CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A013100100003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 20, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intellz~ence Bulletin
Top Secret
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20 February 1969
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MIDDLE EAST: DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE ROLE OF
THE FOUR POWERS ARE BECOMING AN OBSTACLE TO THE
EFFORT TO START NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A MIDDLE EAST
SETTLEMENT.
THE: FRENCH NOW WANT TO DELAY FOUR-
POWER DISCUSSIONS UNTIL DE GAULLE HAS MET WITH
PRESIDENT NIXON. PARIS PREVIOUSLY HAD URGED IM-
MEDIATE FOUR-WAY TALKS AT LEAST FOR TACKLING THE
PROCEDURAL PROBLEMS OF MOVING TOWARD PEACE. THE
FRENCH EXPECT LITTLE FROM JARRING, HOWEVER, AND
ARE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE US BID TO CONVENE
THE FOUR POWERS AT THE UN WITH THE LIMITED OBJEC-
TIVE OF GIVING HIM NEW ENCOURAGEMENT. THE DECI-
SION WAS APPARENTLY MADE BY DE GAULLE, WHO IS SAID
TO BE "NOT AT ALL PLEASED" AT WHAT HE BELIEVES
IS US HESITANCY TO ENTER SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS.
TOGETHER WITH THE FRENCH, THE SOVIETS AND THE
BRITISH ALSO PREFER TO HAVE THE FOUR POWERS ASSUME
THE: MAJOR ROLE IN PROMOTING A MIDDLE EAST SETTLE-
MENT. OF THE FOUR, THE US IS ALONE IN ITS DESIRE
TO RELAUNCH JARRING. THE ISRAELIS HAVE THREATENED
NOT TO ENGAGE IN SUBSTANTIVE TALKS WITH JARRING IF
FOUR-POWER TALKS IN NEW YORK TAKE PLACE SIMULTANE-
OUSLY. THEY HAVE HINTED, HOWEVER, THAT IF JARRING
WOULD RENEW CONTACTS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST PARTIES
FREE OF GREAT POWER INFLUENCE, THEY WOULD OFFER
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CONCESSIONS TO THE ARABS. THE ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN
DISTURBED THAT TALKS AMONG THE FOUR WILL LEAD TO
AN IMPOSED SETTLEMENT WITHOUT NEGOTIATION OF A
BINDING AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTY STATES.
IF JARRING RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM THE GREAT
POWERS FAIRLY SOON, HE HAS SAID THAT HE WILL START
A NEW ROUND OF TALKS. IF NOT, HE PROBABLY WILL RE-
TURN TO HIS DIPLOMATIC POST IN MOSCOW, AND THUS
THE MOMENTUM OF CURRENT EFFORTS WOULD BE LOST.
JARRING WOULD PREFER THAT THE FOUR PRODUCE GUIDE-
LINES FOR HIM ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE SECURITY
COUNCT dS MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION.
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