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DIVISION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS COPY TELEGRAPH BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF STATE OUTGOING TELEGRAM CONFIDENTILL e 14-N COME IDENTITY CONTROL Origin: NEA 3200 Info: SS UJ-VEGENT G H ::AY 12 1949 NIACT EUR L UNA OLI CIA TEL AVIV AAN 288 U.SUN reports that Bunche has sent Vigier revised compromise proposal for settlement Israoli-3yrian discus- sions. Dept considers this probably fairest possible solution impasse. For your info proposal is along following lines: (a) Trues lines to be armistice lines. (b) Demilitarized zone to be established on Auja model in Tgypt agreement. Syrians to withdraw to their frontier. Israelis also to withdraw. (o) Demilitarized zone to be under UN supervision again on Egypt armistice model. Israeli oivil officers to operate in zone. (d) Syrians to withdraw by stages from demilitarized zone. Pls inform Israeli Govt soonest Dept sincerely hopes they can accept this compromise since it should result in withdrawal of Cyrians from Talestine which is presunably their major objective, and immeasurably increase possibilities DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 By NLT-4C NARS Datef-21.75