ISRAEL WILL RETURN TO EAST BANK IF EGYPTIANS MOVE TO WEST

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LOC-HAK-187-2-5-7
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RIFLIM
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K
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1
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January 11, 2017
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August 2, 2010
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5
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October 27, 1973
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-187-2-5-7 w w OUTBREAK OF THE WAR AS A FIRST STAGE AND AS A STEP FOR TALKS WITH EGYPT. THIS IS POSSIBLE EVEN IF A UN EMERGENCY FORCE TAKES UP POSITIONS ON THE BANKS OF THE CANAL BETWEEN THE TWO ARMIES TO PREVENT UNDESIRABLE ARGUMENTS. ALON BELIEVES THAT SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT WOULD SERVE THE INTERESTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES, BUT HE IS NOT SURE EGYPT WILL ACCEPT SUCH A PROPOSAL, AT LEAST IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. SPEAKING IN AN ISRAELI TELEVISION INTERVIEW, ALON SAID THAT PEACE IN THE .FUT,URE SHOULD BE BASED ON FOUR (TEXT) DEPUTY PRIME V;INISTER YIGAL ALON HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT OPPOSE A RETURN OF THE ISRAELI AND EGYPTIAN ARMIES TO BOTH SIDES OF THE CANAL AS WAS THE SITUATION BEFORE'THE FBIS 85..... ALON: ISRAEL WILL RETURN TO EAST BANK IF EGYPTIANS MOVE TO WEST M272028 JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE IN HEBREW 2004 .GMT 27 OCT 73 M ARRANGEMENTS, INCLUDING CONTROLLED DEMILITARIZATION; A BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND POINTS: DEFENSIBLE BORDERS; EFFECTIVE RECIPROCAL SECURITY PEACE TREATIES. 27P 2049Z MJO/HH' "'. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-187-2-5-7