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This Copy For PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S NEWS CONFERENCE # 11 Held in the Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, California July 30, 1970 At 8:00 P.M. PDT (Thursday) Official White House Transcript THE PRESIDENT: Ladies and gentlemen, we are having trouble with the audio. I hope all of you, when you ask your questions, you will ask them quite loudly. This press conference is one that is being held for the first time, while I have been President, outside of Wash- ington. We want to wèlcome all of the members of the California press. We will follow the usual format of White House press conferences, with the first two questions going to the Wire Services, and then we will try to cover as many others as we can. Mr. Cormier? QUESTION: Could you give us an update on the very fast moving developments in the Middle East; particularly, have we heard from Israel in response to your peace proposal? THE PRESIDENT: We have not heard from Israel on our submission. As you know, we have heard from the Jordanians and the UAR, and the Israelis have been considering the matter in the Cabinet sessions. We are hopeful that Israel will join the UAR and Jordan on the peace initiative. Some concern has been expressed by Israeli Govern- ment officials that if they agree to a cease fire, they run the risk of having a military build-up occur during the cease fire. We and others have attempted to assure them that that would not be the case. If there is a cease fire, a natural proposition connected with that and in consideration with that