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Show tyry yv,viYWfyvyv"rr71v'irwyvyrivir,,fP f Great Decisions 8: Middle East Tinderbox By JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Press International Eighth t in A Series Arab-Israe- Soviet Union. The chief executive spoke of the Middle East in his nationally - televised and broadcast news conference from the White House March 4 following his return from consultations with western leaders in Europe. He made a number of statements on the continuing Middle East crisis and its threat to world peace, including : The United States and the Soviet Union were carrying on bilateral discussions which the President had found encouraging and which he believed could be expanded into Four Power talks in bringing in the British and French the United Nations. He hoped this might be very soon, although some U.N. authorities thought otherwise. The next step would be to find a settlement formula acceptable to but which could not be imposed upon the Israelis and Arabs, with firm Big Power guarantees to enforce the terms of settlement. The President expressed no belief in an early Middle East settlement. For example, he said he could not at this time foresee a condition under which the Israelis and Arabs could sit together at a negotiating table something they y li have not done since the war of June, 1967, ended with a series of shaky cease-fireMeantime, the perils of renewed war between Israel and the Arab nations are little diminished. Virtually each day brings its new crisis, its fresh dangers. In Israel border settlements children bed down at night in deep concrete shelters for protection against Arab guns and rockets. Movie-goer- s and shoppers in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv know they risk death or maiming by Arab bombs concealed under their seats or hidden in market stalls. This month a bomb exploded in the cafeteria of Jerusalems Hebrew University, injuring dozens of students. The Israeli farmer driving his tractor in the Negev Desert or near the Sea of Galilee knows he may be blown up by land mines laid by A1 Fatah Arab guerrillas. In Cairo and other Arab cities, as well as along Arab borders with Israel, people live in fear of sudden retaliatory Israeli attack, by air or in military sorties against suspected guerrilla strongholds. months after the June Twenty-on- e war there is no peace for Jews and Arabs, no sign of peace and no safety. From Cairo the Voice of A1 Fatah radio calls stridently across the desert, urging Arab bands to attack and kill the Jewish enemy. On the Suez canal an uneasy ceasefire Is shattered by increasingly deadly artillery duels, the snipers bullet and the crash of exploding mines. When the Israelis strike back as inevitably they do sooner or later they do so crushingly, overwhelmingly and with 1,000 per cent interest. V ! six-da- Arab-Israe- s. full-sca- le In a very short time, the members of d the Utah Piano Trio made it very clear again that all of them are very accomplished musicians, articu-lat- e lished in 1918. their The Arabs, backed by the Soviets, the Their fighter bombers and tanks blast Arab guerrilla hideouts in the barFrench and most of the ren hills of Jordan. countries, reiterate passionate demands for evacuation of every inch of occupied An Arab attack on an Israeli airliner at Athens airport the day after Christ- Arab soil as the first step towards peace. arms industry. mas provoked a devastating strike by Neither side gives any sign of backing Recently the United States, despite commando helicopter-born- e Israeli down or compromising. angry Arab protests, agreed to sell 50 F4 troops against Beiruts International AirIsrael argues that after the 1926 Sinai Phantom jets to Israel. Even so, best esport and the destruction of 13 Arab airtimates are that the Arab air forces campaign she obeyed United Nations orliners. Another Arab attack on an Israeli ders and evacuated the won today outnumber Israels by at least she territory airliner at Zurich airport Feb. 18 sparked but The Arab edge in armor got no peace settlement in return. On fears of a new round of bloody reprisals. the contrary, her leaders assert bitterly, and guns is considered even greater. blood feud cry of an eye the 1956 evacuation of conquered territoThe age-olInformed western esrimates are that for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is ry simply led to the 1967 war. has up to seven Egypt being repeated bloodily and more menacarmed divisions stationed west of The Arabs retort that if they bow to Isheavily ingly by each side, week after week. raeli demands and go to the conference the Suez Canal For more than a year United Nations table without getting back all their lost Yet, despite this massive military mediator Dr. Gunnar Jarring of Sweden territories, this would be tantamount to buildup, western experts believe it will has commuted tirelessly but fruitlessly surrender. Probably no Arab leader be another 18 months to two years before between Jerusalem, his headquarters at could yield on this without being overthe Arabs could be ready to risk another Nicosia, in Cyprus, and the Arab capithrown. armed showdown with Israel. tals. As the deaulock continues and the big Arab strategy, during the continued His quest remains as frustrating as powers wrestle with apparently irreconthus is looking increasingly to buildup, ever and he has been reported on the cilable difference, both sides continue to commandos to hit Israel, not guerrilla of it. abandoning verge gird for another war. only in the occupied territories but also as President Nixon Today the risk In the 1967 war the Arabs lost almost on her home soil. stated so clearly is not only that the their entire air forces and most of their These guerrilla forces are thought to will tanks, guns and other heavy pattern of blow and counter-bloequipment. total as many as 7.000 to 10,000 men. Arab-Israeconflict. erupt into a new Since then the Soviet Union has replaced Their manpower is drawn mainly from The even greater danger is that it will an estimated $1 billion worth of this miliPalestinian Arab refugees. They young the Unitdrag the two super-powetary hardware. The Soviets have given apparently have plentiful supplies of into nued States and the Soviet Union Egypt some of their most modem MIG21 mainly Communist bloc arms, paid for clear war. and MIG23 jet fighters. Syrias losses by such wealthy Arab countries as Saudi The Soviet Unions recent emergence have been made good, too. Arabia and Kuwait. as a Mediterranean naval power has Israel's losses in planes and weapons There are three main guerrilla organiadded a new dimension to this risk. in the six day war were insignificant. But zations the Popular Front for the LibThe end of the 1967 war found Israel her air force is equipped almost exclus- eration of Palestine, the Palestine Liberoccupying 2t,000 square miles of Arab ively with French-fcuiplanes. At the beation Organization, and A1 Fatah. territory captured from Egypt, Jordan ginning of the war French President They have their bases In Jordan, and Syria with a population of more than Charles de Gaulle banned delivery to more recently Lebanon. Syria and one million resentful Arabs. Israeli Israel of another 50 Mirage jet intercepIn Jordan they constitute almost a state troops stood guard on the Suez Canal, the tors she had ordered and paid for in within a state. King Hussein not only has west bank of the Jordan River and the part. Since then De Gaulle has imposed a been unable to control them but they Golan Heights of Syria.. total embargo on arms shipments to have become a major threat to his The Israelis still stand guard over the Israel. throne. seized territory, which they refuse to The arms embargo is serious for Guerrilla squads operating from Lebayield without a peace settlement. Israel, although she had taken precau- - non have brought that most peaceful of - Afro-Asia- n tions to get around it for example, stockpiling a reported two years' supply of spare parts for her French-buil- t planes. She also has started up her own three-to-on- d li lt cally a soloist. In dozens and dozens of chamber music groupings, she inevitably dominated. ' But this doesnt mean that the two other instruments are to be neglected, or that the cello is merely given the ungrateful task of doubling the bass of the piano part, as is so often the case in Haydns piano trios. After intermission tlie Trio played Piano Trio in A Minor Tchaikovsky's that he composed at the end of 1881 and dedicated to the memory of Nicholas Rubinstein. The 12 variations that form the second of the huge two movements are said to embody Tchaikovskys memories of Rubinstein Since elegy inspired Tchaikovsky to some of his finest achievements, it goes almost without saying that there is some splendid music in his only Trio. The variations, which are saddled with a square, rather sanctimonious tune and a conventionally agitated bravura finale, are in many ways, less striking Ilian the first movement. Neither movement Is, however, perfoand in the hands of any but the most perceptive and sympathetic players the whole work can sound limpid and tedious to a degree. Friday it was noble, impassioned, dramatic, thoughtful, and beautiful. My only disappointment was the imbalance that favored the piano at the expense of the violin constantly, and the cello, occasion- rmer-proof, iy. F bp 3AfcteJ-EGN- - othek Fo?LD PIPN'T&T By DREW PEARSON and JACK ANDERSON ' WASHINGTON There will be some red faces in the Pentagon when South Korea goes into court with one of the most bizarre spy cases to come out of the Far East. The details have been buried for two years in a secret Pentagon file, but will be revealed later this year. On March 22, 1967, tlie American and North Korean truce teams met at for another of their intermittent battles of wits. Maj. Gen. Richard G. Ciccolella, then chief American negotiator, was listening warily to a routine Communist harangue when a note was slipped to him. There is a North Korean who wants to defect, reported the note. Request instructions. Ciccolella whispered orders for an intelligence officer to check out the story. Back came another note verifying that the North Korean seemed determined to defect. The general suggested that the defector's face be bandaged and that he be hauled off in an ambulance as an injured American. When this turned out to be impractical, the general directed that the man be issued a blue armband and be evacuated with the allied press. But .it was derided this, too, wouldnt work. Recommend that we not go through w ith this defection, the next note urged. Recommend that we do it at the next Pan-munjo- m car. APPOINTMENT E1TM- E(2?g- - Arab-Israe- li Another U.S. Humiliation meeting. Ciccolella asked whether the defector was hnportant and got back an affirmative answer. A man of action, he whispered terse orders for his subordinates to load the North Korean into a car and make a dash for freedom. The defector, however, climbed into the wrong car. The driver, who hadn't been briefed, loudly demanded to know what he was doing. This alerted two North Korean guards, who ran up and started to drag the defector out of the by Brickman the small society international waterways, a just settlement of the refuge problem and setting up of the Jarring peace mission. Both sides, plus the United States and the Soviet Union, have come up with peace plans without bringing peace any closer. The lines have hardened, if anything. Israel has served notice she will "never surrender the Arab Old City of Jerusalem, tire Golan Heights from which the Syrians shelled her border settlements for 20 years, or the Gaza Strip that is like a dagger pointed at her heart. There has been no retreat by Israeli leaders from their positions that the Arabs must meet them at the conference face to face. The death of Pretable mier Levi Eshkol Feb. 26 brought no change in this demand. When ruling Labor Party ministers nominated her as interim premier early this month, Mrs. Golda Meir, grand old lady of tire Jewish nation, said there could be no peace what talks without direct ever the big powers might suggest. So the Arabs go on rearming with Soviet help for the fourth round of all-owar with Israel, and Israel goes on grimly preparing for still another war for survival. It is in this atmosphere that the Big Four powers turn almost in desperation to the possibility of talks at the U.N. knowing that any day some spark could touch off the whole Middle East powder-ke- g again. MERRY - GO - ROUND his concerto style, or that the keyboard part should be the most important of the three. MUSICAL WHIRL In solo passages and in playing concertos as the concertmaster of the Utah Symphony Orchestra and as first violinist of the Utah String Quartet (from which he is resigning at the end of the season), Mr. Chausow has always shown that he is not a big virtuoso soloist. His playing is refined, at times elegant, and never brilliant in the sense of fiery projection as Miss Gladstone's is. Mr.Chausow Mr. Tiemeyer has demonstrated durer, cellist. The debut of their Piano Trio was presented ing Ills playing of solo passages with the in Kingsbury Hall last Friday evening to Utah Symphony as the first cellist that he can play as delicately or as bravuro a relatively small but unusually enthusiastic audience of chamber music buffs. as is necessary. In the opening work of their recital It was only as the evening wore on that it became clearly evident that the Copland's Vitebsk: A study on a ,ewish both Mr. Chausow and Mr. combination of these artists might not be Theme covered the most inspired one for a trio. except, of Tiemeyer were course, for their solo or string duet pasBefore this negative observation becomes as a red flag to some, let me sages, state that I back down to no one in enThe dominance of Miss Gladstone was thusiasm for these performers. But I further demonstrated in the Trio's question whether or not these three performance of Mozart's Trio in B Flat should be together. Because two of them at Major, No. 4, (K. 502). True (Miss Gladstone and Mr, Chausow) are the time Mozart composed this trio he so different in their musical approaches, had reached the peak of mastery in the I wonder how they could ever really field of piano concerto, and it is. therecompliment each other on stage. fore, hardly surprising that in the B Miss Gladstone is primarily and basi- - Flat Major we are often reminded of I lf - Palestinian refugees, who now number 1.5 million, ore a continuing, festering problem. playing and inventive, but never fussy, in their projection. The members are Gladys Gladstone, pianist; Oscar Chausow, violinist; andChristian Tierney- i Today their numbers have swollen to an estimated 1.5 million. More than of these live in teeming, overcrowded camps in the captured Gaza Strip on the Mediterranean coast or on the arid in summer hills of Jordan, and freezing in winter. Most are keDt alive by a monthly food dole from UNRWA the U.N. Relief and Works Agency. They are a fertile recruiting ground for young men for the Arab guerrilla commandos. For nearly 16 months the world has based its hopes of a Middle East settlement on the U.N. Security Councils resolution of Nov. 22, 1967. This called for Israels withdrawal from occupied Arab territory, recognition by the Arabs of Israel's existence as a state, freedom of navigation through one-ha- newly-create- in Believe A ' Chuck Hole d Utah Piano Trio Makes Its Debut By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor ' 17, 1969 Would You six-da- y li A19-March OUR MAM JONES Israels policy all along has been to destroy the guerrilla commandos after they cross the frontier and occasionally to hit back with crushing strikes mainly directed against neighboring Jordan. The Israelis claim to have killed or captured more than 2,700 guerrillas since the end of the war. The guerrillas have killed about 900 Israelis. long Recently, Israel erected a electronic barrier along the Jordan valley to make it more difficult for the terriguerrillas to cross into Israeli-heltory. But Israel has been unable to contain, or still kss to crush, the guerrillas. Every new guerrilla blow and Israeli counter-blocarries with it the threat of renewed major conflict. Looming in the background and poisoning tne whole Middle East atmosphere is the festering sore of the Arab refugees. Originally, there were some 750,000 of them Palestinians who fled from Israel when the Jewish state was estab- terribly dangerous area is the way President Nixon described the Middle East this month terribly dangerous for the Arab nations and Israel who remain in conflict, and terribly dangerous for the rest of the world. In the unsettled confrontation, the President said, lies the seed of an incalculably more dangerous confrontation between the United States and the rry y NEWS, Monday, all the Arab states to the brink of war with Israel. A i, DESERET y y,vvr, t-1- 7 Capt. Thomas Bair, a burly Military Police officer, knocked down the two guards and Lt. Col. Donald Thompson leaped into the car with the defector, shouting orders for the driver to take off. North Korean guards fired at the fleeing car. This alerted the guards at the North Korean checkpoint, w ho slammed down the wooden barrier. Thompson ordered the driver to crash through it. The defector turned out to be Sukun Yi, vice chief of North Koreas Central News Agency, whose dramatic escape made him the toast of South Korea. But South Korean Intelligence, taking no one for granted, carefully reviewed an 8 mm film taken of his defection. This showed that the North Korean guards, known to be crack shots, had aimed their guns awry. Result: Yt was kept under quiet surveillance. Apparently he discovered he was being watched and made elaborate preparations to escape by assuming the identity of a friend with business in Thailand. Disguising himself with a fake moustache, wig and spectacles, Yi gave his watchdogs the slip on January 27 and used his friends passport to catch a plane bound for Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The South Korean agents, however, werent fooled for long and gave chase. They intercepted him at the Hong Kong airport where Yis plane made a stop. Their attempt to grab Yi created a scuffle, which attracted Hong Kong police. They held him for two days of questioning, then turned him loose. But unfortunately for the double agent, his plane to Phnom Penh made another stop in Saigon. South VietnamThe ese cheerfully turned him over to the South Koreans, who whisked him back to Seoul for trial. The expected testimony, on top of the Pueblo affair, will disclose By HARRY JONES 4 years ago, most politicos wouldnt have given much for Sen. chances George McGovern's in South Dakota. He was not only a Democrat but a dove in hawk country. McGovern, a former history professor, came out early for resumption of diplomatic relations with Red China and is a firm believer in better cooperation. As a result, everyone predicted trouble for George last November. Instead he rolled up a solid majority, Is getting headlines probing hunger. . ' man-mad- H was part of the bit for a guide to say that the pit was big enough to put a . football field at the bottom and their build a stadium large enough to Seat ' every person in Texas! The guides quit saying it after a Texas visitor looked over the edge and snorted . . "we have post holes bigger than that ' down home!" t The p e ople down in Las Vegas who control the and the galloping dominoes just dont want us Utahns going down there to see their shows. s, A Salt Laker, planning to take, in some of the weekend shows just the other day, called for reservations. He was told that everything was filled up. ' So the Salt Laker turned right around and called his brother in Los Angeles , and asked him to try for reservations for him. His brother made a call to the same-hote- l and got a reservation immediately It just proves that Californians are considered bigger suckers than Utahns. Some stories are just too unbelievable, but I swear on a stack of Funk and Wagnals ... A friend of mine has a myna bird at his home out in Cottonwood. The bird developed a real deep cough. So my friend took the ailing bird to a vet. But the bird1 wasnt sick. It was just imitating somebody in the family. And it was my friend the bird was imitating. So hes quit smoking! e Jennie Stout, a operator ir the Newspaper Agency switchbord, add to our useless information department. She said that before old Henry Ford got everyone on wheels, there were 20 mil-.- 1 lion horses in the U.S. The tin lizzy caused the number of , horses to drop to 3 million. But now, horseback riding has be- -, come so popular, there are more than '7 million horses in the nation. And like Jennie points out , . . some are only quarter horses! big-tim- Howard Blood, the fellow who tries to win friends and influence customers for the Mountain States Telephone, is tellirig ' members at his club about a businessman who got knocked into a coma. The first thing he did on wajring-uwas to call his broker to ask the value of his 100 shares of telephone company' stock. A computer in a matter of second said it was valued at $9.6 million. Im rich . . . rich! he screamed;'. Just then the operator said: Y6ur ' three minutes are up . . . please deposit a million dollars. Howard says it explains inflation. Wit's End One measure of an affluent neighbor-hood can be taken by counting the lium-ber of garbage cans on the curbing day. i iliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiaiiimiiiiiiiiiuiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiitmi'itiH BIG TALK ;;; rt . 1 ' a k ' ,, - ' . sl7y . ;. "You know the Senator who wants to improve postal service by eliminating junk mail? Turns out he's talking about nasty' U.S.-USS- R J , ing, patter just a wee bit when showing visitors around the copper stomping grounds. ,, While visitors looked over the huge mine, the guides would try to emphasize the actual size of the worlds largest e hole. that Americans have been humiliated v again by the North Koreans. A couple of i The tour guides out at Kennecott have changed their memorized, but entertain-- ' letters from his constituents!" rom photos token tv Lionet V. McNeelv tor ihft Desertt Newr popular oaiiy Dab" Bvinoty teator SffniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiHiHiiiumniiiiiiimmiiuiiinimrn 4 j |