ISRAEL WILL RETURN TO EAST BANK IF EGYPTIANS MOVE TO WEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-187-2-5-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 27, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-187-2-5-7
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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
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ALON: ISRAEL WILL RETURN TO EAST BANK IF EGYPTIANS MOVE TO WEST
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ARRANGEMENTS, INCLUDING CONTROLLED DEMILITARIZATION;
A BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND
POINTS: DEFENSIBLE BORDERS; EFFECTIVE RECIPROCAL SECURITY
PEACE TREATIES.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-187-2-5-7