1977-02-11b - The Arab Peace Offensive

Approved For Release 2008/07/01: CIA-RDP79-00927A011500060001-0 SECRET i:gypt and Syria, having patched up their recent quarrel, are making a concerted ej]ort to reopen Middle East peace talks at Geneva. Neither country expects rapid progress, but both 9f themn-andSaudi Arabia-will be looking to the US to use its influence to end the negotiating stalemate this year. The Arab Peace Offensive tations of the past year that Syria's in- ly even more skeptical than the Egyptians tercsts arc hest serve...