It is essential that this sort of arrangement not be left to the chances and confusions of hurried hotline negotiations in the heat of some precipitate Arab military escalation. Fourth. The Arab refugee question is a matter of international concern and responsibility. A new effort must be made to seek a solution to this tragic humanitarian problem. The refugees must be freed from the manaclesof the political hostages--in which Arab leaders have kept them for 20 years. The UNRWA approach of the past suffered from the basic defect that it has kept the refugees in refugee status for 20 years and is now producing a second generation of refugees. A new international program should be of a selfterminating character designed to end the status of refugees as refugees by integrating and resettling them into proper. normal civilian circumstances. Even though the U.S.S.R. does not make contributions for the refugeesand the United States contributes the mostthe U.S.S.R. has a vital interest. too. since the UNRWA is a U.N. relief agency. Fifth. An additional proper subject for bigpower negotiations concerns the rules for usage of the international waterways of the Mideastespecially the Suez. the Gulf of Aqaba. and the Straits of Tiran.
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