European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes Arthur l. Gashon wednesday july 26, 1978 big decisions needed to renew Mideast Tal Israel and Egypt though still far apart on Basic issues moved perceptibly closer on some key problems during their seminar in a medieval English Castle diplomatic sources say. But envoys of the Long feuding Middle Eastern neighbors who either took part or have Analysed records of the conference this month stressed that each Side has to make major decisions soon if their Dia Logue is to be resumed. Prime minister Menachem begin s Cabi net in Jerusalem must decide whether it can tolerate further meetings Between is Rael s dovish defense minister. Ezer Wei Man. And egyptian president Anwar Sadat. No Normal government can permit two James level exchanges on its vital interests. A chief problem is whether Weizman and Sadat should meet shortly As arranged in Alexandria. , for his part has to resolve whether the talks initiated by Secretary of state Vance should go on As the american pro posed at the Windup of the Leeds Castle encounter. Sadat and aides have said Israel must move nearer Egypt s demands if new talks Are to be held. Israel would like them held in the Sinai desert Buffer zone somewhere in the Mitra and Gidi passes which it considers secure and Neutral. The egyptians have been thinking of a us warship in the Mediterranean or the israeli held coastal town of Al Arish Vance ended the informal Leeds Castle meeting with a suggestion he Felt neither Side could refuse to meet again within two foreign minister Moshe Dayan accepted immediately. Egypt s Moham med Kamel said he would have to consult Sadat thus confirming israeli observations that he had a limited Brief and was not his own observations hints and remarks by Dayan. Kame and the head of Egypt s foreign ministry or. Usama Elbaz and their aides indicate that a closer alignment of israeli egyptian thinking emerged on the following issues although no precise agreements were formulated Dayan acknowledged to colleagues restoring panache Aura of Power some of the cynics in the Washington press corps have been going Hoo hah and Hobo at the appointment of Jerry Rafshoon. The old Atlanta and Man. As assistant to the president for the appointment was announced May 18. And has produced thus far Salt peanuts and Hail to the the return of Hail to the chief is widely regarded As a step in the right in the Carter administration so the snicker went the president ordered his band to play i to the chief instead. Columns comments what has happened More often than not. Is that the band has played nothing at All at moments when some stirring music Wouldhave enhanced an occasion. The presi Dent s rendition of Salt it touts at the recent jazz festival was purely painful. And ought not to be rubbed in. As president image maker. Or. Raf soon has a Tough Row to Hoe. He will not Lack for advice from the press. Remarkably be is getting almost identical counsel from liberals and conservatives alike. It boils Down to this Tell the president to scrub the a shucks. Small town Friendly neighbor act. Tell him in the name of the founding fathers to put on a presidential image instead. Let me get serious for a moment or two. Because the matter is far More serious than or. Carter himself seems to under stand it to be. Many of the president s Trou Bles. Both at Home and abroad Stem directly from the image be has presented tothe world what is the image until quite or. Rafshoon s cosmetic applications began to show up. The president of the United states could have his Choice of soft Little adjectives with rounded Corners affable. Diffident indecisive Friendly unas suming. Eager to please. The president has been modest to a fault but to borrow from Winston Churchill. Or. Carter has much to be modest about. U was understandable even commendable that or. Carter upon entering the White House would want to put his own Dif Ferent stamp on the office. His populist Zeal took him too far. By the time or. Car Ter came on the scene Little remained of the Imperial presidency of Richard Nix on. The Light opera uniforms for then guards had disappeared the Marine corps trumpeters the ones with the pennants had been returned to the brass Section of the band Gerald Ford had imbued the presidency with just the right combination of dignity and informally. Or. Carter abolished the limousines. Recut Back on receptions and entertainment. His top staff lolled about in casual dress. He insisted on carrying his own suit bag As he got on and off the air plane. He spent night in Mississippi a night in Massachusetts he posed incessantly for family Al bum pictures. We saw daughter Amy at formal functions nodding Over a Book. Time after time whenever the Opportunity presented itself. Or. Carter Mew led Bash fully in the fashion of Uriah keep i m no better than you he would this we May assume was supposed to humanize the president. The people would identify with him. They would see him As not As a Remote and authoritarian figure but As a scoutmaster. Sunday school teacher manager of the produce department at the local supermarket. From the Start this has been the administration of Jimmy Carter. It s been a Flop. The incredulous rus sians have reacted to or. Carter s class less attitudes with nearly total contempt. Israelis and egyptians alike Nave rebuffed his overtures. On Capitol Hill members of the House and Senate know a tentative hand on the bridle when they feel it and they have bolted. Or. Carter s Wagon train has run off in All directions. Perhaps or. Rafshoon can restore some sense of panache some Aura of Power. The american people i am certain of this Are More dismayed than impressed by Folksy Jimmy. They want a certain amount of pomp and ceremony of White ties and ritual. A few Salt peanuts go a Long Way. But it won t be easy to put some snap in the president s let us Pray homilies or to modify the grits and Catfish to boy image that now is firmly fixed. Or. Rafshoon s problem and or. Carter s problem also is that the most skillful exercises in image making can t do much for a fellow who really truly honestly is in fact affable diffident indecisive and All the rest. Cd sur so Tutt to � Ommund n re Rouag m rom to Sun a or twp or m un1m sum pm ram. That for the first time be l Egypt is ready to con Daff j treaty plus full diplomatic serial relations with Israel this would be on Cairo s t he had doubted a Egypt s six Point peace to any such agreement. 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What would of nowt remained lion on both sides. 1 review of what Sho Ufuti egyptians pressed to View is envisaged \ and How and Why Iti equally Dayan a egyptians envisaged i got the answer that auf be involved j lion organization mentioned once terror group. Bigger questions i itary withdrawal f Ries the extent of and ways of usury Maine subjects of t yet informants i Zuments. No word \ Vance referred to the 1 seminar. Dayan i examination with Ness and yet be share of Cross sex by All accounts. I trans got along one. At the outset the they should split . Housed on one floor of t on another floor. But israelis and _. The Castle s layout of i themselves out on the i to share the same Case or something an egyptian official l to boys who d get to Iwan. In Jerusalem i first name terms i or s families taking no tables divided Tel formal talks. They pm and sofas with Ovink them and they ate i these sessions full i three sides the i both the israelis and i
