Palestine Question : Is Block To Peace

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Assad To Nixon: e Palestine Question : Is Block To Peace DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - that I had an instant solution Syria troops along the Golan The Stars and Stripes for these very complex Heights as "a beginning - fluttered over the Syrian problems," Nixon said.

"But and a good beginning." He capital for the first time in you would know ... that I do added that "now we must Saturday, not bring any instant welcoming President Nixon solution.... for an unprecedented visit He described the dis- that sources said could engagement of Israeli and each case permits ... until we reach our goal of a just and equitable peace. herald the resumption of diplomatic relations between the formerly hostile nations.

Nixon told a state banquet Saturday night that a cultural exchange program with Syria was being re- established, but neither he nor his host, President Hafez Assad, mentioned a restora- se 's tion of the diplomatic ties broken by Syria in the 1967 Middle East war. to ..

Syria. has had. close ties with the Soviet Union. ne си- of: The two presidents were to confer privately before Nix- on goes to Israel on Sunday. His fifth and last stop in the he a l en en to les Middle East will be Jordan.

On Nixon's arrival in Dam-: ascus - the first Syrian visit by any American president — he was greeted by an unex- pected escort of Soviet-built Syrian MIG jets, a hearty handshake from Assad and er the waves of a crowd of 450,- 000 waiting in the sweltering hn heat. uit But as at his last stop in ent Saudi Arabia, where he . promised more military aid er- to King Faisal, the reception eve was more subdued than the che frenzied welcome that i a millions gave him in Egypt. of.

A force of 5,000 soldiers of and.2,000 plainclothes securi- g a ty agents was on hand in case ost of trouble. hat At the banquet, Assad be- AT DAMASCUS AIRPORT Assad (Left) Greets Nixon ave came the third Arab leader (AP Wirephoto) ble in four days to tell Nixon that milt a lasting peace in the Middle di- East cannot be achieved until ree the Palestinian question is old resolved. uld The American President any replied that "I understand hat uld your- concern a bout move forward step by step as issue as well as the question uld nas ub- and Palestine." But he said that lands and "other matters" must await future nego- tiations.

"I would like to tell you Pat Keeps Low Profile On Tour DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - secluded dinner given by Pat Nixon has played a low- Saudi Arabian Queen Irffat key role, with only brief and at her palace overlooking the carefully protected public azure-colored Red Sea. appearances, as she and The First Lady's press • President Nixon hedge-hop secretary, Helen Smith, was across the Arab world. traveling aboard a back-up

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"Palestine Question : Is Block To Peace," High Point Enterprise, 16 June 1974. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1974-011. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1974-011