SECRETARY'S STATEMENT TO FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

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• Publication Date: October 8, 1975
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E? OLLO WIMG IS TEXT OF SECRETARY'S OCTOPEP 7 STATEMENT TO
17NIAT;E FORT" 1CV RELATIONS COMMITTEE:
r;rtr>TI' - I ?h?FLCOMF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOUR
COMMITTEE TO TESTIFY O"? THE RECENT AGREEMENT BETWEE'i ISRAEL
A1'D EGYPT. THAT AGREEMENT -- IF CARRIED OUT I"?I GOOD FAITH
PY ROTH PART IFS -- MAY WELL MARY All HISTORIC TURNI'!G POINT
AVIAY FROM THE CYCLE OF WAR AID STALEMATE THAT HAS FOR SO
Ln"JC AFFLICTED ISRAELIS AMD ARABS ARID THE WORLD AT LARGE.
I AM HERE TO URGE PROMPT AMID POSITIVE CONGRESSIONIAL ACTION!
TO HELP FURTHER PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
FOP MORE THAN! THIRTY YEARS THE ISSUES I"! DISPUTE II THAT
T1?OUPLEn REG IOAI HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY SUCCESSIVE AMERICA"!
ADMIM I.TTRAT IOMS AS HAVING PROFOUND CONSEQUEM!CE:S FOR AMERICA'S
CYNI I'1TERESTS. THE UNITED STATES' DIPLOMATIC ROLE IN THE
MIDDLE FAST IS A MATTER OF VITAL NATIONAL IMPORTA~!CE:
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W1 HAVE AN HISTORIC AND MORAL COMMITMENT TO THE SURVIVAL
AND SECURITY OF ISRAEL.
WE HAVE IMPORTANT INTERESTS IN THE ARAB WORLD WITH ITS
1511 MILLION PEOPLE AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST OIL RESERVES.
WE KNOW THAT THE WORLD'S HOPES, AND OUR OWA1, FOR ECONOMIC
RECOVERY AND PROGRESS COULD BE DASHED BY ANOTHER UPHEAVAL
IN THE MIDDLE FAST.
WE MUST AVOID THE SEVERE STRAINS ON OUR RELATIONS WITH OUR
ALLIES IN EUROPE AND JAPAN THAT PERPETUAL CRISIS IN THE
MIDDLE FAST WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY ENTAIL.
WE FACE THE DANGERS OF A DIRECT US-SOVIET CONFRONTATION t
!,'ITH ITS ATTENDANT NUCLEAR RISK IF TENSION IN THE MIDDLE
FAST SHOULD INCREASE.
THE OCTORER WAR OF 1973 BROUGHT HOME TO EVERY AMERICAN, IN
CONCRETE AND DRAMATIC WAYS, THE PRICE WE PAY FOR CONTINUED
ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT. THE OIL EMBARGO TRIGGERED BY THAT
WAR COST US 500,000 JOBS, MORE THAN $20 PILLION IN NATIONAL
PRODUCTION, AND A RAMPANT IMFLATION. THEE 1972 CRISIS PUT
OUR ALLIANCES WITH WESTERN! EUROPE AND JAPAN UNDER THE MOST
SERIOUS STRAIN THEY HAD EVER KNOWN. AND IT BROUGHT LIS TO
THE VERGE OF A CONFRONTATION WITH THE SOVIET UNION,' RECUIR-
I"N!C US TO PLACE OUR MILITARY FORCES ON A GLOBAL ALERT,
THUS FOR THE. MOST BASIC REASONS OF NATIONAL POLICY WE OWE
IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT
T1417 MIDDLE FAST MOVES TOWRDS PEACE AND AWAY FROM CONFLICT.
I F THE PAST TWO YEARS OF VIGOROUS DIPLOMATIC ENDEAVOR HAVE
PROMOTED THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE -- AS I BELIEVE THEY HAVE
THE LIMITED STATES HAS MADE THE DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE
MAINTAINED OUR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL, WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME DRAMATICALLY IMPROVING OUR RELATIONS WITH
THE ARAB WORLD. IT IS THE UNITED STATES ALONE AMONG THE
G;?t RLD'j NAT IONS THAT BOTH ISRAEL AND ITS ARAB "IFIGHBORS
HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO TRUST. THIS LINK OF CONFIDENCE MUST
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THE KEY ELEMENT OF ITS STABILITY. WITHOUT IT THE PERIOD
AHEAD -- DIFFICULT AT BEST -- MAY WELL GROW UMMMANAGEABLE.
IT IS OUR STRnIr CONVICTION THAT THE SINAI AGREEMENT Is
Ik1D ISPEN SABLE TO THE PF?OCFSS OF PEACE. WFPE I HERE TODAY
TO REPORT THAT WE HAD FAILED TO OBTAIN A SINAI ACRE'E"'E'.'T,
I WOULD HAVE TO TELL YOU, AS WELL, THAT THE PROSPECTS OF
ST ILL ANOTHER ARAB-ISRAELI YAP WERE INFINITELY AND IM-
MINFNTLY GREATER. INSTEAD, I CAN STATE THAT THE PROSPECTS
FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY
ADVANCED, AID THAT GOOD CHANCES EXIST FOP EVEN FURTHER
PROGRESS -- IF WE. HAVE. THE WISDOM AND THE NATIONAL WILL
TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US.
HAILED PY BOTH PRIME MINISTER. RABIN' AN'D PRESIDENT SADAT AS
A POSSIBLE TURNING POI"T , THE SINAI AGREEMENT REPRESENTS
THE MOST FAR-REACHING, PRACTICAL TEST OF PEACE -- POL IT I -
CAI., MILITARY, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL -- IM THE LONG AID TRAGIC
HISTORY OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI Cn",1FLICT. FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES, ISRAEL AND AN ARAB STATE HAVE
AGREED, NOT JUST TO DISENTANGLE THEIR FORCES IN THE AFTER-
MATH OF WAR, BUT TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO THE PEACEFUL
Rr SOLUTION OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT FOR SO LONG HAVE MADE
THEM MORTAL E"1EMIES.
T ?HUB, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE CONGRESS -- AS WE SEEK
APPROVAL FOR THE STATIONING OF NO MORE THAI 200 TECHNICIANS
'`I THE SINAI -- IS AN INVESTMENT III PEACE. BUT WE MUST
""EVER FORGET THAT THE. MOST PRECARIOUS PART OF THE ROAD
TOWARD A JUST AND LASTING PEACE ST ILL LIES AHEAD, WE WILL
REQUIRE NIATIO^,IAL UNITY AND A SYMPATHETIC UNDERSTA^'DIIG
FCP THE DELICACY OF THE PRCESS IF GAF APE TO CO^ITINUE THE
I't ~? THESE CONSIDERATION." IN MIND, MR. CHAIRMAN, I URGE
T'II: COMMITTEE AID THE CONGRESS TO RESPOND PROMPTLY AND
:SY 1PATHET ICALLY TO THE. PRESIDENT 'S RFQF.USST FOR APPROVAL OF
THE STATICS"'ING OF UP TO 200 AMERICANS IN THE SINAI -- A
nF'r) tIEST THAT HAS NOW BEEN PrFORE THE CONGRESS FOR MORE
THAN FOUR WEEKS.
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T IF PROPOSED AMERICAN PRESENCE IS A LIMITED BUT CRUCIAL
AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS NOT A POLE WE SOUGHT; IT
IS A ROLE WE ACCEPTED RELUCTAMTLY AT THE REQUEST OF BOTH
SIDES -- AND ONLY WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE NO
AGREEMENT WITHOUT IT. THE AMERICAN PERSONNEL WILL BE
VOLUNTEER S, AND THEY WILL BE CIVILIAN. THEIR FUNCTION IS
TO ASSIST IN AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN THE SMALL AREA OF
TIE SINAI PASSES IN THE UN BUFFER ZONE. THEY ARE NOT
COMPAT PERSONNEL OR ADVISERS FOR ONE SIDE; THEY WILL SERVE
PnTH SIDES AT THEIR REQUEST. THEY WILL COMPLEMENT THE
UM MILITARY CONTINGENTS ALREADY THERE FROM SUCH COUNTRIES
AS CANADA, SWEDEN, AUSTRIA A'+1D FINLAND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY
IT IS TO PROTECT THE BUFFER ZONE. NOR IS OUR OWN PRESENCE
I N THE AREA NEW -- THIRTY-SIX AMERICANS ARE SERVING THERE
AT THIS MOMENT WITH THE UNITED NATIONS TRUCE SUPERVISORY
ORGANIZATION. AMERICANS HAVE BEEN SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY
FOP OVER 25 YEARS.
THE PROPOSAL WE ASK YOU TO APPROVE PROVIDES THAT THE
PRESIDENT MAY WITHDRAW THESE VOLIJNTEER TECHNICIANS IF WE
RELIEVE THEM TO BE IN JEOPARDY OR ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY.
WE ARE PREPARED, AS WELL, TO ACCEPT THE CONGRESSIONAL
PROPOSAL TO MAKE WITHDRAWAL MANDATORY IN THE EVENT OF HOS-
T IL IT IES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM WELL AWARE OF, AMD RESPECT, THIS
COMMITTEE'S DESIRE TO BE CERTAIN THAT IT HAS BEFORE IT ALL
UNDERTAKINGS RELEVANT TO ITS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL
OF THE PROPOSAL FOR U.S. PARTICIPATION IN THE SINAI EARLY
HARMING SYSTEM,
YF HAVE MADE AM UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT TO MEET THE COMMITTEE'S
CONCERNS. WITHIN DAYS OF MY RETURN FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
WE VOLUNTARILY SUPPLIED TO THE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS, ON
A CLASSIFIED PASTS, HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL RELEVANT TO
THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE SINAI ACCORD. INCLUDED IN THIS
MATERIAL WAS INFORMATION FROM THE. RECORD OF THE NEGOTIA-
T TONS OF THE VERY CATEGORY WHICH PRESIDENT WASHINGTON
DECLINED TO FURNISH TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1754,
AND WHICH NO ADMINISTRATIO"I HAS SUPPLIED SINCE.
FOUR WEEKS AGO, WE PROVIDED OUR ET QF?,,pACU ENTS TO TN
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APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. THEY ARE:
FIRST, THE UNITED STATES PROPOSAL FOR STATIONING TECHNICIANS
In1 THE SINAI.
SECOND, THE UNCLASSIFIED AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL ACID EGYPT,
AMP ITS MILITARY ANNEX.
THIRD, THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS CERTIFIED INCLUDE ALL OF THE ASSURANCES, UNDERTAKINGS,
AND COMMITMENTS WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE LEGALLY BINDING
UPON THE UNITED STATES. THESE DOCUMENTS ALSO CONTAIN MANY
PROVISIONS WHICH ARE NOT CONSIDERED LEGALLY BINDING; THEY
WERE SUBMITTED BECAUSE THEY WERE CONTAINED IN DOCUMENTS
!.!H ICH INCLUDE BINDING CLAUSES AND WHICH WERE INITIALED OR
SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES AND ONE OF THE PARTIES.
FOURTH, EXTRACTS FROM OTHER CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN THE
NEGOTIATING RECORD WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES ARE
LEGALLY BIND INC ASSURANCES, UNDERTAKINGS, OR COMMITMENTS.
WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS CATEGORY CERTAIN PROVISIONS WHICH9
ALTHOUGH NOT REGARDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS BINDING,
IGHT FEE S O REGARDED B Y OTHERS,
F INNALLY, THE LEGAL ADVISER OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT SUB-
^"ITTED YESTERDAY TO THIS COMMITTEE ON A CLASSIFIED BASIS:
NIEMORANDUM WHICH PROVIDES HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE LEGAL
CiARACTER OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY GIVEN TO THE
CONGRESS.
YE PRESENTED THESE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS ON THE ASSUMPTION
THAT THEY WOULD BE TREATED AS IF THEY HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED
UNDER THE CASE ACT, WHICH PROVIDES FOR SUBMISSION OF
EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS TO THE CONGRESS, RUT WITH "AN AP-
PROPRIATE INJUNCTION OF SECRECY TO BE REMOVED ONLY UPON
DUE NOTICE FROM THE PRESIDENT."
YP. CHAIRMAN, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS COMPLIED WITH BOTH
THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE COMMITTEE'S RESOLUTION RE-
QUEST INIG THE PRESIDENT TO INFORM THE COMMITTEE "OF ALL THE
ASS n pn~1 o e n TH LI?KTS.Q1 STATES ON WHICH
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ISRAEL AND EGYPT ARE RELYING IN ENTERING INTO THE SINAI
AGRF.EME"'T..." I AM AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT
TO STATE THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER ASSURANCES OR UNDERTAKINGS,
BEYOND THOSE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO THE CONGRESS, WHICH ARE
BINDING UPON THE UNITED STATES. WE WILL MAKE NO CONTRARY
CLAIM IN THE FUTURE; NOR CAN ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF THERE HAS BEEN A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN
THIS COMMITTEE AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL WEEKS, IT HAS CONCERNED NOT DISCLOSURE TO THE
CONGRESS -- WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETE -- BUT THE FORM OF
DISCLOSURE TO THE PUP-LTC.
WE HAD HOPED THAT A SUMMARY COULD BE WORKED OUT WITH THE
COMMITTEE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS CONTAINING
ALL COMMITMENTS SO THAT THE FULL SENATE WOULD FEEL FREE
TO VOTE UNRESERVEDLY (a",) THE U.S. TECHNICIANS. THIS
PROCEDURE WAS INTENDED AS A MEANS OF SATISFYING THE NEEDS
OF THE CONGRESS AND THE RIGHTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
KNOW, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY
AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE DIPLOMATIC PROCESS. WE BELIEVED
THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING THE PRECEDENTS SET IN PREVIOUS
NEGOTIATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CONGRESS BUT NOT MADE PUBLIC. OUR
PURPOSE WAS TO AVOID A SITUATION IN WHICH OTHER GOVERNMENTS
WOULD FEEL COMPELLED TO TAKE A PUBLIC POSITION AND TO
PROTECT OUR ABILITY TO ACT AS A MEDIATOR IN THE FUTURE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMMITTEE FACED AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM
TO WHICH NO GOOD ANSWER EXISTED. WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK
WITH THIS COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP PROCEDURES FOR FURTURE
NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WILL PERMIT GROUND RULES TO BE CLEARLY
ESTABLISHED IN ADVANCE SO THAT ALL PARTIES WILL KNOW WHAT
TO EXPECT .
WITH REGARD TO THE U.S. UNDERTAKINGS, THE ADMINISTRATION
IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT TWO POINTS:
FIRST, THAT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL ON THE
TFCHNIQ.IANS NOT LINK THE SINAI AGREEMENT TO THE U.S. UNDER-
TAKINGS -- WHICH ARE DISTINCT AND SEPARATE; AND
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SECOND, THAT U.S. STATEMENTS OF INTENT ION NOT BE GIVEN A
LEGALLY BINDING CHARACTER WHICH WAS NIEVER INTENDED AND
IS NOT INHERENT IN THEM.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS CONV IMCED THAT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
OF THE PROPOSAL TO STATION TECHNICIANS IN THE SINAI DOES
NOT IMPORT IMPLY APPROVAL OF ANYTHING MORE. THE UNITED
:TATES IS NOT A PARTY TO THE SINAI AGREEMENT. THAT AGREE-
MFNT IS BETWEEN ISRAEL A11D EGYPT; THEY ARE THE ONLY SIGNA-
TORIES AND THE ONLY STATES BOUND BY IT. THE AGREEMENT
REPEATEDLY SPEAKS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF "THE PARTIES"; IT
IS BEYOND DISPUTE THAT "THE PARTIES" ARE EGYPT AND ISRAEL,
AND NOT THE UNITED STATES.
THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES, IN AN ANNEX, THAT IN THE BUFFER
ZONE BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL -- IN WHICH THE UNITED
NIAT IONS EMERGENCY FORCE WILL CONTINUE TO PERFORM ITS
FU'ICT IONS -- THERE WILL BE ESTABLISHED AN EARLY WARNING
SYSTEM ENTRUSTED TO UNITED STATES CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. THE
PROPOSAL OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR WHICH APPROVAL OF THE
CONGRESS IS BEING SOUGHT, PROVIDES DETAILS OF THAT EARLY
YARN ING SYSTEM. THAT PROPOSAL IS DESCRIBED AS A PART OF
i1F AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL, BUT THAT DOES NOT
PLY THAT THE UNITED STATES IS PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
F'Y THE SAME TOKEN, THE U.S. ASSURANCES AND UNDERTAKINGS
;'''FORE THIS COMMITTEE, WHILE GIVEN ON THE OCCASION OF, AND
CONCORDANIT WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE SINAI AGREEMENT BE-
EGYPT AID ISRAEL, ARE NOT IN ANY SENSE PART OF THE
SINAI AGREEMENT.
T!{US, EVEN IF THE UNITED STATES WERE UNABLE TO FULFILL ALL
OF THE INTF. !T IONS WE HAVE EXPRESSED, THE PARTIES -- EGYPT
AFMD ISRAEL -- WOULD NONETHELESS REMAIN BOUND BY THE SINAI
AGREEMENT. THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE EGYPTIAN -ISRAEL AGREE-
N1ENT ARE CLEAR, DIRECT AND UNQUALIFIED; THEY STAND ONI THtIR
A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE SPECIFIC, LIMITED U.S. ROLE IN THE
E"PLY WARNING SYSTEM WILL NOT THEREBY COMMIT THE CONGRESS
T( A POSIT10N) ON ANY OTHER ISSUE--WHETHER IT BE THE QUES-
T ION OF UNDERTAKINGS AND ASSURANCES TO THE PARTIES
I"'VOLVED; OUR CONTINUING RELATION'S WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES
OF THE AREA ; A GIVEN LEVEL -OF. BUDGET SUPPQRT ? .OR Q~UR
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POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST . THOSE ARE
:0EPAPATE ISSUES WHICH YOU WILL WANT TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. MANY WILL COME UP IN THE
NORMAL AUTHORIZATION ACID APPROPRIATION PROCESS; THEY ARE
NOT AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI AGREEMENT.
LET ME TURN NOW TO THE QUESTION OF THE NATURE OF AMERICAN
ASSURANCES AND UNDERTAKINGS TO ISRAEL AND EGYPT.
THE SPECIAL POSIT ION OF TRUST ENJOYED PY THE IUN UNITED STATES
INEVITABLY MEANS THAT BOTH SIDES ATTACH GREAT SIG"IFICANCF
TO OUR VIEWS. STATEMENTS OF OUR INNTENT IONS, THEREFORE,
SERVED AS A LUBRICANT IN THIS MOST RECENT NEGOTIAT IO".i JUST
AS THEY HAVE IN EVERY PREVIOUS MEDIATION EFFORT. PUT THEY
MUST BE SEEN IN PERSPECT IVE AND I'' THE LIGHT OF HISTORICAL
PRACT ICE . IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT , THEREFORE, THAT IN
APPROVING THE SENDING OF U.S. TECHNICIANS THE CONGRESS
SHOULD TAKE CARE NOT INADVERTENTLY TO CREATE COMMITMENTS
THAT WERE "!EVER INTENDED.
WE HAVE SUPMITTED ALL DOCUMENTS CO"NTAI"NING U.S. COMMIT-
MFNITS. NUT ALL PROVISIONS IN THESE DOCUMENTS AMOUNT TO
FINDING UNDERTAKINGS. THEY INCLUDE:
FIPST, ASSURANCES BY THE U.S. OF OUR POLITICAL INTENTIONS.
THFSF APE OFTEN STATEMENTS TYPICAL OF DIPLOMATIC
rXCHA11GF; IN SOME INSTANCES THEY ARE MERELY FORMAL
REAFFIRMATIONS OF EXISTING AMFRIC,~"T POLICY. OTHER PRO-
VISIONS REFER TO CONTINGENCIES WHICH MAY NEVER ARISE AND
APE RELATED--SOMETIMES EXPLICITLY--TO PRESENT CIRCUM-
STANCES SUBJECT TO RAPID CHAA'GE.
SECOND, UNDERTAKINGS OR ASSURANCES BY THE U.S. WHICH ARE
CENND IT IOA'AL O'" EXISTING OR PRIOR A!-THOTZITZ.ATION AND APPRO-
PRIATION OF THE CONGRESS OP Wa!HICHFALLWITHiIN THECONSTI-
TUTIONAL AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO CONDUCT THE
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UA' ITED STATES.
THHIIS TO SPEAK OF MEMORANDA OF AGREEMENT AS EXECUTIVE
& P.EEME"ITS IS BY MO MEANS TO SAY THAT EACH OF THEIR
INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS IS BINDING UPON THE 11N?1ITED STATES.
THAT DEPENDS ENTIRELY URO:V ~.ONTE^NT OFHE. SPECIFIC
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PROVISTONS IN QUESTION. MOREOVER, NOTHING IN THESE
PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS CONSTRAINTS CONGRESS TON AL ACTION IN
AMY ISSUE: INVOLVING THE FUTURE LEGISLATIVE. PROCESS.
THE FACT THAT MANY PROVISIONS ARF NOT BY ANY STANDARD
INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS DOES NOT MEAN, OF COURSE, THAT
THE UNITED STATES IS MORALLY OR POLITICALLY FREE TO ACT
AS IF THEY DID MOT EXIST. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY ARE
IMPORTANT STATEMENTS OF DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND ENGAGE THE
GOOD FAITH OF THE UNITED STATES SO LONG AS THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAVE RISE TO THEM CO'9TINUE. PUT THEY
ARE. NOT B IND INJG COMMITMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I SHOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH THIS
THOUGHT: THE SINAI ACCORD COULD PROVE TO BE AN HISTORIC
MILESTONE. IT IS NOT A PEACE AGREEMENT, BUT IT CAN BE AN
IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE UNITED STATES REMAI1'S COMMITTED TO HELPING BRING A
,J!-ST, DURABLE AMD COMPREHENSIVE PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE SINAI AGREEMENT AS PERMITTING STAG-
" T'ION IN THE PROCESS OF ^MEGOTIATIO"I; ITS PURPOSE IS TO
C147- IMPETUS TO THAT PPOCE:;S. WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK
WITH ALL PARTIES TOWARD A SOLUTION OF ALL THE ISSUES YET
REMAINING--INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF THE FUTURE OF THE
PALF.ST IN IA"JS.
WHETHER THE SINAI AGREEMENT FULFILLS ITS PROMISE DEPENDS
CRUCIALLY ON THE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST AMERICA INSPIRE:.
YET WE CANNOT GAIN --NOR RETAIN --CONF IDF.NCE ABROAD IF WE
LACK IT AT HOME. WHETHER THERE WILL BE PEACE OR WAR IN
THE MIDDLE EAST DEPENDS IMPORTANTLY ON WHETHER AMERICA
I S AT PEACE WITH ITSELF; WHETHER AMERICA IS UNITED IN ITS
P!JRPGSF.
THE CHALLENGE NOW IS TO BUILD ON THE. PROGRESS THAT HAS
SEEN MADE. :30 LET US GET ON WITH THE JOP, FOR THERE WILL
DE NO SINAI ACCORD UNLESS THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITEDATES TAKES POSITIVE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL TO
PLACE UP TO 2. 10 TECHNICIANS IN THE SINAI. A^ND IF THERE
IS NO A CCORD THEN ALL: BHA?''"Af4R IAA '?}}~~}}aaKK ~I AA~
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ALL THAT THE MIDDLE EAST HAS HOPED FOR, MAY WELL BF LOST.
SO, MR. CHA IRMA"1, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS COMMITTEE
ACT MOY TO APPROVE THE RES(OLIITION BEFORE IT, SO THAT
ISRAEL AMD EGYPT CAM GET OM WITH THE Bt1SINESS OF IMPLE-
MFnMT IMG THE SIMAI ACCORD, ANID SO THAT THE MARCH TOWARD
PEACE. CAN BE RESUMED IM THE MIDDLE EAST. KISSI'lGER
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