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C ARAB STATES - ISRAEL: The implementation ofthe cease-fire agreement began yesterday, with nosignificant problems developing.

The first stage of the prisoner-of-war exchangetook place with the transfer of 26 Israeli woundedprisoners and over 400 Egyptians.. According to apress account, Egypt was unable yesterday to organizethe repatriation of a larger number of Israeli pris-oners. No adverse Israeli reaction to Cairo's delaywas reported.

Contingents of the United Nations EmergencyForce (UNEF) took control of the Israeli checkpointsat Kilometers 101 and 119. A UNEF press spokesmanclaimed that there are no other Israeli checkpointson the Cairo-Suez road. Trucks carrying relief sup-plies to Suez city passed through the checkpoint atKilometer 101 yesterday, An International Red Crossspokesman has also announced that the evacuation ofmore than 1,000 sick and wounded Egyptian civiliansfrom Suez city will begin today.

According to press reports, Israeli DefenseMinister Dayan said yesterday that Tel Aviv had made"far reaching" proposals to Damascus including anexchange of prisoners of war and offered to allowabout 15,000 displaced civilians from newly capturedareas on the Golan Heights to return to their homes.Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister Eban and Secretary-General Waldheim at the UN and a special UN envoy inDamascus are seeking ways to resolve the Israeli-Syrian prisoner issue.

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Egyptians have generally been.satisfied withthe Egyptian-Israeli decision of Wednesday to proceedwith the implementation of four elements of the six-point agreement of 11 November, according to the USInterests Section. The new, but restrained optimismends a period of gloom and frustration over whatEgyptians considered Israeli obstructionism and abreakdown of negotiations. The Egyptian Governmentis underscoring the need for intense pressure on TelAviv, and Cairo implies that recent progress ingetting Israel to be more forthcoming has been aresult of Egyptian-US interaction.

The Interests Section believes that there isno real challenge to Sadat's leadership and reportsthat his popularity appears to be high. Some un-happiness exists among university students, and thereis muttering by younger officers, who complain thatthe cease-fire was entered into for political, ratherthan military reasons. Nevertheless, Egypt appearsready to give Sadat's political and diplomatic ef-forts a chance to succeed.

Radio Tripoli yesterday carried what was de-scribed as a cable sent by President Qadhafi toPresident Sadat dealipg with the Arab-Israeli warand its aftermath. Qadhafi's message bitterly.con-demned Sadat's acceptance of the cease-fire; thewar, Qadhafi said, should have been continued "evenif it developed into hand-to-hand fighting." TheLibyan leader said he was furious at the Egyptian-Israeli talks at Kilometer 101: "I cannot sleep atwhat is happening at Kilometer 101, or perhaps I amasleep and it is a terrible and peculiar nightmare. "

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f Yesterday's communique following the Tito-Brezhneytal s in Kiev broke no new ground on the Middle East.Both leaders recognized the importance of obtaining aMiddle East settlement and reaffirmed their readinessto make efforts in that direction. The communiqu6 ac-cused Israel of "crude flouting" of the UN cease-fireresolutions and noted the "dangerous consequences" ofIsrael's "adventurous actions." Meanwhile, in Moscow,Premier Kosygin told a Guinean delegation that theSoviets will continue to give the "utmost assistance"to implement UN resolutions on the Middle East.Pravda also emphasized Moscow's continuing role inachieving a Middle East settlement. The Soviet weeklyNew Times touched on the sensitive subject of Arabfinancial holdings in the West by noting that substan-tial sums are held in US and West European banks. Itsaid "if the Arabs withdrew only half of their invest-ments, it would lead to a serious upheaval of thefinances of many West European countries." The USwas not explicitly mentioned in this regard. AlthoughMoscow has endorsed the use of Arab oil, it has notmade such explicit reference to the significance of 25Arab financial reserves.

Further progress has been made at the UN inassembling the peacekeeping force. The UN EmergencyForce now has approximately 2,200 troops in the Mid-dle East and enough pledges to bring it close to the7,000-man goal. Negotiations have also reached tent-tive agreement on a special assessment scale for the

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(financing of the emergency force. UNEF, however, isstill without adequate supplies or logistic supportfor its rapidly growing forces.

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