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    "ocrText": "PLAIN\n30\nto the frontier would not be replaced by Israeli troops. The proposal\nis that the vacuum thus created should remain a demilitarized zone can-\ntaining no forces of either side. This device has successfully solved\ndeadlocks in other armistice discussions. For example, the disputed area\nat 53. Auja occupied by Iuraeli troops and claimed by Egyptian forces was\nmade a demilitarised 2000. This compronise led to the successful Egyptian-\nIsraell ernistice agreement.\n7. This principle applied to the Syrian frout would not prejudice\nthe claims of either party in the final political settlement, If Syrla\nhas a territorial claim, that claim would not be prejudiced since no\nIsmall troope would be in occupation of the area, Similarly. Iarnel's\nclaim to maintain the present frontier would not be prejudiced by the fact\nof Syrian occupation. The matter, therefore, because very grave if Syria\ndeclines to accept this compromise and insists on maintaining its present\npositions intact. In conversations between the Acting Mediator and the\nlerneli delegation at Lake Success, the former has expressed sympathy\nfor the compromise of the demilitarised zone. This my indeed be the only\nmethod of securing the main desires of each party. The Syrians could\nregard the armistice line as being where it is at the moment, while Jarsel's\nanim principle would be vindicated by the fact that no Syrian troops vers\non Ierneli soil. It should be added that whereas Transjordenian, Egyptian\nPLATI"
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