European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 d the stars and stripes tuesday november 20, 1973 Israel Egypt meet again on truce from press dispatches israeli and egyptian generals met monday for the fifth time on the Cairo Suez Highway truce line to discuss problems arising from the Middle East cease fire. Officials on both sides said egyptian maj. Gen. Mohammed Gelassy and israeli maj. Gen. Aharon Yariv discussed proposed troop pullbacks along the Suez canal. Meanwhile both countries argued Over Israel s move to build an earthen Bridge Over the waterway. Egypt said the Bridge supported by rocks and gravel shoved into the water Way would dam the canal. Israeli Engi neers told newsmen water could pass under the Bridge but censors prohibited detailed descriptions. A government spokesman in Cairo said Egypt has instructed its Mission to the United nations to protest Israel s building of the causeway and is asking the world body to mediate with the israelis to permit foreign newsmen in Cairo to go to the City of Suez. Even As the negotiations began the Mili tary command reported sporadic Small arms fire at two locations on the Suez front. Israel has proposed that the two sides withdraw their armies Back 10 to 12 Miles on their respective sides of the Suez canal with the Buffer strip Between them occupied by . Peace keeping troops. Instead Cairo has demanded an israeli pullback to the positions it held when the first cease fire went into effect oct. 22 and an eventual withdrawal of israeli troops to a line 20 Miles East of the canal. Israel says the oct. 22 positions cannot be determined because fighting was still under Way that Day. The cease fire agreement Calls on the negotiators to Settle the question of the return to the oct. 22 positions in the Frame work of agreement on the disengagement and separation of forces under the auspices of the United  in another development Egypt monday rejected an israeli proposal for postponing an Arab israeli peace conference until 1974, saying that there is no reason to await the outcome of israeli general elections. Government spokesman Ahmed Anis Getty still won t comply with the Ransom demand London a american Oil billio Naire j. Paul Getty said monday he is standing by his decision not to pay ran som for the return of his grandson j. Paul Getty Iii believed kidnapped in Rome four months ago. Or. Getty says he still is abiding by his decision not to comply with the ran som demand a Secretary for the Oil tycoon said. British newspapers said the original Ransom demand was for $16 million later revised to $3.4 million. The 17-year-old boy s father Paul Getty jr., said through his London Law yers two Days ago that he was prepared to pay a Ransom in an Effort to regain his son. The lawyers said the father will pay the maximum. He is Able to raise for the return of the  according to the British press re ports the sum offered by the father was around $2.5 million or $900,000 Short of what the kidnappers demanded. There was however no confirmation of this from the family. At Sutton place his palatial mansion in Surrey Getty or. Was preparing to celebrate his 81st birthday dec. 15. Getty s Fortune is estimated at $2.5 billion putting him on a Par if not Well ahead of Recluse billionaire Howard Hughes As one of the richest men in the world. Or. Getty is heartbroken and deeply sorry for what happened to his grand son his Secretary said. He took the decision not to comply with the demand for Ransom some months ago. It was a hard decision to take but he thinks it was the right Deci Sion. It was also a very lonely decision. Or. Getty has to think of his other sons and daughters in Law. He also has to think of his other grandchildren. All he can Hope for is that his grandson will be returned to his family. To comply with the Ransom demand would be to make things worse and other members of the family could be  trainmen s Wildcat strike snarls London transport London a a Wildcat strike of 500 train Drivers crippled London s commuter services monday capping a pileup of Industrial and Oil troubles that already have plunged Britain into a state of emergency. Opposition labor party Leader Harold Wilson slammed in a parliamentary motion censuring prime minister Edward Heath s management of the nation s econ omy. As an estimated 150,000 commuters struggled Home through the Chilly dim lit traffic snarled streets of the capital the government ordered an immediate 10 per cent cutback of All main Oil products. The purpose was to head off a breakdown of production throughout the country As a re sult of labor unrest and the slowdown of Arab Oil output. We now face a situation Trade and industries minister Peter Walker told the House of commons in which All our Energy supplies Are at risk. Coal and Power because of Industrial action and Oil be cause of continuing uncertainty about production in the Arab  in the commons debate on labor s censure motion a sarcastic Wilson accused Heath of leading Britain to the Point of economic collapse. The value of the British Pound had sagged at Home by 25 per cent and abroad by 20 per cent he claimed since Heath was elected in mid-1970. Wilson cited Britain s october Trade deficit of $700 million and an increase of the Banks prime lending rate to 13 per cent As the real reason for the nation s emergency not As the government insisted an overtime ban by 270,000 Coal miners. Would Heath proclaim an Emer gency he asked if speculators financiers and tax dodgers banned overtime in his own bitter counter blast Heath insisted the government measures derived from the problems of economic Success not failure. Britain is on the move he said. Long stagnant industries now Are expanding. Output in 1973 is 10 per cent Over last year. Unemployment is going Down. The de pressed regions of the country Are reviving. Told newsmen in Cairo the Security Council Resolution stipulates that a peace conference be convened  Anis has been asked about a reported israeli suggestion that any peace Confer ence should be delayed until after elections scheduled to take place in Israel dec. 31. Meanwhile in a remarkably revealing interview in Cairo Egypt s War minister conceded shortcomings and failures on Egypt s part that helped Israel gain land on the West Bank of the Suez canal. But he insisted that in spite of that setback the egyptian forces accomplished a great Deal of what we set out to do in planning and launching the october War. The achievements it. Gen. Ahmed is mail said include breaking the Middle East stalemate altering the world s View of the arabs disproving Israel s arguments for Security of its Borders and shattering the myth of israeli soldiers superiority. The interview with Ismail was con ducted by Mohammed Hassanein Heikal editor of the sem official newspaper Al ashram and widely considered to be Egypt s leading journalist. The interview appeared in the newspaper s sunday Edi Tion. Disclosing for the first time official de tails of egyptian preparations and conduct of the War Ismail credited careful plan Ning the element of Surprise and skillful execution for the Success of the initial at tack that went across the canal and destroyed the bar lev defense line set up by Israel after the 1967 War. He also said that secrecy a frequently criticized weak Point of the arabs in the past was maintained throughout with the actual timing of the attack known Only to himself and president Anwar Sadat until subordinates were required to be in formed. Some soldiers Learned of it Only hours before it began he said. Ismail said prewar planning included certain deceptions such As the spreading of false news. He cited a report of an impending visit by the romanian defense minister on oct. 8, two Days after a Day and a Story he said the government had Al ashram publish concerning an offer to let some soldiers go on a pilgrimage. . Forces in Britain feel gasoline crunch by Lee Coleman London Bureau chief London is . Military bases in the United kingdom Felt the gasoline crunch with abrupt suddenness monday when a number of yes service stations began limiting sales to customers. Yes officials at West Ruislip said the shortages were caused by Uncertain delivery dates of Petroleum products to its . Outlets. Britain s Cabinet level emergency Oil committee late monday announced a num Ber of measures just Short of Gas rationing. It has requested that Oil companies reduce deliveries to retailers by 10 per cent has asked motorists to voluntarily Cut week end driving to a minimum and to observe a 50-mile-an-hour Speed limit and has prohibited the Sale of gasoline in cans. A Brief statement from 3rd air Force he at Mildenhall said there has been no change in the Normal tax free rationing system in the . Sharply curtailed both upper Heyford and Mildenhall sharply curtailed the amount of gasoline that could be purchased by authorized yes patrons. And Lakenheath service station had sold the last of its gasoline by Early monday afternoon. It. Col. A. R. Leibrock commander of the yes in the ., said the problem is with deliveries not shortages. Normally suppliers can meet our delivery require ments on specified dates. This in t pos sible under present  delivery of gasoline to filling stations and garages on the British Economy have been running from three Days to two weeks behind schedule. Gas for yes service stations in the . Is supplied by a British subsidiary of Exxon the Esso Oil co., under a military contract with the 3rd air Force. Esso Brit Ain s second largest distributor announced Friday that it would ration fuel to its 50,000 customers including 7,500 Gaso line stations and garages. Strict limit at upper Heyford the largest . Air base in the United kingdom a strict limit was imposed monday morning on Gas purchases after the yes station had to close at 2 . Friday when it had exhausted its supplies. A spokesman said that customers were being limited to five Gallons per Purchase. At Mildenhall the same restrictions were imposed for yes patrons. The upper Heyford station said it was limiting sales to personnel stationed at that base and at nearby Croughton. The Outlook at Lakenheath was grim. The yes station there had exhausted its Supply of gasoline by noon monday and the station manager said that our distributor said he could t give me a firm delivery  we re urging people to form car pools and to use the shuttle bus system wherever possible said an official at upper hey Ford. Air Force vehicles a Check with the bases also shows a Sharp curtailment in the use of official air Force vehicles for Rio essential activities. At upper Heyford a spokesman said 30 per cent of the base s cars trucks and buses have been taken out of service. The use of those still in service has been sharply curtailed. 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