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THE BEAR'S HUG: Kosygin embraces his hand picked Gauleiter Sadat.
BY M J. NURENBERGER
NEW GAULEITER
Now that Egypt's ruling junta "unanimously" nominated Anwar Sadat as new presideht of the United Arab Republic, all who had speculated about a possible change in Cairo look . . . silly. Those who behold realistically the situation in the Middle East since the death of >Jasser have known that the only authority which would appoint a "president" for Egypt would be the Russian occupation power. Thus, all rumors and reports should have come from Moscow — if there is a newspaper man in the Soviet capital in a position to transmit to us the wishes of the U.S.S.R. with regard to Egypt.
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The fact remains: the new president is a figure head only; and that the campaign waged against him by Heykal, the editor of Al Ahram, has ended like a political soap bubble. Perhaps, it was in the best interest of the Soviet govemmeiit and of TrenKosygin tliat special ne'.vs should be leaded to the Western press. For example the "information" that there was disapeement vnthin the officers' circle of the Egyptian army as to who should replace Nasser. Such stories may lull some Egyptians — and some naive Westerners - mto an illusion that there as a free Egypt, and that thie United Arab Republic is not a colotiy of the Soviet Union.
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According to these "reports" from Cairo, the most important "candidate" for the presidency to succeed Nasser was Zakariya Mohieddine, a former prime minister, minister of interior and vice-president, who had been a fellow officer in the coup: against King Farouk in 1952. Zakariya Mohieddine, who is pro-western, and who had beeii fired by Nasser because he believed iii an accommodation with Israel and in terminating Egypt's role as the leader of a belligerant Arab world in favor of concentrating on an Egypt-/■/rsf-pp//cy-plus friendship with the West,—was -never considered by Kosygin. And because Mr. Mohieddine would not be acceptable to the Soviet Uiiion, he never could have been appointed — despite the mformation leaked by Heykal that Sadat suffered a heart attack and is unfit to be president.
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The Russians never were interested in a president oi Egypt with a stout heart. What they need is a 6ao/e/ter who would transmit their orders to,the Egyptians. At the risk of becoming redundant, 1 diould like to stress that we are facing an Egypt — once a colony of benevolent Britain — that has become a colony of the most ruthless imperialist power in the worlds the Soviet Union,
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I do not blame those who have speculated about a "Change of government" in Xairo, as I understand the naivete of many who do not recognize the fact that Moscow has inherited the worst traditions of colonialist empires of the 19th century. WhBe the enture world, includmg the terrible United States, and the outdated British Commonwealth, are thinking in terms of pollution, population explosion and world peace - because they are planted in the second half of the 20th century - Moscow believes it can grab territory, enslave peoples and mdefinitely continue to expand its borders and consolidate its power. The enemies of Soviet Union imperialism are radio, T.V;, and other media of communication which did not exist in the 19th century and which bring information to the most backward peoples in Africa and Asia.
Thus Kosygin has succeeded in patching up the: regimT in Cairo to suit the fin de s/ec/e policies of-, the Soviet .Union, ignormg the silent revolution raising its head within his own empire. '
De^ite all the campaign of a misled New Left and the servility of the Old Left, some changes are boundNto happen in Cairo - and in the Middle East, in general. It may seem fantastic to say that inodem, 20th-century Israel may or willin the near future influence such evolution of thou^t and action in that part /of the world. Yet those of us who read history know that no matter how tyrannical a reactionwy^egini^ may-be, .it will explode finally at the confrontation wilhtrue'progress. And true progress is inextricably bound with peace, in the Middle East or elsewhere. v . ^,
Moiiieddine may not have been the candidate acceptable to the Soviet Union but, at 52, we .. stilli^ may hear from him after the successful demonstration of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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BREZHNEV: II.S., ISRAEL BAR PEACE
Moscow. - Leonid L Brezhnev, the Communist party leader, stressed again the need for a "political solution" of the Middle East crisis, but accused Israel and the United States of "blocking efforts to reach a negotiated settlement".
The Soviet leader spoke in Baku, the capital of Soviet Azerbai an. -
The Middle East talks being conducted by the United Nations envoy, Gunnar V. Jarring, have broken down largely because of Israel's insistence that Egypt "rectify" reported violations of the cease-fire agreement. Supported by the United States' own findings, Israel has charged Egypt with moving Soviet missiles and erecting new launch sites for the . antiaircraft weapons in the 32-mile zone where such movement was outlawed.
Brezhnev said that these charges were a "smokescreen of concocted accusations" to cover up Israeli military preparations on the east side of the Suez Canal.
He said that there had been "no progress" because of Israel's policy, supportedby tht Unitfcd States, of "doing everything in her power to thwart Mr. Jarring's mission."
"It appears that Washington, while talking of peace, is actually sowing the seeds of discord and animosity," Mr. Brezhnev said.
Brezhnev eulogized Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom he called "a true Iriend" of theSoviet Union and the Communist
movement. He said that he was "sure" the other Arab leaders would continue to follow Mr. Nasser's policies, and that the Soviet Union would continue giving "all support" to the Arab cause.
He urged the Arab nations to compose their differences which he said played into Israel's hands.
"Unfortunately, the bloody clashes that flared up recently in Jordan between Government troops and armed units of Palestine organizations have done great harm to the common cause of the Arab peoples, Palestinian Arabs included,'' Mr. Brezhnev said.
Mr. Brezhnev stressed that Moscow had done all it could to end the conflict and keep all outside forces from intervening.
ON TOP OF THE WORLD (... including Montreal)
Warning by banker
London, (JCNS). - "Israel is booming and her economy is going strong, despite the heavy burden of defence". Dr. Ernst Lehmann, new chairman of the Bank Leumi le-lsrael, told a JCNS reporter in an interview in London.
In fact, his main worry
CHIEF RABBI'S WIFE LEADS MILITANT WOMEN
London, (JCNS). - The women of the United Synagogue have gone to war against the men. They are demanding a greater role in synagogue affairs and want to be represented on the Kashrus
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Commission andtheShechita Board.
Their champion is Mrs. L Jakobovits, wife of the Chief Rabbi and president of the Association of Synagogue Ladies' Guilds.
Addressing the first biennial meeting of the association last week, she echoed the views of the more than - 150 women present, •. . , They had just, passed a resolution demandiiig that the association set up a working party to investigate: the "possibility of women being represented on synagogue boards of management.
Mrs. Jakobovits. said that she felt strongly that women : should have a strong liaison with men in running synagogues, particularly in anything to do with education.
As for representation on the United Synagogue coun-cilj she said:"Ido not think that we need to be there physically at this moment, but I do think we should be represented on the Kashrus Commission and on the Shechita Board.
"It IS we who buy the meat and we who know what quality : we like. I would very much support any move in that dl-' rection,"
seems to be that the most immediate danger to the Israeli economy comes from its being overheated.
Dr. Lehmann, who until July was general manager of the bank, is also chairman of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. He was in London on his way to the International Monetary Fund conference in Copenhagen.
He confirmed that Israel was spending a quarter of her Gross National Product on defense. One result had been a deficit in the national Budget which the Government had tried, not without success, to cover by defense loans and increased taxation.
He praised the achievement of the Government in containing inflation so that it,would not lead to uncontrolled and uncontrollable price rises, and in stabilising the foreign currency reserves^ despite the rising deficit in the balance of. payments.
But he believed that recent Government measures to combat inflationary pressure and to raise more revr enue through higher taxes and increased customs diit-■ ies on a wide range of imported goods were not enough.
"1 am, tlierefore, afraid that unless we have a cooling-off of the economy, we shall witness more inflation in the coming year, with both prices and wages rising muchfaster and with the threat of devaluation which I would very much regret".
SHORT-TERM DIFFICULTIES Dr. Lehmann said that if the brakes were put on the economy there would be no danger of uneimployment. So long as so much of Israel's economic effort was linked to defense, and so many Israelis had t6 be called up for military service, there was no danger of a shortage of jobs.
Asked whether Israel could sustain for long the financial and economic burdens imposed on her by the political and military situation. Dr. Lehmann said that he was optimistic that the present difficulties were only short-term ones.
. "My optimism is based mainly on political considerations, however. Should it prove to be misplaced and should there be no easing of our Security positions, I am still convinced that the Israeli economy — like Israeli morale — will not break under the continuing strain. But we shall hav^ to take drastic steps if the present "Situation goes on much longer".
N.Y. TIMES WARNS AGAINST RUSS^IANS
JAPAN BOYCOTT WILL END SOON
New York, (JCNS). - Circles here working for anend^ to the Japanese anti-lsraeP boycott are generally optimistic of a successful outcome soon. Representations, which appeared to be making progress, were interrupted by the Middle East aircraft hi* jackings early last month but have now been resumed*.
Approaches have been conducted largely through agents her^ marketing Japanese
goods. Most of them are not Japanese and some areob-;:: viously Jews.
It^was reported here two years ago that Japan had not adopted legislation to protect Japanese firms from Arab pressures and, that Japanese firms, accordingly, would not /trade with Israel.
However,: it was also reported that some Japanese firms had abandoned the boycott as a result of individual approaches.
JOBILEE
Rome, (JCNS). - A joint proclamation to mark the centenary of Rome as the capital of a united Italy and the emancipation of its Jews was issued last week by the Union of Italian JewishCom-munities and fhe Romecom-munity. :
Judge Sergio Plperno, the president of the union, and Dr. Elio Toaff, the Chief Rabbi of Rome, took part in a celebration, meeting of the Rome City Council in the capital.
The proclamation recorded that the conquejst-of Rome
had eliminated the last ghelta ^oie tor peace u mubi rec-in Italy and had given Rome's \ ostiiK and rectify the serious - -'- - ' xdamage done to Soviet cred-
ibility by the Egyptian-Rus-j iian violations of the stand-' still cease-fire In the Suez
New York (Special). - the New York Times declared in an editorial:
In the wake of the death of Egyptian President Nasser ' and other disruptive develop T rtients in thfe Middle East the Soviet Union has gone to some pains to emphasize its contin-' uirig. interest in a politic^, settlement of the Arab-Israeli dispute. There are even reports that Moscow is preparing a new peace initiative;
Any such initiative would be welcome in this period of near-collapse of the talks:, launched bySecretary of State Rogers. The same events that have set back prospects for the kind of comprehensive Middle East settlement en-vis ionedJn: the R ogers plan have, if anything, increased the peril of an ultimate Mideast explosion that could in* volve both major powers. The search for a peaceful way out cannot be safely slackened.
But- before Moscow can hope to play an effective e for peace it mustrec-
the element of good faith essential for the progress and ultimate Succesis of any negotiation. The fears on this score have been vastly enhanced' by Leonid Brezhnev's renewal yesterday of the transparently self-serving Soviet disclaimer.
A/geria connecfion stressed
TRACE CRIMINALS "TO ME. EMBASSIES
EXCLUSIVE CJN REPORT
The kidnapping on Monday of British diplomat, James Richard Crdss, and the threats against Prime Minister Trudeau, Quebec premier Bourassa and Montreal Mayor Drapeau, indicate a number of FLQ terrorists have "graduated" from the El Fatah school in Jordan.
A month ago. The Canadian Jewish News editorially warned public opinion that Arab terrorist agents operating in this country have recruited frustrated Quebeckers of the lunatic fringe to "study" killing and kidnapping in a special training camp df the terrorists in Jordan. Before these Quebeckers enrolled in that "school". West Germans had been graduated from there, in fact these West Germans seemed to have been the first students who became "active" in West Berlin and were praised by "moderate" El Fatah and other terrorist groups for their bravery.
The Canadian Weekend Magazine had confirmed that Quebeckers "impatient with the unsuccessful bombing tactics of the FLQ" were studying the "art of selective assassinations" in "Palestinian" terrorist camps.
At that time, the "students" of that school, speaking to a Canadian reporter, admitted that they had even prepared "the names of th6 prospective victims", who will be their first targets when they return home.
This week it had happened. The graduates ere here: T^owpoHce officers and ^^t^^^^ RCMP, in Montreal and Quebec City, are investigating the connection between residents and tourists who came to French Canada from Algeria and the Middle East and have been active in the extremist, terrorist independence movement of Quebec. They were seen very often at French nationalist demonstrations here and even at closed meetings of these groups.
Canadian authorities now also remember that FLQ syhfipathizers and other socalled French nationalists had obtained money from El Fatah for terrorist activities in Quebec. The question now before the authorities is through which diplomatic channels have these funds reached Quebec separatist terrorists, is there ah; address in Ottawa where the promoters of these kidnappings and planned killings can be located? Our authorities are looking for that outlet.
The fact that Canada, including liberal and democratic French separatists are shocked by this outrage, will accelerate the investigation in Quebec and may help find those involved in the disruption of normal life in Montreal.
This reporter spoke to many French-Canadians in Montreal, some of them sympathetic tor the Independence lyioyement.AII those interrogate^; by us are profoundly concerned and they adc: what will happen to Quebec, and especially to Montreal if foreigners, among them Americans, will be
afraid to come here? (see editorial page 3.)
Jews full civil rights.
"The'^first centenary.. .of Rome as the capital of Italy,' reminds) Rome^ Jews of the joy. . .experienced by their ancestors, a joy in which they' / were joined by all Italian/ Jews".
NER ISRAEL BANQUETSUNDAY
This Sunday evening, October 11th, will take place the annual Ner Israel Banquet at the Campus, 625 .Finch Avenue.West. Ner Israel U Canada's outstanding acad^rny of Jewish learning. ^
Canal zone^ By dismissing -violation charges — confirmed by both Israeli and Amerr ican reconnaissance — as "concocted invention"^ the Soviets are displaying either unconscionable cynicism or a dangerous misunderstanding of the effects'of their actions.
It is not primarily a question of the military implications of (he movement of missiles into and Within .the cease-fire zone. What has been profoundly shaken is
A West Bank State for the Arabs?
JCNS EXCLUSIVE
As the Jordanian tragedy plays itself out, thoughts in Israel are turning towards coming-to terms with the Arabs in the occupied "areas, with the advancing prospect Df a Palestinian Arab State on the West Bank. ■
The first step in this novel direction is being taken by West Bank Arab notables, who have asked the Israeli Government for permission tojiold a conference ■ ■ ■. ■■■ - .■——————-—
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from which a representative Palestinian Arab leadership might well emerge.
At the same time, emphatic >. warnings that Israel will not toler-^ ate any agreement between King.^ Hussein and the Arab terrorists at her expense have been given by Israel's leaders. The Premier, Mrs GoldaMeir, said that Israel took., a very grave view of this' eventuality. And\ the Deputy Prime, Minister, Mr 'Yigal Allen, has given repeated notice that Israel has " the means to secure our settle-; ment against both the terrorists and the Jordanian Army.'^ So has the Foreign Mmister, Mr Abba Eban.
Unprecedented moves
The Chief of Staff, Lieulenant-General Haim Barlev, has warned that Israeli forces would be " drawn into unprecedented militaryxinoves
by a"aeterioration along the eastern front (with Jordan)."
Military steps-, if they became necessary as a result of any deterioration of the-border situation, would "differ in scope and nature " from previous actions.
The. Cairo agreement, arrived at on Sunday between ten Arab States for a settlement of the Jordan civil war, underlines the need for the emphatic. Israeli -warnmgs to Jordan against settling'^K^ dlffictdties at Israel's expens^. V
This agreement has been described by .competent observers as " an endorsement of the Palestine terrorists' objective, namely, the complete '. liberation' of Palestine and the abolition of Israel."
Its immediate effect, if the truce \terms embodied in the agreement {are honoured by both sides, will be /to free the terrorists to resume their attacks against Israel.
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