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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN one] NEWS SUMMARY October 22, 1973 (Mon. AM Wires, papers, mags, TV) MIDEAST Both Cairo and Tel Aviv have agreed to US/USSR C-F plan as approved by UNw/PRC abstaining. HAK is in Tel Aviv. CBS AM said Israelis want POW exchange and allowance for Israel to "hold on to enough of territory" gained in '67 for sufficient security. Quint said Israel is now convinced more than ever they must have some Sinai and Golan Heights territories as buffer. Authoritative sources say Egypt mounted major all-night offensive against Israeli bridgehead 6 miles into W. bank of Canal. AP said HAK's trip to Israel was all very reminiscent of last winter, when HAK/Le Duc Tho would negotiate for terms and then HAK would fly to Saigon to try to sell terms to Thieu. That effort won Nobel for both, notes AP. a US official said of HAK visit that "there could just be some gentle arm twisting about Israeli reservations or he might just be reassuring her that Israel is safe in accepting truce. Iraq rejected C-F resolution, but CBS Radio said that probably won't make much difference. In refusing to vote, Huang Hua accused "the superpowers" of hurriedly cooking up a resolution that would allow them to maintain a "no war-no peace" posture. Hottelet on CBS AM characterized resolution as "extr aordinary" agreement drafted by US/USSR. Hottelet said '67 Resolution is "so vague" any nation can "sing it to his own nat'l anthem. 11 As to resolution of '73, he said it must have been a "mighty diplomatic wrestle" between HAK/ Brezhnev. Rudd added that it sounds like it'll be a very short CF indeed. CBS AM said reaction in Israel to CF was relief and skepticism. On Today Israel's Herzog said C-F can be lived w/if it leads to peace. As for who won, one must look at war aims. Israel has survived tho it didn't destroy Arab armies as hoped. Arabs certainly didn't achieve what they set out to. Even their incursion across Suez is only a psychological impetus, for whereas they had controlled Suez traffic by holding west bank, now they no longer have that control. And Herzog believes Arabs will think "many times again" before another attack. And US-USSR have shown