zt of tate 5159 PAGE 01 ST T 285990 2. 4 l ORIGIN SS 3 INFO /030 R DRAFTED BYtEUF /EE1LC TIHA1 Y APPROVED BY1S/S1JOHN Pe WALSH NEA1M~11 DAVIE~ EdR/E-•MR" LISLE EURiMRo TOON 66609 050089 P 121802Z DEC 68 FM SECSTATE WASrlDC TO AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST PRIORITY --.. ­ AMEMBASSY MtJSCOW USMISS!ON USUN NEW YORK US!N CAIRO A~cMBASSY TEL AVIV EXD!S SUBJECT& SECkETARY RUSK RECEJVES ROMANI \N AMBASSADOR MIDDLE EAST ­FOLLOWING1 dASED ON UNCLEARED MEMCON1 IS FYI1 NOFOR ANU S~BJECI TO REVISION UPON REVIEWo SECRETARY RcC~IVED AMBASSADO~ BOGDAN AT HIS REQuEST FOR 45 MINUTES MOR~ING DECEMBER 10~ BOGDA~ LEAVING FOR CON ULTATIONS AND HOM LEAVE DECEMB~R 11• TOUR OVHORIZON l CLUt)ED I - MIDDLE EAST (ME) S~CRETARY ASKED AMAASSADOR BOGDAN TO TE~L ~OR~IGN MINISTPR MANESCU HE EMAINED VtRY MUCH CONCE NED ABOUT THF MEa ~ECRETARY WENT IO NEW YORK TO SEE UAR FOREIGN MINISTE RIAD TO REVIEW WITH HIM THE POINTS~~THE O~CALLED RUSK'S SEV N POINTS ~OF THE UN RESOLUTION• ISRAEL DID ~OT REPEAT NOT LYKE 1 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE A~ ORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY of State PAGE 02 STATE 2859~0 IT. BUT RIAD'S RESPONSE WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING FRO~ JS POINT OF VIEW• RIAD TOOK REF~GE BE~IND JORDAN AND VRI IN HIS ORAL RESP.ONSE 0 HIS WRITTEN REPLY WAS ALSO MOST DIS• A~POI TING• ISRAEL HAS TAKEN "rwo CONSTRUCTIVE STEPSt ( 1) TALKING WITH AMBASSADOR JARRING ON POINTS OF SU8STAN E THOUGH WITHOUT GIVING UP ITS INSJSTANCE ON bIRECT NEGOTI T ONS A1 D ( 2) RAISlt'iG POSSIBILITY OF SOME SORT OF CONTRACTUAL SETTLEMENT1 WHICH COULD BE coRMUNICATED TO THE ARABS· THIS HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO THE ARABS AND THEY SHOULD TAKE DVA TAGE OF IT• ARABS1 HOWEVER1-APPARENTLY VIEW THIS PRQPQ AL AS ~EANING THAT T~E UAR AND ISRAEL SHOULD SEPARAlELY SIGN WITH U SECURITY C6UNCIL AND LATTE~ SHQU~D SIRN WITH UAR AND ISRAEL SEPARATELY• wE ARE SITTING ~OWN IN PARIS WITH OUR OPPO ENTS WHOM wE DONtT RECOGNIZE-AND SAT- DOWN WIT~ THEM- IN LAOS ALSOD IF- WE CAN DO IT~ THE- EGYPTIANS .. CAN1 TOOQ THE SECRETARY THE1 PROCEEDED TO EXP~AIN ARABS AND I RAE~TS A~E PREVE~TED FROM ROVING TOW~RD SETTLEMENT OF ME PROBLEM BY M~TUAL SU§PICIONS• ARABS SUS~ECT ISRAE~ OF DESIRE FOR TERRJT• ORIAL ExPANsioN· ISRAELIS SUSPECT ARABs o~ WANTING TO DESTROY ISRAEL. IN ADDITION, GOVERN~ENTS CONCERNED FEEL INTERNALLY WEAK• ARAB LEADERS FEAR ASSASSINATION~ PREMIER ESHKOL OF ISRAEL IS FIGHT IN~ FOR ~OLITI~AL LIFEo GOVER1 M~NTS INVOLVED ARE THUS TOO wEAK TO BE WISE• THIS MAKES IT MORE DI~FlCULT FOR AMBASSADOR JARRING• UNFORTUNATELY TIME-NOT MOVING IN FAVORABLE DIRECTIONo BOGDAN SAIO HE HAD srEN AS~ED TO EXPRESS HlS GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN ON ME SITUATION AND REQUEST THAT US USE ITS INFLUENCE-BRING ABOUT-SETTL~MENT• SECRETARY RE,RETTED W RE ALWAYS BEING SKED USE OUR INF~UENCE ON OTHER FE~LOWe 0 TERRITORIAL IS UE1 HE HAD TOLD RIAD THER~ wERE SEVERAL POI TS TO B DISCUSSED1 STARTlN.G WITH ISRAELI WITHD AwA F OM EGYPTIAN TERRITORY~ WHEN IT CAME TO THE OTHER POINTS1 IT WAS LIKE T LKI G TO A GHOSTs RIAD SIMPLY WASN•T THERE• THE SECRETA Y OF TATE SPEAKS FOR-US AND EXPRESSES StRIOUS VI~WS IC SHOULD B~ TAKEN SERIOUSLV• OUR BASIC ATTITUDE REMAINS PO I !CAL IND PENDENCE AND TE RI ORIAL INTEGRITY FOR ALL STA E~ I E • DURING PAST 15 YE RS WE EXERTED UR INFLUE CE VIOLATO S OF THESE PRlNClPL S ON BEHALF OF JORDAN, 1 S UDI ARABI 1 EGYPT1 LIBYA TUNISIA1 MOROCCO AND ARABS SHOULD GET AWAY F OM !DEA OF WANTING To DESTROY O LL ARABS SHARE NASSER 0s IDFA OF ARAB UNITY• y s GONE s FAR s HE cou~o WIT u R, A D MAD~ PLA N H . RIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ejJa1 ,_ tent of State PAGE 03 STATE 285990 TO RIAD HE NOT REPEAT NOT SPEAKING FOR IS~AEL BUT FOQ us. RIADtS EPLY DID NOT !NDICATF. EVIDENCE a~ CONSTRUCTIVE SOVIET I FLUENCE I CAIRO . GP 3 RUSK ATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO BE R PRODUCED WITHOUT THE A