10—THE BULLETIN—Thursday, April 10, 1975_
Goldberg warns Kissinger against secret agreement
LONDON — The agreement which U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger eventually reaches in the Middle East must not contain any secret clauses, Arthur Goldberg, former American Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., declared in delivering the Yaakov Herzog Memorial lecture at London's University College.
"America and everybody else must insist that the agreement, when it is reached, must be an open one," said Goldberg, whose tenure of office covered the period of the 1967 Six Day War and its aftermath.
According to Goldberg, "American Middle East policy does not in any significant way differ today from what it was in 1967. After the Six Day War, I proposed an American initiative for peace in the Middle East; I said at the time that such an initiative was feasible under the U.N. Charter. Dr. Kissinger took this idea up, and I hope he meets with success."
"In the old days," the slogan used to be 'open covenants openly arrived at,'" he continued. "Now, I realize that Henry Kissinger cannot possibly conduct his negotiations in full view of an interested world.
"But at the same time, the agreement, when it is reached, must be an open one. Everybody must know exactly what it says, and there must be no secret clauses. On this, America and everybody else must insist.
"Sooner or later, Dr. Kissinger will have to go public at the second stage of the Geneva conference. '
"I am still puzzled why some Israelis are so reluctant about going to Geneva.
Goldberg went on to say that "President Ford has been a strong supporter of Israel throughout his career. I am absolutely convinced that the U.S. and Europe, too, will never negotiate over
the survival of Israel. I am also sure that the question will never be put that way.
"The survival of Israel is the survival of America and the Western world as we know it."
The speaker pointed out that a lot had been written about Senator Charles Percy's defection, but "less has been written about the real and solid support for Israel in the American Congress." He said that he could see no diminution of this support.
"On the contrary, I think it is stronger now than it has ever beert. America will not bargain Israel's security, let aldne survival, for an access to oil, or for Arab investments in the U.S." he declared.
Goldberg continued: "But let it be said that the U.S. will not be the only superpower at Geneva. The Soviet Union will also be there, and Russian leaders are even more secretive in their dealings than Henry Kissinger.
"Nor am I sure that Presidents Sadat and Assad are willing to sign a peace treaty and accept a sovereign Jewish state in the Middle East for all time.
"There is also the problem of Jerusalem, Sharm el Sheikh
KATZIR CANCELS NEPAL VISIT
JERUSALEM — Israeli President Ephraim Katzir cancelled a proposed trip to Nepal to which he had been invited for the coronation of the new king, it was revealed. The Nepalese notified Jerusalem that they feared Arab terrorists would disrupt the coronation ceremony and possibly make an attempt on the life of the Israeli president. The government of Nepal did not withdraw its invitation; it merely warned the Israeli president of the possible danger to his life.
and the Golan Heights. All these will have to be tackled.
"Israel cannot possibly surrender sovereignty over the whole of Jerusalem. TJie other items concern her security in a vital way.
"Peace is therefore not yet around the corner and I am not optimistic about peace prospects in the near future.
"The key is not territory but a willingness on the part of the Arabs to agree in public that Israel is there to stay. Private assurances will not do."
Goldberg concluded by saying that Israel cannot negotiate with the PLO until the PLO renounces its ultimate aim todestroy Israel.
He stressed that "the reunu-ciation must also be a public one."
(Jerusalem Post)
ITALY
ROME — Two recent foreign policy statements by Italian leaders have prompted observers to consider Italy's attitude as the most pro-Arab of all the Western nations.
The first statement was one by President Giovanni Leone last month when he was on a State visit to Saudi Arabia, Italy's main oil supplier.
The Saudis send Italy one-third of her annual oil needs of 100 million tons.
The Italian President said in Riadh that there could be no security in the Mediterranean until a solution had been found to the Middle East conflict.
He continued: "For this reason an end must be brought at last to Israel's protracted military occupation of all the territories covered by United Nations Resolution 242. I would like to assure my Saudi and other Arab friends that this was and still is Italy's position.
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"I would like to assure you also that Italy will make all possible efforts to make this position acceptable to all Governments directly concerned."
President Leone also said that the Italian Government had been "among the first tO recognize the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people."
ISRAELIS GET MORE GAS MASKS
TEL AVIV — Should the Arabs attack Israel's population centres there are enough gas masks stocked to equip most of the country's 3.1 million citizens, Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Zeid, civil defense commander, said. He also told a news conference that Israel had spent more on air raid shelters since the disengagement agreements a year ago than in the seven previous years.
Italian Premier Mariano Rumor also referred to Resolution 242 when he addressed the Foreign Affairs committee of the Italian Senate, stressing that Italy favored the full implementation of the resolution.
However, he did point out that the resolution "clearly affirms respect for the sovereignty and integrity of all States in the area. If peace demands that Israel withdraw from all territories occupied in 1967, it also requires acceptance of Israel by the Arabs. . ."
Like President Leone, Rumor also referred to the Palestinians "We have maintained for a long time," he declared, "that the Palestinians' right to a motherland cannot be denied."
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Guanabara Legislative Assembly approved erection of a "Monument for the Arab people" on a square near the centre of Rio de Janeiro.
Must Israel retain Abu Rodeis oil?
JERUSALEM—Moshe Shafrir, a geologist, has been trying, so far with little success, to arouse Israeli public opinion against returning the Abu Rodeis oilfields in Sinai to the Egyptians before signficant alternative oil strikes have been made in Israel.
To abandon Abu Rodeis now would result in political and economic disaster and the outbreak of another war, in his view.
On the other hand, the existing wells at Abu Rodeis-about 100, on-shore and off-shore-are running dry at the rate of seven percent to eight percent a year, according to one authoritative estimate. This means that they wijl virtually have dried up al-
together by the early 1980s.
Last year Abu Rodeis produced about 10,700 tons of oil a day, rather more than half of Israel's total 1974 oil consumption of 7, 200,000 tons. Inaddition, the small field at Heletz and another near Ashkelon, provided less than two percent of Israel's needs.
Consumption had risen over the proceeding few years at an annual rate of between eight percent and 10 percent, but it now appears to have levelled off and the 1975 figure is expected to be the same as 1974.
In money terms, Abu Rodeis oil amounted to only 40 percent of Israel's needs in 1974 since it was worth about 115 million.
REPRESSIONS
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home town of Moscow. There was no immediate word, however, where they would be sent. They had been charged with disturbing public order which carries a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment.
Soviet authorities appeared to take pains to keep the trial, already raising an international clamor, from being publicized. When foreign correspondents and some 40 Jewish activists arrived at the court they found a note on the door saying the court was closed for cleaning. However, police confirmed the trial was being held but said the courtroom was full.
Nashpitz and Tsitlionok were the first Jewish activists to be tried for public protests in Moscow. They were among nine Jews who demonstrated outside the Lenin Library Feb. 24 to protest against the refusal of Soviet
authorities to grant them emigration visas. The others were released or were sentenced to 10-15-day jail terms.
DR. BOKHAIL STERN . . .eight years
This compares with the 291 million Israel had to pay for her oil imports. Most of them came from Iran and the rest from an unnamed South American country.
There are 250 Israeli oilmen at Abu Rodeis, some of whom have been working there ever since Israel reactivated the oilfields after capturing them in the Six-Day War of June 1967.
There is a feeling among many that "there is not long 'to go for us here," although one pointed out that "there's been talk of giving up Abu Rodeis for three years, but the work goes on as if we shall be here for a long time yet."
Dr. Zvi Dinstein, the deputy finance minister, who is in charge of Israel's petroleum resources, said recently: "We have no alternative sources of energy like coal. We are totally dependent on oil,
GANGSTER BURIED BY PARIS RABBI
PARIS — All ranks of the Paris crime and vice world were represented at the funeral here of William Zemmour, shot dead recently by police in a Latin Quarter cafe.
The funeral, at Bagneux cemetery, was conducted by a rabbi.
Zemmour, well-known to police as a gangster involved in drug trafficking, white salve trade, race course rackets and other organized crime, had many relatives in Algeria, Canada and Majorca.
At least 300 of them attended the funeral, some of them arriving in Mercedes and Jaguar cars.
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and this includes oiir defence needs.
"It is no longer true < that an army .marches on its stomach. Today, armies ride and their vehicles must have oil products."
Senior ministers privately concede the strategic and economic value of the Abu Rodeis oilfields, but they stress that their value as a bargaining counter should not be exaggerated.
Nor, of course, they add, should they be underrated.
What is Israel doing to ensure an adequate supply of oil if she should have to give up Abu Rodeis?
NAMED PRESS ADVISOR
JERUSALEM—Veteran journalist and one-time diplomat Dan Pattir has taken office as Premier Yitzhak Rabin's advisor on press and media affairs, serving as spokesman to the Premier.
First of all, she is building oil depots all over the country, with a storage capacity of several million tons.
This quantity would keep the refineries in Haifa and the big new one at Ashdod going for a considerable length of time.
In addition, there is a big-drive on th determine once and for all whether there are large oil deposits beneath the soil of Israel or off her Mediterranean coastline. The government has set aside several hundred million Israeli pounds for oil prospecting over the next five years.
For the past two years exploration has been proceeding apace south of Abu Rodeis and round the Sinai coast as far as Sharm el Sheikh as well.
Shafrir is not satisfied that all this is enough.
He points out that it has taken Israel 20 years to make 240 drillings, while Iraq makes that number in 12 months.
Vienna Jewish students join anti-Fascist group
VIENNA — The Federation of Jewish Students in Vienna has joined the Committee for Anti-Fascist Action, organized by 24 Austrian organizations, a spokesman said. "We joined the committee to counteract growing neo-Nazism in Austria," the spokesman said. "We do not share the political opinions of the other members, but the danger of a revival of anti-semitism leaves no other way."
Most organizations of the committee have strong leftist tendencies. They include the youth organizations of the ruling Socialist party, the Communist party and three Trotskyist groups. "Left-wing groups have always opposed neo-Nazi activities, they do not share the anti-Semitic policies of some ruling Communist parties," the spokesman said. Along with the Jewish students, the Federation of Austrian Resistance Against the Nazi Regime supports the committee. The Jewish Federation has about 400 followers.