADDIS ABABA AND ASKED HIM SUBQUOTE ISRAEL SAYS SHE WANTS

NEGOTIATIONS WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS STOP IS NOT OCCUPATION OF

OUR TERRITORY A PRECONDITION QUERY UNSUBQUOTE WALDHEIM REPLIED

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IN ADD I? ABABA AND ASKED HIM SUBOUOTE ISRAEL SAYS SHE WANTS

N E G O T I A T I O N S VITHOUT P R E C O N D I T I O N S STOP IS NOT O C C U P A T I O N OF

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JUNE BORDERS, AND LET US ALL GO TO U N A T I O N S P A L E S T I N I A N S

INCLUDED SO THAT WE MAY ALL TALK, BUT ISRAEL MUST FIRST R E T U R N

TO JUKE 5 BORDERS UNQUOTE END +

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(EGYPT)CAI^ff (UPi; — P R E S I D E N T ANNA* S A D A T C R I T I C I Z E D THE UNITED STATES

TODAY AS THE OBSTACLE TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE BECAUSE OF ITS SUPPORT FOP.ISRAEL. HE S A I D R U S S I A WAS A FRIEND W I T H W H O M RELATIONS HAVE BEEN"HALF-FROZEN SINCE JULY 1972."

S A D A T SPOKE AT A J O I N T MEETING OF PARLIAMENT AND THE CENTRALCOMMITTEE OF THE A ^ A B S O C I A L I S T UNION, EGYPT 'S ONLY POLITICAL P A R T Y .THE TWO-HOUR 20 MINUTE SPEECH M A R K E D THE 21ST A N N I V E R S A R Y OF THE 1952REVOLUTION THAT OUSTED THE LATE K I N G FAROUK.

/•^"AMERICA IS A G A I N S T PEACE (IN THE MIDDLE EAST) , " S A D A T SAID."AMERICA IS S U P P O R T I N G THE < ISRAELI) AGGRESSION POLITICALLY,ECONOMICALLY AND M I L I T A R I L Y W I T H ALL ITS RESOURCES."

S A D A T SAID THE UNITED STATES WAS COOPERATING WITH ISRAEL TO FREEZETHE PRESENT MIDDLE EAST SITUATION AND THIS WOULD MEAN "COMPLETEPARALYSIS W H I C H LEADS TO DEATH.11

"IF WE ARE TO DIE, WHY D O N ' T _ W E DIE WHILE WE ARE STILL AWAKE?" HESAID. HE SAID THE A R A B CONFLICT W I T H ISRAEL HAS NOW ENTERED TIE.-"FINAL STAGE. .„ HE SAID U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS JOHN SCALI HAD TRIEDTO IMPOSE A "SPECIFIC FORMULA" FOR THE RESOLUTION TO BE VOTED AT THECURRENT U.INSECURITY COUNCIL.DEBATE ON THE ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE. HESAID EGYPT REJECTED THIS " W A R N I N G " AND SAID HE WAS 90 PER CENT SUREAMERICA W O U L D VETO THE EVENTUAL RESOLUTION.

S A D A T SAID EGYPT STILL R E G A R D E D THE SOVIET U N I O N AS "THE FRIENDWHO IS S T A N D I N G W I T H US, WHATEVER MAY BE THE LEVEL OF IIS SUPPORT."

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cc: Mrs. MiraOUSGSPA

28 June 1973

Excellency,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letterdated 16 June 1973, by which you have conveyed to me someof your remarks concerning my report to the Security Councilof 18 May 1973.

Your remarks have been duly noted. As I have indicatedin my statement of 6 June 1973 to the Security Council, wehave done our beet, within the limits of space and time, andtaking into account the reports previously submitted, toprovide the Council with a balanced, objective andcomprehensive account of the efforts undertaken by theUnited Nations pertaining to the situation in the Middle Eastsince June 19 7• The limitations of space and time haveinevitably entailed a considerable degree of summarization inthe formulation of the report.

I take this opportunity to renew to your Excellency theassurances of my highest consideration.

Kurt Waldheim

His ExcellencyDr. Ahmed Esmat Abdel MeguidAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative of Egypt

to the United Nations36 East 67th StreetNew York, N.Y. 10021

PERMAME.N7 MISSION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

TO THE UNITED NATIONS . j\ \

',- \

'•-T'

'/ No. 30116 June 1973 J

Dear Mr. Secretary-General,

On June 6, 1973, addressing the Security Council,Dr. J-loiiamed H. El-Zayyat, tha Foreign Minister of Egypt,expressed appreciation to you, Mr. Secretary-General, toyour Special Representative and all your assistants forcarefully preparing the report under Security CouncilResolution 331 (1973) of April 1973 (Doc. S/10929 dated18 May 1973) in view of the examination by the Council ofthe situation in the Middle Sast. Dr. El-Zayyat irentionedalso in his statement, that the report deserves our mostcareful examination and attention. Following such examination,I wish to convey to you, some of our remarks.

Please accept, Sir, the assurances of my highestconsideration.

Dr. A. Esraat ABDBL MEGUIDAmbassador


H. E. " " Kurt v;aldheimSecretary-General

of the United NationsRev; York, N. Y. 10017

SOI-JJ REMARKS O:T TiI2 RSPGRT OF TiI2

S^CR:;TARY CL;:; DUAL'S REPORT o:: TIII:SITUATIC:; i:; TILH: ;:IB:DLI: I^ST SI:TCE JUITE 1967.

(DOC. S/10929 - LV.T D 10 1-AY 1973)

Paracr-" oh 3: Referring to the stabus of the cease-fire • i

after 5 June 1967, the report stated at the end of

j

Par. 3 that..."the 1949 armistice demarcation line ji

between Israel ana Lebanon has remained unaltered." iIt

This remark could be interpreted as indication that the ii

1967 hostilities have led to an alteration on the Ii»

armistice demarcation lines between Israel and the other jj, ii

neighboring States: Egypt, Jordan and Syria, it would (

have been more accurate if the report used the word I|

"intact" instead of "unaltered". ji

In paragraphs 14-16, Gussing Mission was set up according j, .

to Security Council Resolution No. 237 (1967) and General j.- j

Assembly Resolution No. 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967, jF

to ensure "the safety, welfare and security of the ii

inhabitants of the areas where military operations ||

had taken place..." . I

In paragraph 16, The report mentioned that Israel •

*agreed to the proposed mission but insisted that the

Special Representative should looJc into the situation

of the Jewish communities in the Arab countries*

— 2 ~

The report added, that the U.A.R., Jordan

and Syria also accepted the Secretary-General's

proposal but they emphasized that the mandate of the

Special Representative should be within the scope of

the two above-mentioned resolutions. The report did

not make clear the mandate of the Special Representative

in such a manner which threw light on the validity

of the Israeli claim.

Immediately after assessing the Syrian position

"Syria made it clear that, that should not include !

the so-called Jewish minorities in Arab countries." <

fThe report focused the attention on the difficulties '.

which have arisen concerning the scope and terms of I

jreference of the proposed mission without spelling out j

i

that scope and v.'hether the Israeli pre-condition falls j

within such scope. Paragraph 18 equates between the

Arab side's readiness to cooperate with the mission, jI

and the Israeli position of subjecting that same j~- ii

mission to conditions beyond its mandate. ii

3- In Paragraph 21 concerning Human Rights in the occupied \'

areas, the report did not"spell out the contents of the |i

Resolutions of the General Assembly and the Commission on •

Human Rights and in1 particular, considering the Israeli j

- 3 -

practices in the occupied territories as "war crimes"

•

according to tiio Resolution of the Human Rights Cor.-.iissiori

No. 3 (rcivill) dated 22 March 1972.

4- JTÛSr.LZM, pa;;r.rrragh 24; The report stated that the % j

Foreign i-;inistcr of Israel. .. "furnished a legal basis •

for the protection of the Holy Places in Jerusalem". r

tiWhile the report singled out the so-called "legal \

basis" furnished by Israel , the General Assembly had |!

already tackled the problem by adopting its resolution j

No. 2253 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967, by declaring that the j;

measures taken by Israel in Jerusalem to change its |

status "are invalid", thus invalidating the so-called i!

i

legal basis furnished by Israel. Such statement in !

Ithe report does not reflect the facts of the situation )

ii

as stated in the relevant reports on the question of ji

Jerusalem and in particular the Secretary General's i

position concerning the U.l-T. Government House.

5- in^Paragraph 39, referring to General Assembly Resolution i

194 (III) calling for the right of the Palestinian !

Refugees to be repatriated or compensated, the report did

not indicate the responsibility for the non-implementation

of the said resolution and the subsequent and relevant

- 4 -

rcGOlutio:;j. Ir. connexion v;ith the consideration of

the Faler.tir.e Refugee problem, the report referredt

in para 40 to Gonernl• 7»sserr.bly Resolutions adopted

in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, which recognize the

necessity of "the full respect for the inalienable

rights of the people of Palestine for the establishment

of a just end lasting peace in the Middle East."

However, in this paragraph the report did not spell

out that this inalienable right, according to the

mentioned •. •• •• utions, is for "self-deterrr.inat ion. "

6- While in parr.~rnphs 46 and 43 the report quoted, in its

body, the Israeli proposals for an agenda for psace as

contained in letters dated December 27, 1967 and

January 7, 196S communicated to the Special Representative,

the Egyptian suggestionS~for a time table for the

implementation of Resolution 242 were not quoted but

briefly referred to in one line in Para 55. In

addition, in Paragraph 47, the report stated briefly

the positions of U.A.R. and Jordan. In this regard,

it is to be noted that Ambassador Jarring's Aide-

Mernoire or 8 February 1971 / and the Egyptian and*

Israeli responses to it were attached to the report

in Annexes II, III and IV.

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7- riLL .X '1'LjLl °- tiic R~FJ°rt staged that lsrr.ol allowed

(till J^cjuct o, 1972) the return of. '10,000 displaced

persons to their homes. In this regard, Paragraph 41

should have referred to Paragraph 36 relating to some

of the dimension of the number of Refugees and

displaced persons, before and since 1967, i.e.1,344,576

Palestine Refugees registered with UKRY.'A till 1967,

180,000 known redisplaced Refugees and 200,000 known

newly displaced persons fled from the West Bank and

Gaza Strip to East Jordan as a result of the Israeli

aggression of June 1967.

8- Jji Par a a r aph 6 3 , reference was made to the Four Power

talks aimed at arriving to a common interpretation of

Security Council Resolution 242 (1967). The report

mentioned that the meetings continued up to September 1971,

but no mention was made to the reason or motive of their

interruption since that date. No mention either was

stated to the outcome of these meetings.

9- paragraph 67. The report referred to the Israeli

*

decision to withhold its participation in the Jarring*

talks (upon hie invitation to the parties on

25 August -1970}, under an alleged Israeli claimr

«

"that the Government of UAR had gravely violated"

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the coase-firo standstill arrangements. It is to bG

noted that tii^ report, inter alia, did not ir.ention

the following facts:

a- That Egypt was receptive and positive in

responding to Ambassador Jarring's invitation

and that Egypt demonstrated its readiness to :t

participate in the talks under his auspices; ji

b- That in the meantime the Government of Egypt ;

i

claimed that Israel violated blatantly the

"cease-fire" standstill arrangements by setting ;.

up new positions and fortifications on the ;\

Egyptian territory in Sinai; ';

c- That Egypt refuted the Israeli allegations ji

(Statement of Foreign Minister of Egypt before [t

the XXVth Ses'sion of,the General Assembly -

Doc. A/PV.1869 on 16 October 1970). !


TO THE UNITED NATIONS . i

b f-.

NEW YORK

16 June 1973No. 301

Dear Mr. Secretary-General,

On June 6, 1973, addressing the Security CouncilDr. Mohamed H. El-Zayyat, the Foreign Minister of Egypt,expressed appreciation to you, Mr. Secretary-General, toyour Special Representative and all your assistants forcarefully preparing the report under Security CouncilResolution 331 (1973) of April 1973 (Doc. S/10929 dated18 May 1973) in view of the examination by the Council ofthe situation in the Middle East. Dr. El-Zayyat mentionedalso in his statement, that the report deserves our mostcareful examination and attention. Following such examination,I wish to convey to you, some of our remarks.

Please accept, Sir, the assurances of my highestconsideration.

Dr. A. Esmat ABDEL MEGUIDAmbassador


H. E.' _ Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General

of the United NationsNew York, N. Y. 10017

SOME REMARKS ON THE REPORT OP THESECRETARY GENERAL'S REPORT ON THE

SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE JUNE 1967.(DOC. S/10929 - DATED 18 MAY 1973)

1- paragraph 3; Referring to the status of the cease-fire

after 5 June 1967, the report stated at the end of

Par. 3 that..."the 1949 armistice demarcation line

between Israel and Lebanon has remained unaltered."

This remark could be interpreted as indication that the

1967 hostilities have led to an alteration on the

armistice demarcation lines between Israel and the other

neighboring States: Egypt, Jordan and Syria, it would

have been more accurate if the report used the word

"intact" instead of "unaltered".

2- In Paragraphs 14-16, Gussing Mission was set up according

to Security Council Resolution No. 237 (1967) and General

Assembly Resolution No. 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967,

to ensure "the safety, welfare and security of the

inhabitants of the areas where military operations

had taken place..."

In Paragraph 16, The report mentioned that Israel

agreed to the proposed mission but insisted that the

Special Representative should look into the situation

of the Jewish communities in the Arab countries»

- 2 -

The report added, that the U.A.R., Jordan

and Syria also accepted the Secretary-General's

proposal but they emphasized that the mandate of the

Special Representative should be within the scope of

the two above-mentioned resolutions. The report did

not make clear the mandate of the Special Representative

in such a manner which threw light on the validity

of the Israeli claijn.

Immediately after assessing the Syrian position

"Syria made it clear that, that should not include

the so-called Jewish minorities in Arab countries."

The report focused the attention on the difficulties

which have arisen concerning the scope and terms of

reference of the proposed mission without spelling out

that scope and whether the Israeli pre-condition falls

within such scope, paragraph 18 equates between the

Arab side's readiness to cooperate with the mission

and the Israeli position of subjecting that same

mission to conditions beyond its mandate.

3- In Paragraph 21 concerning Human Rights in the occupied

areas, the report did not spell out the contents of the

Resolutions of the General Assembly and the Commission on

Human Rights and in particular, considering the Israeli

—• 3 —

practices in the occupied territories as "war crimes"

according to the Resolution of the Human Rights Commission

No. 3 (XXVIII) dated 22 March 1972.

4- JERUSALEM, Paragraph 24; The report stated that the

Foreign Minister of Israel..."furnished a legal basis

for the protection of the Holy Places in Jerusalem".

While the report singled out the so-called "legal

basis" furnished by Israel, the General Assembly had

already tackled the problem by adopting its resolution

No. 2253 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967, by declaring that the

measures taken by Israel in Jerusalem to change its

status "are invalid", thus invalidating the so-called

legal basis furnished by Israel. Such statement in

the report does not reflect the facts of the situation

as stated in the relevant reports on the question of

Jerusalem and in particular the Secretary General's

position concerning the U.K. Government House.

5- In Paragraph 39, referring to General Assembly Resolution

194 (III) calling for the right of the Palestinian

Refugees to be repatriated or compensated, the report did

not indicate the responsibility for the non-implementation

of the said resolution and the subsequent and relevant

- 4 -

resolutions. In connexion with the consideration of

the Palestine Refugee problem, the report referred

in para 40 to General Assembly Resolutions adopted

in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, which recognize the

necessity of "the full respect for the inalienable

rights of the People of Palestine for the establishment

of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East."

However, in this paragraph the report did not spell

out that this inalienable right, according to the

mentioned resolutions, is for "self-determination."

6- While in Paragraphs 46 and 48 the report quoted, in its

body, the Israeli proposals for an agenda for peace as

contained in letters dated December 27, 1967 and

January 7, 1968 communicated to the Special Representative,

the Egyptian suggestionj"for a time table for the

implementation of Resolution 242 were not quoted but

briefly referred to in one line in para 55. In

addition, in Paragraph 47, the report stated briefly

the positions of U.A.R. and Jordan. In this regard,

it is to be noted that Ambassador Jarring's Aide-

Memoire of 8 February 1971, and the Egyptian and

Israeli responses to it were attached to the report

in Annexes II, III and IV.

— 5 —

7- Paragraph. 41 of the Report stated that Israel allowed

(till August 8, 1972) the return of 40,000 displaced

persons to their homes. In this regard, Paragraph 41

should have referred to Paragraph 36 relating to some

of the dimension of the number of Refugees and

displaced persons, before and since 1967, i.e.1,344,576

Palestine Refugees registered with UNRWA till 1967,

180,000 known redisplaced Refugees and 200,000 known

newly displaced persons fled from the West Bank and

Gaza Strip to East Jordan as a result of the Israeli

aggression of June 1967.

8- In Paragraph 63, reference was made to the Four Power

talks aimed at arriving to a common interpretation of

Security Council Resolution 242 (1967). The report

mentioned that the meetings continued up to September 1971,

but no mention was made to the reason or motive of their

interruption since that date. No mention either was

stated to the outcome of these meetings.

9- paragraph 67. The report referred to the Israeli

decision to withhold its participation in the jarring

talks (upon his invitation to the parties on

25 August 1970), under an alleged Israeli claim

"that the Government of UAR had gravely violated"

- 6 -

the cease-fire standstill arrangements. It is to be

noted that the report, inter alia, did not mention

the following facts:

a- That Egypt was receptive and positive in

responding to Ambassador jarring's invitation

and that Egypt demonstrated its readiness to

participate in the talks under his auspices;

b- That in the meantime the Government of Egypt

claimed that Israel violated blatantly the

"cease-fire" standstill arrangements by setting

up new positions and fortifications on the

Egyptian territory in Sinai;

c- That Egypt refuted the Israeli allegations

(Statement of Foreign Minister of Egypt before

the XXVth Session of the General Assembly -

Doc. A/PV.1869 on 16 October 1970).

l/j .COMFIDEMTIAL

j Meeting held between Foreign Minister of Egypt and! the Secretary-General on 5 June 1973 at Headquartersi

Present: Foreign Minister Fl-ZayyatAmbassador Abdel MeguidAmbassador El-Erian

Sec retary-GeneralR. E. Guyer

The Foreign Minister expressed his great interest in the forthcoicingdebate on the Kiddle East, and in essence said that much depended on theUnited States' attitude. He had heard from various quarters that no newresolution - amplifying 242 - would be accepted. In London Lord Ealnlelhad said that if a resolution clarifying 242 were to be put forward, theywould vote in favour, but that it would be vetoed by Washington; theytherefore did not see any advantage in such an occurrence. According tothe Foreign Minister, the British were trying to see how they could actin accord with France but, at the same time, avoiding whenever possible aclash with the United States.

Foreign Minister El-Zayyat said that he was seeing the Americanrepresentative, Ambassador Scali, that saine afternoon. On variousoccasions the Foreign Minister said that Israel was dictating the foreignpolicy of the United States and that that was the only explanation as towhy Ambassador Scali had nade his position public: to give Israel, and theJews in the United States, a public assurance before the debate started.

With reference to a special committee of the Security Corjicil, eitherof the wriole or a reduced one, the Foreign Minister was not negative.He insisted that the Secretary-General could have any Advisory Connitteehe pleased, with or without a mandate from the Security Council. He recalledDag Hamuarsk.iold' s advisory coir:nittee on the Congo and also the one onNamibia. The Foreign Minister said the British had intimated that theywere not against this idea. At this stage it was pointed out to him bythe Secretary-General that that was not the position of the BritishCharge d'affaires here. The Foreign T-'inister said that then perhapsLondon had changed its mind on the subject. Furthermore I-lr. El-âyyatsaid tnat he had not yet read the definite version of Mr. Sc -li's co~r-ents.His understanding was that the United States would veto anything thatcould endanger Israel, but on the question of a Ccr.iuittee there was nocommitment on the part of the United States.

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As to the length of the debate itself, Y.r. El-Zayyat hoped thatthe neeting could end by the 15th since he had to be in Copenhagen onthe 13th and then leave for Vienna. It was r.ientioned to him thatvarious rumours pointed to the fact that the r.eeting could P.djourn onthe 15th until after the sirrnm.it meeting between T'essrs. Ilixon andRreshnev. The Foreign Minister said that n-itur?.lly if there was hopeof obtaining anything constructive he would also be in favour ofpostponing the end sessions of the Council. He reiterated that icuchdepended on the United States. Several times the Foreign Minister saidthat if no .constructive resolution could be obtained then they wouldhave to be satisfied with one that would get 14 votes. He mentionedthat in that case Lgypt would be forced into a similar position as theone adopted by Syria. After all these years it would have to beadmitted that Egypt's contemporizing attitude had produced no results.

The Foreign Finister at one point asked v.tiether it would now beseen if Israel not only runs the United States but also the UnitedNations. He quoted what he termed a very reasonable opinion byMr. Kissinger, that the proble.m for Israel was to see if it vrould bepossible for her to obtain "legitimacy" for her occupation. TheForeign Minister also mentioned that when Abba Eban was told thattheir military superiority could not last for than 10 years, he hadanswered that by that time Israel would have the atom bomb.

On leaving, the Foreign Minister mentioned the throe questionswhich perhaps he would hav* to put to Ambassador Jarring. Ke saidhe was not in favour of it, if it v;as not necessary.

AP/cm S/FV.1T1922

(Mr. Jt, Israel)

In fact, a year and a half earlier, Ambassador Jarring did try to initiate

blut

meetings betveen the parties. Egybt/ refused.

The Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the State sponsor of resolution

2k2 (1967), Sir Alec Douglas-Hone of the United Kingdom, declared in the

General Assembly on 29 September 1971:

"... if war is to "be avoided, those vho are in confrontation must actively

help to promote a dialogue.... unless a mechanism of dialogue can bex-\

established, sooner or later — and maybe sooner than Xater — the

fighting will start again.

"Confidence can only be established in this case through dialogue...

When there is distrust between the parties of this depth and scope,

it cannot be removed by long-distance correspondence, and the onus of

adopting dialogue must rest with those who now confront each other in

arms. It is for us to help them to find the vay to do it — and I

emphasize again that the time is short. This is the case, though, where

dialogue must supplant confrontation." (A/PV.19 k, p. 37)

That is the question If ac ing^nov/the Security Council. Will it help

the parties to a dialogue? Will it encourage the initiation of a process of

negotiation?

The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Russian): I call on the

Foreign Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Hsk*~Ei?

Mr. EL-ZAYYAT (Egypt): I have said before, and I repeat, that our

effort is always going to remain within the United Hationa, subject'to the

decisions of the Security Council and the General Assembly.

6/FV.171923-25

(Mr. EL-Zayyat, Egypt)

Mr. President, yesterday we took note, you took note, of the refusal

of the Israeli representative — his unreadiness or unwillingness — to reaffirm

that the State of Israel is governed by and accepts the principle of no

acquisition of territories by force. He referred me to his statement, and

in his statement I found that he interprets the Council's resolution as

indeed giving his country, as a victor, the right of annexing, as a result of

war, certain territories from other countries. We are not surprised, but

we take note.

Now, there is a call for negotiations — call them talks through Jarring

or any kind of negotiations, direct or indirect. The invitation is launched

here, and, since we must use our logic and our minds, we oust connect this with

what was said yesterday. Those negotiations would have to be either as

requested by or on the conditions of Israel, which is convinced that acquisition

of territories by force is permissible, or they would have to take place on

the basis of the principle that acquisition of territories is not permissible —

the principle in which we believe and in which I hope the 15 members around

this table believe. That would be then done against the will and against the

unreadiness of Israel. J

If we are going to proceed as Israel wants/I do not think we need the

Council or the United Nations or anything, really. We need to go and reread

the history of the world before the Charter. The victor dictates to the

vanquished, the vanquished goes and harbours new intentions for launching a new

war to get back what was taken from him by force. It is that simple. It does

not warrant my presence here.

If we take the second possibility, then what ia going to oblige Israel

to do anything contrary to its will expressed here plainly? I suggest that

the Council has the power to get Israel to fall in line with international law

and to be subject to international law which, incidentally, it obliged itself

to respect by signing the Charter and by remaining a Member of the United Nations.

How can the Council do that? The Charter gives the Council the right to impose

sanctions. I did not even contemplate the possibility of the Council doing so —

for the reasons I mentioned before that are known to all. Until we convince

every nation around this Council to be more faithful to the Charter than to its

own friendship and weaknesses, I am not going to speak about sanctions.

ARH/9 S/FV.1719

26

(Mr. El~Zayyat, Egypt)

So vhat is left for us is a resolution sje3:l2.ng out plainly and in basic language

that territories cannot "be acquired "by force and that "-withdrawal from the

territories occupied" means -withdrawal from the territories occupied — in

French^ in Spanish, in Russian, in Chinese and also in English. And tha' r ' ' •

x/down, is our reason for coining to the Council: not to change

resolution 2k2 (19 7) — although we do not want even to mention that resolution,'*%"because if there exists a Council resolution partfioning Egypt I do not want to

hear about it — "but to make sure that the Council never intended, does not

intend and will never intend, without breaching the Charter, that territories

of Egypt or Syria or Jordan could be annexed because there was a victory in

June 1967.

The PRSSISSnT (interpretation from Russian): There are no other

names on the list of speakers. I should like to announce that as a result of

consultations I have held with members of the Security Council the next meeting

of the Council for further consideration of the situation in the Middle East

will be held on Monday, 11 June, at 10.30 a.m.

The meeting rose at 11.go a.m.

'M

5 EQXT TASS 2-37 VEGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENT

CAIRO MAY 31 TASS ANWAR SADAT, THE PRESIfJENSUflD... PREMIEROF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, WAS IN THEAQHAIR AT AMEETING OF THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT HELD HERE TO DISCUSSINTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS,

SPEAKING AT THE MEETING, PRESIDENT SADAT SAID THATTHE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE FORTHCOMING DISCUSSION OF THE MIDDLEEASTERN PROBLEM AT JJLE UNO SECURITY COUNCIL WASJTj) ACQUAINTWORLD OPINION WITH THE REAL FACTS OF THE POSIT ION IN THEMfEBEQSST AND__IS^fn~AGGRE5SION TO MAKE TK£~¥ORLD_AWAR£WHO pPirvraiTTO AÊMEiaÂI-^ljIiaiL^jaJlIljgM'"^' THE pRPffEMT

PRESIDENT SADAT STATED THAT "TOTAL CONFRONTATION" WITHTHE ISRAELI AGGRESSORS CALLED FOR,THE EARLY MOBILISATION OFEGYPT'S MATERIAL AND MEN POWER RESOURCES AND REORGANISA-TION PF THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT.PRESIDENT SADAT HIGHLY APPRECIATED THE POSITION OF THEAFRICAN STATES WHICH SUPPORTED EGYPT'S STRUGGLE FORA JUST SETTLEMENT OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN CRISIS* HE STRESSEDTHE NEED OF STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONS OF THE A.R.E. WITHAFRICAN COUNTRIES.

HUSSEIN AL-SHAFII, THE A.R.E. VICE PRESIDENT, REPORTEDTO THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RESULTS OFTHE TENTH ASSEMBLY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OFOAU MEMBER COUNTRIES IN ADDIS ABABA. ITEM ENDS14,56

MPLS RPT NY 51

CONFIDENTIAL

Notes on meeting between the Secretary-Generaland \mba.5sador Meguid, Egypt, on 2 Ifey 1973

Present: Ambassador A. Abdel MeguidCounsellor of Embassy

Secretary-GeneralRoberto E. Guyer

Ambassador Meguid started the substantial part of the meetingunderlining the importance attributed by his country to the futureMiddle East debate in the Council and the report of the Secretary-General.He said that the moment was particularly serious and that the time hadcome for a definition of the situation and the establishment of wherethe responsibilities lay. He commented also on the recent Lebanon debate,stating that Egypt had contributed strongly by supporting a resolutionwhich would avoid an American veto; but, the U.S. had to realize thatthis could not continue and that they would have to decide whether theywanted to be alone and face the opposition of the 14 other members ofthe Security Council. Also the U.S. would have to reckon with theconsequences of such a position on the Arab countries and their policytowards the U.S.

Speaking on the report Ambassador Meguid said that they were veryinterested in the report being as comprehensive as possible. TheSecretary-General answered that it would be "frank and clear". TheSecretary-General then mentioned that Ambassador Jarring had informed,him. of the two meetings he had had with Ambassador Meguid, and bothAmbassador Jarring and the Secretary-General were considering all theimplications if Ambassador Jarring were called by the Council to testify.This could have grave consequences as it would provoke counter-questionsby Israel and would end in an acrimonious debate that could easily endangerAmbassador JarringTs mission.

Ambassador Meguid replied that if the report was "frank and clear"there would be no need to call on Ambassador Jarring. They did not wantto endanger Ambassador JarringTs mission in any way, and the Secretary-General knew that they were firm supporters of him. They assumed thenthat the report would show clearly where the responsibilities lay inthis issue. The Secretary-General answered that the report would notapportion blame on any one as that is not the function of the Secretary-General !s report, but that the conclusions of the report would be evidentonce its factual information is read. Naturally - and the Secretary-Generallay great stress on these words - the report would be objective and factual]nothing else can be expected from him. Ambassador Meguid said that Egyptdia not want anything more than that.

The reeting ended with Ambassador Meguid stating that this would be oneof the r.ost important debates of the Security Council and that the whole UNwould be at stake.

cc. SecGenOUSGSPA

17 April 1975

Your Excellencies,

I have the honour to refer to your joint letter to me of 7 April

1975 concerning the situation in the Arab territories under Israel

occupation. As you have requested, the text of your letter has been

circulated as a document of the General Assembly and the Security

Council (A/9055-S/10909).With regard to your reference to the consideration by the Israeli

Cabinet of a proposal for the authorization for Israeli individualsto purchase land and property In the occupied territories, the Permanent

Representative of Israel has informed me that no decision hag beentaken by the Cabinet to modify the existing procedure regarding thetransfer of land in the occupied territories and that there is nochange in the situation obtaining since 1967 in this regard. I assumethat you have already seen the letter addressed to me by the Permanent

Representative of Israel on this subject, which has also been circulated,

at his request and in accordance vith established procedure, as ftdocument of the General "Assembly and the Security Council (A/9058-S/1091 ),

Your observations concerning the measures taken by the Government

of Israel in the occupied territories have been carefully noted. Inthis connexion I wish to assure you that I shall continue to followclosely the questions mentioned in your letter.

I take this opportunity to renew to Your Excellencies the assurancesof my highest consideration.

Kurt Waldheia

Their ExcellenciesJ>r. A. Esmat Abdel Meguid Three identicalPermanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt letters - one delivers-«»*• to each by hand

Sherif Abdul Hamid Sharaf . 18 April 1973.Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanDr. Haissam KelaniPermanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic " • ,

00?[?IDSNTIAL

Meeting held between the Secretary-General and theForeign Minister of Egypt on Sunday, 15 April 1973

Present: Foreign Minister El-ZayyatAmbassador Abdel Meguid

Secretary-GeneralMr. Roberto E. Guyer

On 15 April the Foreign Minister of Egypt stated that he wanted toadvise the Secretary-General, before doing it in the Council, that he wasgoing to ask for a special report covering all the United Nations activitiesfrom 1967 until the present. He would request the Security Council to askfor this report and afterwards have a special session to consider its contents.Mr. El-Zayyat said that the moment had come for the world to know thatinternational law was not applicable and that the United Nations machinerycould not orovide a solution. After six years he thought that it was timefor such a report, which he hoped would be frank and take into account allthe details. He was particularly insistent on the point of the Big Fourmeetings and on the records which he claimed were in possession of theUnited Nations.

The Foreign Minister said that he would make his specific requestat the end of the Security Council meeting as he did not want to distractthe attention from the Lebanese debate. It would be very unfair, he said,to diminish the impact of the Lebanese presentation. The Foreign Ministerintimated that the situation in Egypt was serious and that a solution hadto be found to the problems. In his opinion the new debate could takeplace 3 or 4 weeks after the present Council meeting ended.

The Secretary-General thanked the Foreign Minister for hiscourtesy in forewarning him and said that he would naturally have to>.-ait for the Security Council's decision. He also added that he wouldimmediately call Ambassador Jarring regarding the preparation of thereport.

The conversation then turned to a possible trip by theSecretary-General to the Middle East. Mr. El-Zayyat said that he wasvery much in favour of it, that he hoped the Secretary-General would beaccompanied by Mrs. Waldheim and that it was up to him to choose theright moment. In principle he felt that any moment would be opportune,either because there was a crisis or lack of one. However, he .madethe reservation that one should have to see how the debate in the SecurityCouncil developed with raspect to the report of the Secretary-General onthe Middle East. It might not be advisable to visit the Middle Eastshortly after that debate.

PRESS RELEASE

By

Permanent Mission of theArab Republic of Egypt

Permanent Mission of theHashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Permanent Hission of theSyrian Arab Republic

7 April 1973

New York

7 April 1973

PRESS RELEASE

The Permanent Representatives of Jordan, Syria

and Egypt requested an urgent meeting with the Secretary-

General of the United Nations in order to express to him

their utmost concern about the reports and statements by

Israeli leaders and ijnpjyid4jacr Cabinet action encouraging

Israelis to miEchase Arab lands and property in the terri-

tories occupied by Israel following the Israeli aggression

in 1967, and to draw his attention to the persistence of

the Israeli occupation authorities in changing the physical,

geographic and demographic structure of the occupied

Arab territories^by the displacement of inhabitants,

the destruction of towns, villages and homes, and the

destruction nf refugee camps and the displacement of

the Palestinian refugees living in those camps, with the

aim of liquidating once and for all the Palestinian Question

in violation of the Principles of InterQa n LLa the

provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection

of Civilian Persons in time of war, and in complete defiance

of the United Nations Charter and relevant United Nations

resolutions.

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The three Permanent Representatives have requested

the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures within

his competence to stoj actic»ns_bv the Israeli occupying

forces, ancl to report, to the relevant organs of the United

Nations about such actions and measures.

They handed to His Excellency the attached letter.

April 7, 1973

Excellency,

Upon instructions from our Governments, we have thehonour to bring to your attention a most urgent situationdeveloping at present in the Arab territories under occupa-tion since June 1967.

According to confirmed reports, the Israeli Cabinetis now considering a proposal for the authorization ofIsraeli individuals to purchase land and property in theoccupied territories. Such a decision would obviously becarried out in the context of Israel's broacler policy of pres-suring the Arab inhabitants of the occupied territories toacquiesce in Israel's continuous steps of settlement andabsorption of the occupied territories. This policy by theIsraeli authorities has been taking different forms andexpressions and has been escalating in scope and intensity.The occupied territories witness at present frantic Israelimeasures such as:

(a) Large scale expropriation of land and propertyin various parts of the occupied territories, and the forcibleremoval of the ox ners in many of these cases.

(b) The establishment of Israeli settlements allover the occupied Arab territories and the physical trans-formation of the Arab character of these areas.

(c) The physical annexation of Arab Jerusalem, themutilation of its demographic and cultural character and theviolation of its religious sanctity.

(d) The transfer of the refugees in the occupiedareas from their camps to new dwellings constructed for thispurpose, and the gradual taking over of the functions ofUNRWA by the occupying authorities in order to alter the statusof these refugees and with that their rights of repatriationto their original homes, in defiance of successive UnitedNations resolutions.

(e) The speedy integration of the economy of theoccupied territories, into the economy of Israel for the

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purpose of exploitation and absorption.

This general policy is being carried out in theWest Bank of Jordan, Gaza, the Golan Heights and Sinai, whilethe Arab city of Jerusalem provides the clearest example ofthe direct Israeli annexationist policy.

f Our Governments are deeply concerned at these con-tinuing measures which are changing the physical, geographicand demographic structure of the occupied territories eversince the Israeli aggression in June, 1967. These measures arein direct violation of the United Nations Charter, the GenevaConvention and the United Nations resolutions, as well as thebasic principles of International Law and are thus jeopar-dizing any prospects for just and lasting peace.

We request Your Excellency to take the necessaryactions to forestall any possible serious steps by theoccupying authorities and to get the Israeli authoritiesto desist from any further measures anc! actions in the occu-pied territories in violation of the principles of InternationalLaw of the the United Nations Charter. We would appreciatean early response from Your Excellency regarding theseurgent matters.

We have the honour to request that this letter becirculated as an official document of the Security Counciland the General Assembly.

Accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of ourhighest consideration.


Permanent Representative of theArab Republic of Egypt

Sherif Abdul Hamid SHARAFAmbassador

Permanent Representative of theHashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Dr. Haissam KELANIAmbassador

Permanent Representative of theSyrian Arab Republic

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Letter j atgd JT Jipril 1973 from the Permanent Represenjjative5_gf_:jgyjDt-,JordarTand. jhe Syrian Arab Republic' to' the United Nations_addr_esse_d jto

the Secretary-General

Upon instructions from our Governments, we have the Honour to brir.e to yourattention a most urgent situation developing at present in the Arab territoriesunder occupation since June 1967-

According to confirmed reports,, the Israeli Cabinet is now consideringproposal for the authorization of Israeli individuals to purchase land andin the occupied territories. Such a decision would obviously be carried o

propertyout in

the context of Israel's broader policy of pressuring the Arab inhabitants of theoccupied territories to acquiesce in Israel's continuous steps of settlement andabsorption of the occupied territories. This policy by the Israeli authorities hasbeen taking different forms and expressions and has been escalating in scope andintensity. The occupied territories are witnessing at present frantic Israelimeasures such as :

(a) Large-scale expropriation of land and property in various parts of theoccupied territories, and the forcible removal of the owners in many of these cases;

(b) The establishment of Israeli settlements all over the occupied Arabterritories and the physical transformation of the Arab character of these areas;

(c) The physical annexation of Arab Jerusalem, the mutilation of itsde7nographic and cultural character and the violation of its religious sanctity;

(d) The transfer of the refugees in the occupied areas fron their camps tonew dwellings constructed for this purpose, and the gradual taking over of thefunctions of UHRWA by the occupying authorities in order to alter the status of

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these refugees and with that their right of repatriation to their original homes,in defiance of successive United Nations resolutions;

(e) The speedy integration of the economy of the occupied territories intothe economy of Israel for the purpose of exploitation and absorption.

This general policy is being carried out in the West Bank of Jordan, Gaza, theGolan Heights and Sinai, while the Arab city of Jerusalem provides the clearestexample of the direct Israeli annexation!st policy.

Our Governments are deeply concerned at these continuing measures which havebeen changing the physical, geographic and demographic structure of the occupiedterritories ever since the Israeli aggression in June 1967- These measures are indirect violation of the United nations Charter, the Geneva Convention relative tothe Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 19 9 I/ and theUnited Nations resolutions, as well as the basic principles of international lawand are thus jeopardizing any prospects for just and lasting peace.

We request Your Excellency to take the necessary actions to forestall anypossible serious steps by the occupying authorities and to get the Israeliauthorities to desist from any further measures and actions in the occupiedterritories in violation of the principles of international law and of the UnitedNations Charter. We would appreciate an early response from Your Excellencyregarding these urgent matters.

We have the honour to request that this letter be circulated as an officialdocument of the General Assembly and the Security Council.



(Signed) Sherif Abdul Hamid SHARAFAmbassador


(Signed) Dr. Haissam KELAHIAmbassador


I/ United Rations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973, p. 287.

April 7, 1973

Excellency,

Upon instructions from our Governments, we have thehonour to bring to your attention a most urgent situationdeveloping at present in the Arab territories under occupa-tion since June 1967.

According to confirmed reports, the Israeli Cabinet isnow considering a proposal for the authorization of Israeliindividuals to purchase land and property in the occupiedterritories. Such a decision would obviously be carried outin the context of Israel's broader policy of pressuring theArab inhabitants of the occupied territories to acquiesce inIsrael's continuous steps of settlement and absorption of theoccupied territories. This policy by the Israeli authoritieshas been taking different forms and expressions and has beenescalating in scope and intensity. The occupied territories . .witness at present frantic Israeli measures such as:

(a) Large scale expropriation of land and propertyin various parts of the occupied territories, and the forcibleremoval of the owners in many of these cases.

(b) The establishment of Israeli settlements all overthe occupied Arab territories and the physical transformationof the Arab character, of these areas.

(c) The physical annexation of Arab Jerusalem, themutilation of its demographic and cultural character and the .violation of its religious sanctity.

(d) The transfer of the refugees in the occupied areasfrom their camps to new dwellings constructed for this purpose,and the gradual taking over of the functions of UNRWA by theoccupying authorities in order to alter the status of theserefugees and with that their right of repatriation to theiroriginal homes, in defiance of successive United Nations reso-lutions .

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(e) The speedy integration of the economy of theoccupied territories, into the economy of Israel for thepurpose of exploitation and absorption.

This general policy is being carried out in the WestBank of Jordan, Gaza, the Golan Heights and Sinai, while theArab city of Jerusalem provides the clearest example of thedirect Israeli annexationist policy.

Our Governments are deeply concerned at these continuingmeasures which are changing the physical, geographic anddemographic structure of the occupied territories ever sincethe Israeli aggression in June, 1967. These measures are indirect violation of the United Nations Charter, the GenevaConvention and the United Nations resolutions, as well asthe basic principles of international law and are thusjeopardizing any prospects for just and lasting peace.

We request your Excellency to take the necessaryactions to forestall any possible serious steps by theoccupying authorities and to get the Israeli authorities todesist from any further measures and actions in the occu-pied territories in violation of the principles of interna-tional law and of the United Nations Charter. We wouldappreciate an early response from your Excellency regardingthese urgent matters.

We have the honour to request that this letter becirculated as an official document of the Security Counciland the General Assembly.

Accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of ourhighest consideration. s?



Sherif Abdul Hamitf SHARAFAmbassador


/ * Ssc --Dr. HaissaifrKELANIAmbassador


'•- - --,PERMANENT MISSION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT ' ' ~ # : - -'

TO THE UNITED NATIONS '""*

TNEW YORK

3 April 1973

No. 225

Excellency,

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the

honour to bring to your urgent attention the fact that

Israel, in contravention of the Charter of the United

Nations and its relevant resolutions and the Geneva

Convention relative to the protection of civilians in tine

of war, is arrogantly continuing its systematic policy of

coercing and intimidating the civilian population of the

occupied Arab territories/ in order to compel them to leave,

thus making the occupied Arab territories safe for Israel's

"lebensraum51. Among the latest manifestations of this policy

in the Gaza Strip are the following as reported by the

Press:

- On I!arch 9th 1973, the Israeli occupation authorities

killed three Palestinians who happened to be in a

house belonging to Dr. "Rashed ilusmar in the Gaza

Strip. The nam.es of those killed are:

nohanmed El Assouad

I'ar.al JVbdel .Aziz Hanoun

3bael iladi Ibrahin Havek

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- Cr. I'arch llth 1973, the Israeli occupation authorities

bl2>? up Dr. r'-:usraar' 5 house.

- Later, on ?-.arch 17th, an Israeli ariny spokesman

announced that the occupying forces killed three

civilians and arrested twenty others in the Gaza Strip.

Israel, as usual, tries to cover up these criminal acts

by invoking the security measures, a much worn-out justifi-

cation conveniently used by Israel to up-root the Palestinian

people and finalize its expansionist policy in the occupied

Arab territories.

ITo pretexts or falsified justifications can conceal

that -r.ese lawless and ruthless Israeli crimes are a complete

negation of the very letter and spirit of the Fourth Geneva

Convention and total defiance of the United Nations resolutions

Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention stipulates, inter

alia, that "no protected person may be punished for an

offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective

penalities and likewise all measures of intimidation or

terrorism are prohibited."

But ever since the beginning of the Israeli occupation

in 1957, Israel has adopted and applied the policy of collec-

tive punishment of the civilian population and demolishing

houses in the occupied Arab territories. This policy is in

violation of Articles 33 and 53 of the Fourth Geneva

Convention. It also violates the fundamental right of th-2

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protected parsons to a hone.

Indeed, depriving the civilian population of the

occupied Arab territories of the protection which the inter-

national humanitarian law accords then, is but a part of a

general Israeli policy aiming at annexing the Arab territories

and the elimination of any possibility of the fulfillment of

the Palestinian peoples' right to self-determination.

The concern of the international community, vis-a-vis the

inhuman and expansionist Israeli policies, has been expressed

through numerous United Nations resolutions. Among these reso-

lutions: General Assembly resolution 2953 A-F (XXVII) which

affirmed, inter alia, that "the people of Palestine are entitled

to equal rights and self-determination in accordance with the

Charter of the United Nations"; General Assembly resolution

2949 (XXVII) which, after reiterating the General Assembly's

grave concern at the continuation of the Israeli occupation

of the Arab territories since 5 June 1967, inter alia, invites

Israel to "declare publicly its adherence to the principle of

non-annexation of territories through use of force"; and

General Assembly resolution 3005 (XXVII) which, after re-

affirming that all measures taken by Israel in contravention

of the Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian

persons in tine of war to settle the occupied territories

ar-2 null and void, "requests all States parties to the Geneva

Convention of 12 August 194? tc do their utmost to ensure that

Israel respects and fulfills its obligations under that

Conversion".

Bearing in mind the responsibility of the United Nations

and in the light of the above-nentioned facts, and since the

Israeli oppressive actions and crimes continue to be committed,

the Government of Egypt urges once more that the necessary

measures be taken as a matter of urgency to put an end to

Israel's breaches of law and morality and its threats to

international peace and security, as well as to protect the

basic human rights and fundamental freedoms of the lawful

inhabitants of the occupied ?-xab territories.

I have the honour to request that this letter be cir-

culated as a document of the General Assembly and the Security

Council, and be forwarded to the Special.Committee to Inves-

tigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the

Population of the Occupied Territories.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my

hiahest consdieration.

Dr. A. Esmat A3DZL ?-'.EGUID.••'•j?.!o a.S 3 3.CO2T

Permanent Re^raser bativ?

'I.E. -"r. Kurt "TalcheimSecret 5i rv-C-eneralo:T t'.~9 VnitGC. Nations::-:•- Ycr'.:, ". Y. 10017

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GENERAL ASSEMBLYTwenty-eighth sessionItem 22 of the preliminary list*THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST


Letter dated 26 February 1973 from the Permanent Representative ofEgypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Upon instruction from my Government, I have the honour to enclose herewitha copy of the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the Council of Ministersof the Organization of African Unity at its twentieth ordinary session held inAddis Ababa from 5 to 12 February 1973.

I have the honour to request that this resolution be circulated as anofficial document-of the General Assembly and the Security Council.



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Resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organizationof African Unity at its jtwen_t_ieth_ ordinary session held in

Addis Ababa from 5-12 êbruary 1973

The Council__qf Ministers

Notes with grave concern that a part of the territory of a Member of ourOrganization, the Arab Republic of Egypt., continues to be occupied illegally andstubbornly by Israel, despite numerous resolutions of the United Nations, theOrganization of African Unity, and the Non-Aliened Countries,

Condemns Israel for its obstinate refusal to withdraw from all occupied Arabterritory and for its expansionist policy which led to the uprooting of thePalestinian people from their rightful homes, and pledges its full support to thejust cause of the liberation struggle of these people,

Calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Israel from theseterritories occupied since 5 June 1967,

Expresses its full support and solidarity with the Arab Republic of Egyptand other Arab countries in 'their legitimate struggle to recover totally and byall means their territorial integrity,

Declares once again that Security Council resolution 21*2 (1967) remains avalid basis upon which a fair and just solution to the Middle Fast situation canbe found and reaffirms its support of resolution 29 9 (XXVII) adopted bv theUnited Nations General Assembly which reaffirms that the acquisition ofterritories by force is inadmissible,

Invites all African States to unite their efforts in order to strensthentheir solidarity with Egypt.

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'•.GENERAL KURT WALDHEIM, WHO G A V E A- L U N C H E O N IN1. HIS H O N O U R••>•• ' HAFEZ ISMAIL TOLD NEWSMEN THAT HE AND WALDHEL'J MAD A

LENGTHY FRANK AND FRUITFUL C O N V E R S A T I O N ON THE M I D D L E EASTSITUATION D U R I N G W H I C H HE O U T L I N E D THE E G Y P T I A N G O V E R N H U N T ' SVIEWPOINT O N THIS MATTER. • • •

- OUR POSITION IS BASED ON THE - D E M A N D FOR A F U L L W I T H D R A W A LOF - ISRAELI TROOPS FROM OCCUPIED T E R R I T O R I E S , T H E I R FULL SOVE-REIGNTY AND EGYPT'S C O N T R O L OVER THEM, - I S M A I L S A I D . EGYPT W I L LNEVER RETREAT FROÎ THIS M A I N PRINCIPLE, HE STRESSED./ MORE /. ' • '

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THE PROPOSITIONS OF THE S E C U R I T Y C O U N C I L ' S RE;7> GLUT ION • WEREFULLY C O N F I R M E D - B Y DECISIONS OF THE G E N E R A L ASSEMBLY ANDFORM THE BASIS OF THE M E M O R A N D U M BY THE S P E C I A L ENVOY OF THE•UNITED- .NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST J A R R I N G ,WHICH ISRAEL HAS CYNICALLY REFUSED TO F U L F I L L ,/. MORE. / .

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.WITH ISMAIL WAS F R A N K , USEFUL AND FRUITFUL, HE A S S U R E D I S M A I LTHAT T H E - U N I T E D N A T I O N S W O U L D C O N T I N U E ACTIVE EFFORTS D I R E C T E D

-At THE ATTAINMENT OF A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF THE M I D D L E EASTCONFLICT AND THAT HE WOULD ATTENTIVELY STUDY I S M A I L ' SASSESSMENT OF T H E ' S I T U A T I O N . ITEM ENDS """"11.51

CONFIDENTIAL

Meeting of the Secretary-General with fir. Hafez Ismael,Saturday, 24 February 1973, 12.30 p.m.

Present: Mr. Hafez IsmaelDr. Hafez GhanemArab. Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid

The Secretary-GeneralRoberto E. Guyer

Imnortant uoints

I. Egyptian insistence on resolution 2^2 and all otherpertinent recommendations of United ITations organs.

II. Although they insist on total withdrawal from Egyptianterritory and complete respect for sovereignty, they are willingto adopt, with reference to the present occupied territories,3 commitments:

A. International security, i.e. an internationalforce which could be under the authority of the SecurityCouncil;

B. Mutual commitments between Egypt and Israel torespect territorial integrity and non-intervention ininternal affairs;

C. Peace treaties.

III. He insisted on the problem of the linkage of interimtalks with a final peace solution meaning total withdrawal.To this latter condition, he added that it would be necessaryto set a date when Israel would proceed to the withdrawal.

IV. He listened very carefully to the 2 possibilitiesmentioned by the Secretary-General for a solution, which wouldbe either (a) a Middle East conference or (b) a Rhodes formulain New York.

V. He agreed that a visit by the Secretary-General to theMiddle East would be most desirable and everybody thought the betime possible would be at the end of April and beginning of May.

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OUT DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN ALL OVER WORLD. THECAMPAIGN STARTED BY PRESIDENT SADATS VISIT TO

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ADOPTED AND PUBLISHED LASTWEEK. THE RECENT VISITS

TO CAIRO OF . ITALYS FORNKINISTER AND THE

PRESIDENT OF LEBANON AND OTHER HEADS OF GOVERNMENT

AND HEADS OF STATE ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY A

NUMBER OF VISITS TO CAIRO THAT WILL TAKE PLACE SHORTLY

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SWITZERLAND AND WESTGERMANY UNQUOTEJTHIS IS

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Meeting held In Secretary-General's officeon Friday, 12 January 1973;, at 12.30 p.m.

Present: Secretary-GeneralAmbassador Abdel HeguidMr. Brian Urquhart

In response to Ambassador Heguid's question about his letter

concerning the situation in Gaza, it was stated that a written reply had

been sent on 11 January and that the Commissioner General of UtfRWA had

been asked to submit the material for a report by the Secretary-General

as required by the General Assembly.

Ambassador Meguid referred to the Secretary-General's press

conference and especially to the fact that he had nade no mention of the

Jarring mission when speaking of the Middle East.

The Secretary-General explained that in the nature of the question

to which he had responded there was no need - or indeed opportunity -

to refer to Ambassador Jarring. He had explained that there was no

point in pretending things were happening when they were not and that

at the present time the mission was inactive, although Jarring was at

the disposal of the Secretary-General and would resume his mission

whenever this might seem to be useful and appropriate.

Ambassador Meguid also noted that the Secretary-General had mentioned

the proximity talks on the Canal although this was not a matter which

had ever been dealt with by the United Nations.

The Secretary-General explained that in order to meet any useful

initiative on the Middle East it was necessary to take into account

Araerican intentions and activities and it was for this reason that he

had mentioned the proximity talks. He had understood from Secretary

of State Rogers that it was the United States' intention to try to

resume these talks early in 1973, although probably not until some

solution to the Vietnam situation had been found.

Ambassador __I-!eguid said that his Government was gratified that in

his press conference the Secretary-General had publicly affirmed the

necessity of a co-operative U.S. attitude in approaching the problem and

had also affirmed publicly the mandate of the United nations and of the

Secretary-General to assist in the search for a settlement.

The Seeretary-General said that he felt strongly that there was

no excuse for the United Nations to do nothing about the Middle East in

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1973 and he vas determined to take initiatives as soon as it became clear

what United States intentions were. He had suggested to Secretary of

State Rogers that the proximity talks night take place under the United

nations umbrella. This might even consist of the Jarring mission, or

whatever else the parties would agree to. He did not have the impression

that the United States would object to a United Nations umbrella if it

should be helpful in promoting the talks.

The Secretary-General was prepared to go to the Middle East, preferably

in the Spring, but such a visit must have a chance of success. It should

not be a ceremonial visit, but a series of working meetings with the

' Governments concerned. For such a visit to produce any results a great deal

of preparatory work would be required with the Governments concerned.

Ambassador Meguid said that if the proximity talks were only concerned

with the opening of the Canal and nothing else, Egypt would have nothing

to do with them, and he suggested that the Secretary-General should make

this very clear to the United States.

The Secretary-General said that he had already, on numerous occasions,

made this point clear. As regards a United Nations role in the proximity

talkss the Secretary-General suggested that Egypt might ask that the United

Kations should play such a role.

Ambassador Meguid recalled that on February h, 19713 President Sadat

had suggested a Middle Eastern settlement in stages and he thought that

such an idea might now be revived, perhaps by the Secretary-General, and

that in'this case of course the proximity talks might be one stage of a

phased plan. Ee repeated that Egypt would not participate in the proximity

talks if it did not know the ultimate nature of a Middle Eastern settlement

and, in particular, it required an assurance on total withdrawal by Israeli

forces from Egyptian territory.

cc. SecGenUNRWAOUSGSPA

11 January

Excellency:

2 have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of

5 January 1973 concerning the implementation of General Assembly

resolution 29&3C (XXVJl) of 13 Dec em-be r 1972.

Your request has been duly noted. It Is indeed my intention to

submit a report on this question as soon as possible in accordance

with the decision of the General. Assembly. X am at the present time

consulting with the Commissioner-General of UHHWA in order to determine

when it will be possible to submit such a report.r

1 take this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances

of my highest consideration*

Kurt Waldhela

His ExcellencyDr. Ahmed Esmat Abdel MeguidPermanent Representative of Egyptto the United Nations

36 East 67th StreetNev York, Hev York 10C61

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Excellency:

Pursuant to my letter dated January 4, 1973,in which I referred, inter alia, to the latest Israeli plansand measures affecting the physical structure and thedemographic composition of the occupied Arab territories,including the destruction of the Refugee camps of the UnitedNations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in theNear East and the forcible transfer of population in violationof the Geneva Convention relative to the protection ofcivilian persons in time of war of 12 August 1949, as well asthe pertinent United Nations Resolutions,

I wish to refer to General Assembly Resolution 2963(XXVII) of 13 December 1972, which inter alia:

" Declares that such measures involving the physicaland demographic structure in the Gaza Strip, including thedestruction of refugee shelters and the forcible transfer ofpopulation, contravene the provisions of the Geneva Conventionrelative to the protection of Civilian Persons in Time ofWar of 12 August 1949 6/ as well as paragraph 7 of GeneralAssembly resolution 2675 (XXV) of 9 December 1970, entitled"Basic principles for the protection of civilian populationsin armed conflicts";

" Calls upon Israel to desist forthwith from allmeasures that affect the physical structure and the demographiccomposition of the Gaza Strip;

" Requests the Secretary-General, after consulting withthe Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and WorksAgency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, to report assoon as possible and whenever appropriate thereafter, but in anycase not later than the opening date of the twenty-eighth sessionof the General Assembly, on Israel's compliance with andimplementation of the present resolution".

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Upon instructions from my Government, and in viewof the gravity of the situation facing the population in theoccupied Arab territories and in particular the PalestinianRefugees residing in the Refugee camps of the United NationsRelief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Eastin Gaza, Rafah and Khan Younes, resulting from the Israeliplans and measures, I would like to request Your Excellencythat the Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief andWorks Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Eastjreports,at his earliest convenience, on the present serious situationprejudicing the rights of the Palestinian population and theirstatus, affecting the physical structure and demographiccomposition in the Gaza Strip, Rafah area and Khan Younes, aswell as on any action taken by the United Nations Relief andWorks Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in thisconnection.


Dr. Esmat ABDEL-MEGUIDAmbassador


His Excellency Mr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary General

of the United NationsNew York, N.Y. 10017

CONFIDENTIAL

Meeting between the Secretary-General and theForeign Minister of Egypt on 2? November 1972

at Headquarters

Present: Foreign Minister El ZayyatAnbassador E. MeguidAmbassador M. Riad

Secretary-GeneralMr. R.E. Guyer

The Egyptian Foreign Minister said that they were insisting on aGeneral Assembly debate because they felt that the United Nations shouldnot be left out of the Middle East picture. In practice, the SecurityCouncil was not taking any cognizance of the incidents in the region.If there were no debate there would no longer be any UN involvement.Mrs. Meir, in her latest declaration, did not even mention the UN norResolution 242.

Foreign Minister El Zayyat asked the Secretary-General if there wasanything new in the American position, and he was told that there wereno changes. The Secretary-General mentioned that the Americans stillfavoured the Proximity Talks, that they were not happy with the debate,and that they would act as circumstances warranted it. Foreign MinisterEl-Zayyat stated that he was not against the Proximity Talks as such,provided they were under UN auspices and one knew what the end resultwould be; only under such circumstances would Egypt participate in theTalks.

The Foreign Minister insisted that their answer to Ambassador Jarringwas the maximum limit to which they could go. He personally felt thatEgypt never should have gone as far as they did, but they had been understrong American pressure. He had told the Americans that, this was themaximum concession he could make. Tha Foreign Minister, then mentionedto the Secretary-General that if Israel would answer positively to Jarring,Egypt would have great difficulty explaining to various of the Arab stateswhy they were following the course of action as indicated by AmbassadorJarring.

The Foreign Minister ended by saying that they were promoting aresolution declaring that Israel's presence in tha occupied territorieswas unlawful, that they should be restrained from taking any actioncontrary to the existing legal system, that no aid should be given toIsrael with regard to the occupied territories, and that Egypt wouldnever accept the modification of Egyptian borders, which were over 4,000years old. At no time did the Foreign Minister mention anything withrespect to sanctions against Israel proper.

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PRESIDENT SADAT HAS^ HOWEVER, PROPOSED ON FEBRUARY1871-A PHASED W-THDRAV/AL PL.AM AS A PART GF THIS SETTLEMENT,THERE SHOULD BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS EGYPTIAN

T ÎNITIATIVE, THIS INITIATIVE CANNOT <3£ DISTORTED INTO A

DEVICE TO FREEZE AND "PERPETUATE ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION EVEN

rOF LGYPTIAN LANDS,

MR, PRESIDENT,

THE UNITED NATIONS is PASSING THROUGH A GRAVE CRISIS,ITS INABILITY TO ACT EFFECTIVELY WHENEVER INTERNATIONAL

I PEACE AMD SECURITY IS ENDAHGERED HAS BEEN ERODING CONFIDENCEI >Mi.. -m-.** l1r T.r ^ |w,MM a nMMali B >»«M». ^

I IN ITS EFFECTIVENESS, THUS ITS AUTHORITY, CREDIBILITY* »taw -... v.» _«s»--1***>='***»M««Wa>* . <. i I, ...... - ------- II

AND RELEVA'JCc ARE TODAY AT STAKE, THE CRISIS IN THE DIDDLE

AST IS, NO DOUBT, T H s s s R I O U S 1T MOW,

FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, ISRAEL HAS BEEN PERSISTING IN ITSAGGRESSION, REMAINING IN OCCUPATION OF SUBSTANTIAL PARTS OFARAB TERRITORIES DESPITE THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THESECURITY COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ISRAEL HASUNHEEDED ALL EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN ESPECIALLY BY AMBASSADORGUNMAR JARRING AS THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, TIME HAS COME FOR ALL OF US TO FACE OUR RESPONSIBI-

LITIES, FROM THIS ROSTRUM WE CALL UPON ALL THE MEMBERS OFTHE UNITED NATIONS AND IN PARTICULAR THE PERMANENT MEMBERS

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OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL WHO, BY .VIRTUE OF THE CHARTER, HAVEA SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONALPEACE AND SECURITY, TO DETERMINE THE ACTION NECESSARY INORDER TO RESTORE THE JUST PEACE WE WANT AND NEED, AND TOUPHOLD THE BASIC TENETS CF THE CHARTER IN OUR AREA, IF THE

,U,N, REALLY WISHES TO ASSERT ITS AUTHORITY AND TO RESPOND

'TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE THIRSTY FOR PEACE IN OUR AREA, IT ISA -* *>j**™ gmrr3rg

IN THE POWER OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL UNDER ARTICLES 41 AKD

42 OF THE CHARTER TO PUT AN END TO AGGRESSION AND TO ESTABLISHPEACE BY THE FORCE OF THE LAW,

IN THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN ISRAEL IS FLOUTING

EACH AND EVERY PRINCIPLE OF OUR CHARTER, WHEN ISRAEL IS

DISREGARDING EACH AMD EVERY RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE UNITED

NATIONS, WHEN ISRAEL is SHUNNING AMD UNDERMINING EACH ANDEVERY PEACE INITIATIVE, THE INTERNATIONAL COKI-UJNnTJHOULD

BE DETERMINED TO REMIND ISRAEL .BY-. li£2iUI2£ L4£S£i'J_HALJZ_

CANNOT CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS POLICY OF DE FI ANGELA NDJ\jir,0,G ,yCJ

WITH IMPUNITY, OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, THE SECURITY COUNCILREACHED A UNANIMOUS DECISION/ THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OFWHICH WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT PEACE IN THE riDDLE EAST,GÊ YEAR AGO THIS ASSEMBLY PASSED A RESOLUTION URGING ISRAELTO RESPOND TO A U,N, PEACE INITIATIVE, ISRAEL'S INTRANSIGENCEAND DEFIANCE HAS SO FAR FRUSTRATED BOTH,THE SECURITY COUNCILAND THE ASSEMBLY'S EFFORTS,

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The Secretary-General raised* the matterwith Minister El Zayyat at the lattersrecent visit. First, El Zayyat suggestedto use British Jeeps. After theSecretary-General's explanation of thesituation he promised to discuss thequestion with his Government and inform theSecretary-General of the results.

Date:

IS October 1972

CR. 13 (13-64)

FROM:DE: G. Hennig

U N I T E D N A T I O N S M M N A T I O N S U N I E Slij z*INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM "^ MEMORANDUM 1NTERIEUR

TO: The Secretary-GenUi & DATE: 2? September 1972

THROUGH:5/C DE:

REFERENCE:

FROM: C.A. StavropoulosDE: The Legal Counsel

: Use of Willys Jeeps by UMTSO in Arab Republic of Egyptfl' ' TJ * ' •' ' •

1. I .wish to bring to your attention the situation we now faceas regards the use by UNTSO of Willys jeeps injbhe Arab Republic of

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2. In July 1971 the customs authorities in Alexandria, actingpursuant to a boycott order issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,refused to allow the importation of a Willys jeep which was beingimported for use by UNTSO. This action was, I understand, taken inview of the fact that the Willys Company does business in Israel.Following various representations, both here and in Cairo, in July1972 the Egyptian authorities agreed to the release of the jeep,subject to a signed statement being given whereby the Organizationwould have undertaken not to sell the vehicle in Egypt, to re—exportit after use, and not to import any more of the same vehicles. Thefirst, two conditions could be accepted. The difficulty concerns thethird.

3. The problems involved are both legal and practical in natureeIf the United Nations were to accept the third condition it would beaccepting an infringement of Sections 3 and 7 of the Convention on thePrivileges and Immunities of the United Nations„ Section 3 providesthat United Nations property shall be immune from any "form of inter-ference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislativeaction". Under Section 7* the United Nations and its property areexempt from "prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports inrespect of articles imported or exported by the United Nations forits official use'V

4. Over and above these provisions, there is the general principleinvolved. The United Nations has to retain its freedom from interferencein order to ensure that it may send and receive official documents,engage staff and conduct its operations, as determined in accordancewith the Charter. It would not, over the long term, be possible toengage in operations such as those now performed by UNTSO or UMFICYPif it were to accept restrictions of this character.

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5. As a practical matter, Willys jeeps are the main vehicles usedby UNTSO in Egypt, and elsewhere in the area. Owing to the problemwith the jeep detained in Alexandria, no replacement vehicles have beenimported. Of the eighteen Willys jeeps used in Egypt, it is now urgentthat fourteen be replaced. The United Nations standardized on Willysjeeps after a long period of testing. These are four wheeled drivevehicles and have proved the best able to cope with the terrain in theMiddle East, in particular in sandy areas when, in times of crisis, ithas not been possible to use the roads. Procurement of these vehicles,stocking of spares, training of mechanics and drivers is, accordingly,planned on a long term basis. The United Nations Supply Depot in Pisa,where 25 Willys jeeps are stocked, is part of this programme.

6. If, therefore, the United Nations cannot continue to use Willysjeeps in Egypt, it will be necessary to replace the existing fleet withother vehicles, consider disposing of the present stock, and set up aseparate supply of new vehicles and spare parts, and retrain the mechanicsand drivers.

7. Action at lower level has not succeeded in securing a waiverof the boycott provisions. It is considered that the only chance ofobtaining such a waiver is by your intervention with the EgyptianGovernment, at the highest level. The choice which is presented isbetween de facto acceptance of the Egyptian position, which isobjectionable on both legal and practical grounds and would (amongstother things) have financial consequences, and strong intervention withthe Foreign Minister during the period he is in New York for the GeneralAssembly, with the intention of taking the case to the Security Councilor the General Assembly with a request for an advisory opinion from theInternational Qourt of Justice under section 30 of the Convention, ifthis proved unavailing. Although there are risks in prophecy, I believethat any opinion given by the International Court of Justice would bein favour of our position.

8. I should be grateful to receive your ruling on the matter, sothat the necessary consequential steps can be taken.

cc: Mr. R. GuyerMr. B. UrquhartMr. R. Ryan

Renter's story from Cairo - 16 August 1972

Dr. Mohammed Zayyat, Egypt's actiiig-'Ftfreign Minister, said there

was no break-through in the Middle East situation, at an early morning

meeting with United Nations Secretary-General, Kurt Waldheim at Cairo

Airport today.»

Dr. Zayyat was roused from his bed to make a dramatic car dash

to the airport to meet Dr. Waldheim on his way home from China - at 3 a.m.

A radio message from the UN Chief asking to see an Egyptian official during

his brief stop-over was received only half an hour before his Air France

jet touched down.

Dr. Zayyat told a press conference later they had discussed the

Middle East, the UN and other matters during their 45 ran- meeting in a

VIP lounge at the airport.

"I do not think that as a result of 45 ran. talk, that we have a

break-through in the Middle East question or anything worth reporting to

you" Dr. Zayyat said.

Asked about the Egyptian Government's attitude towards a new

stage in the mission of UN Middle East envoy, Gunnar Jarring, the Minister

expressed reservations about Dr. Jarring's effectiveness from Cairo's

point of view.

Dr. Zayyat said that the memorandum of Dr. Jarring in February

1971, calling on Israel to withdraw from occupied territory and Egypt

to sign a peace treaty "is biased, if anything, towards Israel".

"Since we are so eager to get peace, since we are so eager to get

justice through peaceful means, this (Egyptian) government ordered me to

accept this memorandum and our reply (Egypt's) acceptance is a matter of

regret", hs added.

But since then, the Israelis had refused to budge, r. Zayyat said.

He posed the question: what could Jarring do? "Jarring cannot

go and donate the Middle East to the Israelians. Jarring cannot go andSj C-t.-~~»-

offer them the -geiden Heights and the West bank, he is only a servant of

the UN working to implement a resolution", the Minister said.'

Dr. Zayyat confessed that he was "not very optimistic about

the Jarring mission".

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Dr. Zayyat, who is also Egypt's Minister of State for Information,

said Egypt would continue to abide by the UN Middle East resolution "until

it is declared impossible to implement by the Security Council itself."

On Soviet-Egyptian relations, Dr. Zayyat said Egypt was grateful

for the Soviet Union for "helping this country to stand on its feet".

There were daily diplomatic contacts between the two governments,

but Dr. Zayyat said he had no report that Soviet party Chief Leonid Brezhnev

would visit Cairo for top level talks in September.

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>;? WALDHEIM-. S A I D HIS VISIT TO CHINA— HIS FIFTH TO A PERMANENTM^vgiro C,F THE'.U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL - - H A D BEEN VERY'J5E-'JL AND VERY HELPFUL. ' .. . . : ' ' ' • > . . . ' '

"I SSTABLrSHED DIRECT "CONTACT WITH THE LEADERS OF CHINA* THISW A S THE: PURPOSE O F T H E VISIT." - • - - . - . . . _ . .

••«=? WALDHEIM, WHO DRCLIMED TO GO IMTO ANY.DETAIL ON THE ISSUESBPOPCÊD, SAIDl"WE HAD EXCELLENT TALKS. y.-'r:.." - .-..-ift'-. .-

HE SAID. THEY WERE WIDE RANGING AND INCLUDED VIETNAM*'" 'A GEMEPAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION OF THEPROBLEMS OF,THE UNITED NATIONS.

T-- iJ-.M. LEADER Ar!D!vD:"IT. WAS A POSITIVE DISCUSSION- NO 'COUL?T A2GUT THAT." • . ' '• - • . " .: .

CV HIS WAY TO AUSTRIA HE STOPPED OVER IN CAIRO ON A"COURTESYVI3~ -A-vn NOTHING SPECIAL HAD BEEN- DISCUSSED THERZ.PEUTEF FPrAF'F . . . ..-..-.- ••

Notes on meeting between Secretary-General andAmbassador Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid, PermanentRepresentative of Egypt to the UN, held at theUnited Nations. Tuesday, 25 July 1972. 6:k5 p.m.

Present: S ecretary-GeneralAmbassador Abdel MeguidMr. Eoberto E. Guyer

1. Ambassador Abdel Meguid came on two accounts. First he referred

to the Egyptian demarche for the reactivation of the Jarring talks.

He reiterated Cairo's desire for support for this action and said that

he had contacted the five permanent members of the Security Council.

He thought it advisable that the Secretary-General should try to convene

a meeting with the five permanent members and discuss ways and means to

help to reactivate the Jarring mission. The Secretary-General said that

he would gladly speak with the members but did not indicate whether he

would do it individually or collectively.

2. Ambassador Abdel Meguid continued saying that Ambassador Bush had

told him that he would have to ask for instructions from Washington.

With reference to Ambassador Huang Hua, he had listened with sympathy

but had not given a clear answer on what would be the attitude of his

Government to a meeting of the five permanent members. Ambassador

de Guiringaud of France had been very co-operative.

5. At no time was there mention made of bringing into the picture the •

President of the Security Council.

k. Ambassador Abdel Meguid insisted that there was a new element in

the Middle East situation, and that was the recent declaration of Egypt

with respect to Soviet advisers. He thought that the United States,

particularly, should take this into account.

5. The second point was the announcement that his Foreign Minister

would be passing through New York on 6 and 7 August and the Secretary-

General suggested a working lunch with him on the 7th.

6. Ambassador Abdel Meguid insisted constantly that the Jarring mission

has to be reactivated on the basis of all the resolutions of the United

Nations and the Jarring memorandum of 8 February 1971. With regard to a

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peace settlement, he said that they were flexible but that under no

circumstances would they admit the loss of any of their former

territory.

7. At the end of the meeting, the Secretary-General spoke again with

reference to the prisoners of war, stating very clearly that it was a

totally different issue from the one of the Syrian abductees. Both

concurred that it was a question of atmosphere and that, provided there

was no possibility of mixing the two issues, in the future something

could be considered. The conversation was rather vague on this issue,

but Ambassador Abdel Meguid did not close the door entirely.

CONFIDENTIAL

16 June 1972

Note for the Record

On 13 June 1972 the Secretary-General had luncheon with ForeignMinister Ghaleb of Egypt, on the occasion of the Secretary-General'spresence at the 9th African Summit Conference in Rabat.

The discussion referred to the possibility of getting negotiationson the Middle East underway and concentrated in particular on aMiddle East Peace Conference.

Foreign Minister Ghaleb, who brought the conversation to this topic,told the Secretary-General that while he had had reservations in thebeginning now he took a positive attitude towards this idea. He madeclear that any such Conference must be held under the auspices or preferablythe chaimanship of the United Nations, and at the same time should notreplace the Jarring Mission, but rather be viewed as an additional effort.

Ghaleb mentioned two possibilities on how to proceed in that matter.One would be for the Secretary-General to present a report on the JarringMission to the Security Council and at the same time propose, in view ofthe inability for Jarring to move, the idea of a peace conference. Sucha way of proceeding would have the disadvantage of disavowing the JarringMission. Ghaleb, therefore, felt that it would be better for theSecretary-General to take the initiative independently from the discussionof the Jarring Mission. In his view the Secretary-General would notneed a new mandate since resolution 2^2 would be sufficient for theSecretary-General to put forward such a proposal.

As to the timing, Ghaleb suggested that any initiative should notbe taken before the end of the next General Assembly.

Ghaleb explained that he had also submitted to President Pompidouthis plan, and the President had given him his fullest support. Eventhe UK seemed to like this idea. Foreign Minister Ghaleb made itunderstood that he would also be able to accept the failure of this plansince any such failure would once again point out the unwillingness onthe part of Israel to collaborate in the settlement of the crisis.

The Secretary-General took note of the explanations of Foreign MinisterGhaleb with interest, and explained that he would undertake the necessaryconsultations in New York amon-feothers with the Israeli Ambassador in orderto ascertain the practical prospects of the suggested conference.

As to the timing, the Secretary-General /fU/ta *-jk~~&—j{s—*"—agreed to the views of Foreign Minister /Ghaleb.

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No. 117

Excellency,

I have the honour to inform you that I have sentto the President of the Sacuritv Council the enclosedletter dated March 15th, 1972 and requested that itbe circulated 3.3- a Security Council document.

Upon instructions from my Government, I would begrateful if the text of the said letter be circulated.,as a General Assembly document and be forwarded tothe Cpirroissi " " " ~ ' "the relevant

bn"Huniah~Right's "For consideration undere«r~6rf its"a"enda~jr~"

Please- accept. Sir, the assurances of my highestconsideration.

.A?

DR. AKMSDAmbassador

Deputy Permanent RepresentativeCharge-d*Affaires, a.i.-..

Kis Excellency Mr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-Generalof the United NationsNew York, N. Y. 10017

15 March 1972

No. 109

Excellency,

Upon Instructions from my Government, I have the

honour to draw your urgent attention, as well as that:

of all the membership of the Security Council, to the

increasingly deteriorating situation in the occupied

territories of Sinai and the- Gaza Strip as a result of

Israel's systematic and premeditated policy to depopulate

theseterritories and change their demographic structure-

in order-to fit them into Israel's expansionist plans

to annex" theoccupied Arab territories. These- Israeli

acts clearly- constitute a further grave violation; of

tha--principles and provisional- of the Charter- of" the*.

United Nations, the relevant resolutions of the Security

Council, the General Assembly and other competent United

Nations organs, as well as the provisions of the Fourth

Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian.•>

persons in time of war of 12 August 19**9-

The Israeli authorities of occupation, in utter

disregard Tor its obligations under the afore-mentioned

principles, resolutions and international instruments

have:

a) deported, during the Eionth of January 1972, more

. than ten thousand Egyptian citizens inhabiting

Sinai and forcibly transfsrrsd them from their-

hoirsea- and villages* therein to other- area* situated

within a triangle near Gaza Strip, as indicated in

Annex 1 of this letter.

b) destroyed, during the month of February, forty-four--

houses in Sinai, nine- of which were situated in the

main square of the to'*n of Al Arish.li. ' •" '"* i

c) totally isolated, for several weeks^ the area of

Rafab (soutii of Gaza) from th» rest of the area*

<i)' expropriated lands sitttated'in th& Rafab

:. encircled it îth barbed wira*, and denlsd

;" populafeiois- any access then?to^ These acta-were-

conunitted with a view to establishing Tsraeli

agricultxtral settlements in the expropriated are-a.

These acts clearly constitute a further flagrantT

violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of

the Inhabitants of these territories occupied by Israel.

Such rights, are enunciated in the clearest terms in the

Charter or the United Nations v/hich reaffirms faith in

the fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth

of the hxuaan person. They are also enunciated in the-

Universal Declaration of Hunaa Rights, which was- proclaimed

as a cession standard; of achiaveaienfc for all civilised

peoples and nations, and which re&ognized the inherent

dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members

of the huaan race in the foundation of freedom and Justice.

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(a) abov^ constitute a further, direct and grave- breach, of

provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12"4

19 9, Article 49 of which stipulates, that

or atas» forcible transfers, aswell aa deport-

ations cr? profeecfeQ-d persons to any other territory are-

regardless of th*ir motives » .

The- action referred to in paragraph (b)

. constitute- a further, direct- and grave breach 'of Article-

53 of the afore— mentioned Convention, which stipulates

that any destruction by the occupying power of real or.:»

personal property is prohibited.

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The actions referred to in paragraph (c) gravely

violated the principles of freedom of movement and expose

the inhabitants of the Rafah area to all kinds of dangers

while being cut from the rest of their natural and familiar

surroundings, and indeed, from the whole outside world,

As for- the actions reported in paragraph (d)., they

are but manifestations of the Israeli designs to change-

the demographic character and geographic structure of

the occupied territories in order to fit them into the

ui Israeli annexationist policies.

Thes* Israeli actions, while constituting grave-

breaches of the- afore-mentioned principles and provisions.,

also contrrav»ne the provisions of several Security Council,

as well as General Assembly resolution* adopted In order-

to protect tne> basic and inalienable hucran rights of the-

population- of the Arab territories occupi&d by Israel. -

• Resolution 23T (19&7) of the- Security Council- called

upon Israel to ensure the safety, welfare and security of

the Inhabitants of the areaa- where- military operations

have taken placs. The safety , welfare and security of the

Inhabitants of the occupied territories are gravelyt.»

threatened by the mass deportations and transfer of

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inhabitants, mass destruction of houses., and the total

isolation of certain areas.

In Resolution 259 (1968) the Security Council has

again expressed concern for the safety, welfare- and security

of the inhabitants of the Arab territories under military

occupation by Israel.

The prevailing situation cannot but arouse the concern

of fche Security Council -us socially when- It has already

deplored the dajTtage to property (Security Council Resolution

265(1959)? and called upon Israel to scrupulously observe

the- provisions of the Geneva Conventions and international

law- governing military occupation (Security Council

Resolution 271(1969)).

It is of particular* importance- to hota- that the acts

committed, by Israel In Sinai and Gasa^ while in tharaselvea\("* " •

constituting actual grave breach** of the provisions of

the-•-re-lswant resolutions and international Instruments,.

are- at the- sajae time parts of th«- Israali designs-1a settla

th» occupied territories by the-establishment of: settlements-

therein and the-- transfer of Jewish settlers to live- in

these areas forcibly evacuated of their lawful Inhabitants.

The Fourth Geneva Convention, In the last paragraph of

Article %93 explicitly prohibited such transfers when it

said: . • • ' • - . --»

"The occupying power shall not deport or transferparts of Its own civilian population into theterritory it occupies".

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In this connexion, I -would, like to refer to the

letter dated 16 August 1971 (Document 3/10923) from

the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

of tea- Unitod Arab Republic addressed to the Secretary—

General, in which- ha drew tha ursanfc attention to the-

incr»aaina;l7 deteriorating situation in occupied Gaasa

as. a result of Israeli systematic campaign- to terrorise

and coere* Its lawful inhabitants by the calloua acts of"

thair forcible expulsion and the- daily destruction of

their- honj s, thus expediting the procs33 of depopulating

this

interr*lat»<i acts, and calculated policies to

thfr occupiad territories by the- mass- Report—

at Ion. of its lawful inhabitants r and its r«popula1;ioix

witl* foreign se-ttlsr* are deaigjiad to effect- anotfcer--

f altu acgoffaalJL to which I have- the- honour to draw "She

alrfcantion of th& Secxwit? Cooncil*

It is, tharsforw, incussiJen't upon the :?rholas

ship of the- Unitad Kationa and its organs concarnsd, in

particular, the Security Council, to shoulder the

responsibility for protecting th e basic rights of thei

population of the occupied territories. Such collective

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responsibllity in the field of human rights ±a clearly

enunciated in the Charter of the United Nations which,

inter alia, declares at its very outset the determination

of all peoples of the United Nations to reaffirm faith '

in fundamental human rights. Such responsibility is

also undertaken in Article (1) of the Geneva Conventions

which stipulates:

"The High Contracting Parties undertake to respectand to enaura respect for the present Conventionin all circumstances".

In view of. tha serious implications of these grave

Israali violations;, it is expected that necessary measures

and step* will be immediately undertaken to put an end

to Israel'3 breaches of law, morality, and international\-^ ' - ' • ' - '

peace an* security..

Please--aec&pt, Excellency, the assurances of my

highest consideration

DR. AHMED OSMANAmbassador.

Deputy Permanent RepresentativeCharge drAffaires, a.i.

ANNEX I

The latest violations concerning the forcible

expulsion and transfer by the Israeli authorities of the

inhabitants of the occupied Arab territories:.

1. Si:-: hundred famill33 vrsre ti*ansf erred from the region

of Mattala to the region of Abu Shunar, The said

families' belong to the tribes of Al Houala, Al

Ivukaibat, Al Awayda, Al Bahaira, Al Shullafa and Al

Shitv/eyat. A week later,, these- tribes were transferred,.

together- with eight other tribes fro.m Abu Shunar to

0:n Ka jaad. The names of these eight tribes are: El

Assenafehy El Sheikh Hussein Abu Salem, SI Salaaein

Abu Seba, Sheikh Sabah Abu Abed, El Sheikh Shedid •

Abu Han a, Seliia Abu Kimdi, El Av/abda and Abu Shera.. . '

The Tarae-li occupation authorities hav» destroyed

theijr dwellings in SI Mattala and camps in- Atrrr Shunar., .

The total number- subjected to this forcible- expulsion .•:

froct this rs-gion is estimated at five- 'thousand

2, ... Sis thousand: of the inhabitants of Sinai were forciblyfroic the region of El Masura to Gm Hancnad

where they Joined the five thousand afors-mentioned

persons prs-viottaly transferred to the same area.

These six thousand Inhabitants belong to the tribes

of El Halawa, El Sheikh Eweiha, SI Regebath, El Awabda,El Shtewien, El Mueisien and El Bahera. Owing- to

the overcrowdedness of the On Haimnad region, a great

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ofea to

Statement by the Official Spokesman of Egypt on 20^ rtnuary 1972

Tahseen Basheer, the official spokesman stated that the pre-

dictions aroused by some of the American official circles, about

America's effort to reach a partial settlement, is an attempt to

distort the efforts of UN Secretary General and his special

representative Dr. jarring.

We want to clarify that the America's role, as a permanent

member in the Security Council, impose certain responsibilities

and obligations on her as follows:- •

First To abstain from the escalation of America's military role

in the Middle East in favor of an aggressive country, who

occupies the territory of members in the United Nations by

force, and who announces openly her wish to annex these

territories.

Second The United States must cooperate positively with the

Secretary General and his special representative in the

Middle East to facilitate the implementation of the

Security Council's resolution.

Third To cooperate with the Permanent Members of the Security

Council according to their special responsibilities, and«'

according to UN Charter to preserve international peace

and to implement the Security Council's resolution, which

America repeats is committed to and respect.

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• FROM PRESIDENT SADATS 15 JANUARY ADDRESS TO NATIONS.

QUOTE AFTER CAREFUL CALCULATIONS EYE DECLARED 1971 DECISIVE YEAR

AND GAVE ORDERS TO PREPARE FOR ACTION BEFORE ITS END. IN EARLY

• DAYS OF DECEMBER THEY WER£s

• ?2~WA1TI86 FOR ME TO GIVE SIWGAL TO START , BUT WAR ERUPTED

• BETWEEN INDIA AMD PAKISTAN WHICH DREW ATTEST ION OF ENTIRE WORLD

^ AND BECAME BATTLE BETWEEN BIG POWERS*

THIS AFFECTED OUR BETTLE AND CAUSED LAST

ALTERATIONS SINCE RECALCULATION WAS NECESSARY PARA OUR BATTLE

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I/j 0?£»?ATIO*I !JOT PERFECTLY CALCULATED. PARA UHISTfcTES FEELS

IT LOST ROUND 13 IttTZRKATIQNAL BALANCE VISA VIS SOVIET UNION

I'. IIJDO PAKISTAN WAR. ON JANUARY FIRST 1972, IT ANNOUNCED

D£CI5IOJJ TO SUPPLY ISRALL WITH BORE PHAtflQ™ AIRCRAFT, STRANGELY,

ROGERS ANNOUNCED SHAMELESSLY THAT THOUGH BALANCE OF POWSR IN

R or ISRAEL, UNISTATES WOULD SUPPLY ISRAEL WITH MORE*! . THIS R E L A T E D TO IWDO P A K I S T A N W A R , FOR AMERICA L.OSIN3

THAT R O U N D W A N T E D TO SHOW WORLD IT CO»ST1TUED BIG POWER A W E >

ACCEPTS CHALLEMQES* PARA EYE SHALL 8EV2R EMBARK s

UPO!-i KEGOTIATIOMo WITH ISRAEL WHICH UAMTS EXPAND FROM HILF. TO

EUPTHRATZS. WS STILL ACCiPT SECCOUNCIL RESOLUTION 242 A«D

A3 REED IT CONSTITUTED PACKAGE DEAL, PROVIDED FIRST STEP

WAS WITHDRAWAL. BUT UNISTATES BEG AS TRYING TO REACH INDEPENDENT

SOLUTIONS VITH EftCM ARAB COUNTRY. IHEB THEY SOUGHT EGYPTIAN

SOLUTIQM BELI2VIHG s

?e £ K

IT COULD ArTSRWAROS DEAL EASILY WITH REST OF ARAB COUNTRIES.

THEN THEY A3KED FOR PARTIAL SOLUTION WITH EGYPT WHICH TURNED

LATER INTO PARTIAL SOLUTION TO PARTIAL SOLUTION, THAT IS,

REOPEMISG OF SUEZ CAMAL. VIE ARE FED UP WITH THIS OAM£ OF HIDE

AND Si£X. INITIATIVE s

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EYE OFFERED FROM VERY OUTSET MAS STEP TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE

SOLUTION IN REGARD WHOLE ARAB TERRITORY WOT ONTY EGYPT. EYE

STOPPED ALL CONTACTS WITH UKISTATES. PARA WE REACHED CERTAIN

DECISION WITH SYRIA AND LIBYA IN CONFEDERAL PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL.,

THIS SPEECH IS VARNING SISHAL. FIGHTING FORCES OK i

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THE:*' THEY ASKED FOR PARTIAL SDLUIIOH WITH EGYPT WHICH TURNEDLATER INTO PARTIAL SOLUTION TO PARTIAL SOLUTION, THAT IS,RCOPIMUG OF SUSZ CANAL. WE ARE FED UP WITH THIS GAit£ OF HIDEA^B SIIX. INITIATIVE 5?7 s

EYE OFFERED FRO*! VERY OUTSET WAS STEP TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE

i/DLUTIOa IW SEGA3D WHOLE ARAB TERRITORY NOT ONTY EGYPT, EYE

STOPPED ALL CONTACTS WITH UBISTATES, PARA WE REACHED CERTAIN

LCCISIG;* WITH SYRIA AMD LJSYA IJJ CONFEDERAL PRESIDESTIAL COUNCIL,,

THIS SPEECH IS WAR.VIfJG SISilAL. FIGHTING FORCED OK s

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US. SERIOUS KiGOTlATIOMS NOW 3011*3 OH WITH SOVIET UNION AT

HIGHEST L?:VZL DEALING WITH COMING STAGE, BUT DECISION CONCERNING

tlATTLE IS OURS •'JOT AKYSODY ZLSE. WE SHALL MOT SURRENDER ONE

INCH OF ARAB LAND S'OR BARGAIN OVER RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS.

STILL, POLITICAL ACTION CONTIMUES, s

BUT IT MUST BE THROUGH JARRIHG. WE SUPPORT RECENT UWATIONS

RESOLUTION Afv-D BACK JARR1NGS EFFORTS, AHY OWE WHO WANTS TO ;

TALK WITHPJ THIS FRAMZ WORK is WELCOMED. DUTY OF ALL is TO BACK :.'JA3RIHG , PARA WE WUST' PLACE HOME FRONT AT LEVEL OF COWFROHTATIOS;

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LAND ALONE BUT ON ISRAELS ALSO, PARUNQUOTE* FULL TEXT POUCHEED

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i1:. ; ru NAT! -us OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATIONT:>: '~-.K'A]., RtLATICNG DIVISION

i ]•;;•-• ^y.A f ier i SUPPORT SECTIONUs^ Cnly) 13 January 1972

(First Report)

rr:-:r:iAT. .PORT r»:i THE FRENCH LANGUAGE PRESS

.:-..-. :1D:::.T oADAT WILL AlttrUKCE1 OK THUHSD.-'Y ETv'^KIIiG AK IMPC'RPANT

XE;'.:-:i,TFLE .--J1.'!:' THE REl'^CEf-^NT OF HIS PRIJ-E MIIilSTER 1*. ^.ffl.iOUD FAHZI WHO

OCCUPIES A KEY FOSITIC.N, PARTICULARLY "VI TH REG/JO TO FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS, ITt

IS LZAPJCED FRCM A RELIABLE SOURCE IN CAIRO OK THURSDAY.

ACCORDING TO GC-OD SOURCES, IT IS KR. AZIZ SEMI, FIRST VICE PRIME

y.mST^R FOE INDUSTRY AND PETROLEUl! «TiO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FCR THE FCRIATKu.

OF THE NZW TO\^RW23<T. IN CERTAIN WELL INFORM3) CIRCLES THE NAM OF ftf.

K,\FSHAIEZ ISl'lML, MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY, IS ALSO MENTICKED

A3 RS1NG CALLED UPON TO FULFILL AN IMPORTANT ROLE. THE PORTFOLIO OF Fui'EIGN

AFFAIRS, HLL;> FCP1 SEVERAL YEARS BY MR. MAHMOUD RIAD, \.ILL BE CONFERRED UPCK

ia-i. MUra'JD GHALEB, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AKD FORMER EGYPTIAI'-

AIOjASSADOR TO MOSCOW, ACCORDING TO A RELIABLE SOURCE.

IT IS NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER THE PRIME MINISTER MADE THE DECISION TO

R3oIGN OR \. TETHER HIS RESIGNATION VIAS REQUESTED IN THE COURSE OF AN INTERVIEW

OF SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE HEAD OF STATE AND MR. MAKMOUD FAWZI OK WEDIvESDAY.

THE CIRCUl-STAI^CES OF THIS MEETING WERE IN ANY CASE VERY UNUSUAL.

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CAIRO—CAIRO'S SEMIOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AL AHRAM, SAID TODAYPRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT WILL PROBABLY GO ON NATIONAL RADIO ANDTELEVISION SOON TO ANNOUNCE THE COUNTRY'S CURRENT STANCE IN THE MIDDLEEAST CRISIS.

THE NEWSPAPER SAID "IMPORTANT STUDIES" WERE BEING MADE OF THECOUNTRY'S STRATEGY IN LIGHT OF THE REPORTED U.S. DECISION TO SELL MOREJETS TO ISRAEL AND THE PEOPLE'S NEED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR ACONFRONTATION.

SADAT SAID LAST YEAR HE SAW NO SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS EXCEPT WARWITH ISRAEL. SHORTLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, HOWEVER, HE SAIDEGYPT WOULD TRY A G A I N TO WORK OUT A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT, BUT THAT WASBEFORE PRESIDENT NIXON'S REPORTED DECISION TO SELL MORE F4 PHANTOMSTO ISRAEL.

SEVERAL EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPERS HAVE CALLED FOR ECONOMIC SANCTIONSAGAINST UNITED STATES COMPANIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO RETALIATE.

IN BEIRUT, SOURCES SAID GUERRILLA LEADER YASSER'ARAFAT PERSONALLYLED TROOPS AGAINST AN ISRAELI RAIDING PARTY WHICH MADE A TWO-PRONGEDATTACK INTO LEBANON DURING THE NIGHT TUESDAY.

THE RAIDERS BLEW UP BUILDINGS IN TWO VILLAGES TO STOP GUERRILLAATTACKS INTO ISRAEL.

AN ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAID SEVERAL ROCKETS WERE FIRED FROMLEBANON INTO A RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF KlRGAT SHOMNA TODAY BUT THEREWERE NO CASUALTIES.

LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER SAEB SALAM SAID HIS COUNTRY'S ARMED FORCESWERE PLACED ON ALERT FOR ANY FUTURE ATTACKS.

A BEIRUT NEWSPAPER SAID EARLIER GOVERNMENT SOURCES WERE EXPECTINGAN ISRAELI INVASION OF LEBANON AND SYRIA.

THE NEWSPAPER AL AHRAM ALSO SAID THE NEW COUNTRY OF BANGLADESH,FORMER EAST PAKISTAN, HAD APPLIED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE AFRO-ASIANSOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION BUT IT WAS UNLIKELY A DECISION WOULD BEREACHED AT THE GROUP'S CURRENT MEETING.

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l/Pl-4 (PAKISTAN)DACCA—SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH

TODAY BUT IMMEDIATELY TOOK OVER AS PRIME MINISTER ~ THE POST OF POWERIN THE GOVERNMENT HE WILL SET UP IN"THE"NEW 'Hff»eN,

MUJIB'S ACTION FOLLOWED A CABINET MEETING IN WHICH PRIME MINISTERTAJUDDIN AHMED AND HIS CABINET RESIGNED.

DR. ABDU SYED CHOUDHURY WAS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT — A FIGUREHEADPOST IN THE BRITISH-STYLE PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT MUJIB PLANS FORBANGLADESH.

MUJIB PAVED THE WAY FOR THE ACTION TUESDAY BY ISSUING A PROVISIONALCONSTITUTIONAL ORDER ALLOWING THE GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE UNTIL A FORMALCONSTITUTION CAN BE DRAWN UP BY AN ASSEMBLY OF LEGISLATORS ELECTEDMORE THAN ONE YEAR AGO.

CHOUDHURY IS A FORMER VICE CHANCELLOR OF DACCA UNIVERSITY ANDFORMERLY SAT ON EAST PAKISTAN'S HIGH COURT. HE HEADED THE DELEGATIONWHICH THE BANGLADESH REBELS SENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS LAST FALL IN ANEFFORT TO PRESENT THEIR POSITION.

IN CAIRO, THE SEMIOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AL AHRAM SAID BANGLADESH HASASKED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE AFRO-ASIAN SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION BUT ADECISION WAS NOT LIKELY TO BE MADE AT THE CURRENT SESSION.

THE PAKISTANI DELEGATE, MOHAMMED ALI, WALKED OUT OF THE CONFERENCETUESDAY, PROTESTING THE PRESENCE OF THE OBSERVERS FROM BANGLADESH.

HE SAID IF THE ORGANIZATION APPROVED THE BANGLADESH REQUEST IT WOULDBE SUPPORTING THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST PAKISTAN.

THE NEWSPAPER SAID A FACT-FINDING MISSION WOULD PROBABLY^BE SENTTO DACCA BEFORE THE ORGANIZATION TAKES UP THE QUESTION OF MEMBERSHIP.

IN OTHER ACTION TODAY, MONGOLIA AND POLAND JOINED THE GROWING LISTOF COUNTRIES OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING BANGLADESH. SIX NATIONS NOW HAVERECOGNIZED THE NEW NATION.

TWO OTHER COUNTRIES RECOGNIZED THE NEW NATIO TUESDAY ~ EASTGSU>?7>&-48-. RECOGNITION WAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED BY INDIA ANDBHUTAN, A SMALL COUNTRY ON INDIA'S NORTHERN BORDER.

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A S t f A S PUBLISHED T O D A Y IS CAIRO KEWSPAPERS. COLOM QUOTE WHF.&I

EY£ SAID LAST SUMMER YEAR 1971 SHOULD BE DICISIVE, THERE

WAS K l S U N D S R S T A P D l f i S W I T H SOVIET U M I O N =

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BECAUSE OF EVENTS IN SUDAN AKD POWER CENTRES IN E3YPT WHO TOLD

SOVIETS SADAT SCLD OUT COUNTRY TO AttERICAWS* MISUHDER3TAKD1SK3

LASTED ALL SUMMER TILL EYE VISITED MOSCOW IS OCT03ER FOR FRANK

DISCUSSIONS . EYE TOLD RUSSIANS THEY SADE ME LOSE EIGHT MONTHS,

M ARCH TO OCTOBER, s

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WHILE EYE ALREADY DECLARED 1971 DECISIVE* SHSH THEY ASKED

WHY EYE DECLARED IT SO, £Y£ ANSWERED BECAUSE |S»72 WILL WITNESS

AMERICA?* ELSCTIOSS AS^D UÎSTATSS AND ISRAEL WILL WAMT A KO

PEACE HO WAR SITUATION WHICH SUITS TKE?1 WELL BUT NOT US 1*0 R

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AGREED OS WEAPOSS ASD THEY THEMSfiLVES FIXED DATE OF DELIVliRS.

OPOS RETURS, EYE DISCUSSED MATTER WITH SUPREME COUNCIL OF ARÊD

FORCES AND IT HAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF POLITICAL

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WHY EYE DECLARED IT SO, £Y£ ASJSVERJiD BECAUSE 13T2 WILL W1TMSSS

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WAS S T A R T E D , £YE TOLD WAR M I H I & T E R =

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UNITED I.'MTCNf, cr?ICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIVISION I

INFORMATION SUPPORT SECTION \

(For Secretariat Use Only) 5 January 1972(First Report)

ETECTAL REPORT ON THE FRENCH T-ANCIY.C-E PRESS

EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SOON TO VISIT MOSCOW

APP-0 7

MOSCCW, 5 JANUARY

MR. MAHMOUD RIAD, EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TiTILL GO TO

MOSCOW IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR TALKS WITH THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP, IT IS

LEARNED ON WEDNESDAY FROM AN INFOR14ED SOURCE.

THE DATE AND THE DURATION OF MR. RIAD'S VISIT TO MOSCOW HAVE NOT

YET BEEN ARRANGED, THE SAME SOURCE ADDS. THE FOREIGN MINISTER MIGHT,

IT IS FELT, MAKE A STOP CVER IN MOSCOW ON HIS WAY TO PEKING OR ON HIS

WAY BACK FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

MR. MOHAMED WAFFA HEGAZY, MINISTERIAL COUHSELLQR AT THE TJfBASSY

OP THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC IN MOSCOW, WAS RECEIVED ON WEDNESDAY MORNING

BY THE SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER, A RELIABLE SOURCE INDICATES. THE FORTH-

COMING VISIT OF MR. IOAD-TO THE SOVIET CAPITAL WAS DISCUSSED IN ALL

PROBABILITY.

THE SOVIET PRESS AND TELEVISION, IT HAS HOWEVER BEEN REMARKED, HAVE

NOT YET ANNOUNCED THE TRIP TO PIKING OF THE EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR THE END CF THE MONTH.

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