ISRAEL PREPARED TO EXTEND MANDATE FOR UN FORCE FOR 6 MONTHS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-157-4-31-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: April 8, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/30: LOC-HAK-157-4-31-9
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ISRAEL PREPARED TO, EXTEND MANDATE FOR UN FORCE FOR 6 MONTHS
T081950 JERUSALEM DOMESTIC SERVICE IN HEBREW 1900 GMT 8 APR 75 TA
(TEXT) ISRAEL IS PREPARED TO EXTEND THE MANDATE
OF THE UN FORCE IN THE, BUFFER ZONE WITH EGYPT FOR 6 MONTHS,
SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS TOLD CORRESPONDENTS IN
JERUSALEM THIS EVENING. THEY SAID THAT THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT'S
DECISION TO EXTEND THE MANDATE FOR ONLY 3 MONTHS IS CONTRARY
TO PRECEDENTS AND TO THE DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT, THE
AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE MANDATE AND DETERMINE ITS DURATION RESTS
EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL, WHICH HAD DECIDED ON
THE SETTING UP OF THE UN FORCE AND LATER DECIDED TO EXTEND ITS
MANDATE DY 6 MONT HS. THE MANDATE OF THE UN FORCE IN SINAI WILL
END ON 24 APRIL.
OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT REMARKS THAT EGYPT HAS IN THE
PAST 10 MONTHS REFUSED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED
NATIONS REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE FORCES IN ITS TERRITORY.
ISRAEL BEGAN CONTACTS IN THIS REGARD SOME 10 MONTHS AGO.
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THE OFFICIALS SAID THAT THE EGYPTIANS ARE BEHAVING IN THIS
WAY APPARENTLY TO PREVENT THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE
UN FORCE.
REGARDING THE REPATRIATION OF THE BODIES OF 39
IDF SOLDIERS, THE OFFICIALS SAID THAT THIS ACT SHOULD NOT ~/;-
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DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT, BUT, NEVERTHRLESS, FROM TIME TO TIME IN
THE PAST YEAR IT HAD MADE NEW DEMANDS AS CONDITIONS FOR THE
FULFILLMENT OF ISRAEL'S REQUEST FOR THE RETURN OF THE BODIES.
EVEN AFTER ISRAEL HAD RELEASED 92 DETAINEES 11
MONTHS AGO, AND EXPRESSED READINESS TO FULFILL OTHER EGYPTIAN
DEMANDS? THE EGYPTIANS DID NOT CONSENT TO RETURN THE BODIES OF
TNL I~LL55IN( SOL?IETS. NOW, WHEN PART .OF THE COMMITMENT IN THE ~ ff
AGR'EMENT IS CARRIED OUT AFTER A DELAY, IT IS PRESENTED AS A GESTURE.
OUR CORRESPONDENT ADDS THAT AN ADDITIONAL 18 BODIES OF
MISSING SOLDIERS REMAIN IN EGYPTIAN TERRITORY.
REGARDING THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT" S STATEMENT ABOUT
HIS READINESS TO ALLOW NONSTRATEGIC ISRAELI GOODS TO PASS THROUGH
THE SUEZ CANAL( THE OFFICIALS SAID THAT THIS CONDITION, TOO, IS
CONTRARY TO EGYPT'S COMMITMENT TO ALLOW FREE PASSAGE OF GOOD IN
THE CANAL WITHOUT ANY RESTRICT IONS.
OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT SAYS THAT THIS COMMITMENT, TOGETHER
WITH THE COMMITMENT REGARDING THE RETURN OF THE BODIES OF THE
MISSING SOLDIERS, WAS SIGNED BY BOTH SIDES IN THE DOCUMENT
DEPOSITED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND NOT MADE PUBLIC.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/30: LOC-HAK-157-4-31-9