Accordingly. I would assume that prompt affirmative action will be taken with respect to Israels pending armspurchase requestsespecially as these requests were made before Frances arms deal with Libya.. The strong feelings heard in Israel regarding Jerusalem. boundaries. and refugees are all attributable to the text as well as the implications which are read into the proposals of Secretary Rogers for a settlement of the ArabIsrael conflict. Israel does not see how it can be expected. for example. to have an openended agreement to accept back significant numbers of refugees when the refugee camps are now the base of guerrilla recruiting and commando activities. They feel that the El Fatah could exert a decisive influence over those Arab refugees who reenter Israel and that this infiltrating fifth column would provide Arafat with a capability to destroy and terrorize from withina capability the El Fatah has thus far been unable to achieve by contest of arms with Israels security forces. Of course. Secretary Rogers. they say. points out that there must be an agreement between the Israelis and Arabs on the numbers to be received back Into Israel. With the million refugees that are likely to be at issue. the Israelis say they would immediately be charged with bad faith if they did not stipulate some substantial number. yet the minute they did that. they would find nothing in the Rogers proposals which gave them any security checks on those that they are being asked to admit. They point out the urgency of this problem since Secretary Rogers proposals contain a requirement that Arab -refugees should begin to be repatriated within 90 days of such an agreement. The Israelis note that they have always been agreeable to paying compensation and are willing to negotiate reunion: of families. but that they simply cannot harbor a massive fifth column in their country. On the question of boundaries. the Israelis declare that there must be boundary adjustments which will be more than- "insubstantial"-the term used by Secretary Rogers.
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