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    "ocrText": "TP-6\nSECRET/EXDIS\n- 5 -\nand we have no need to get out in front of them since we have no stake\nin where the lines are drawn provided the parties can live with them.\nThe main point is that the lines will have to change in a few places, and\nwe believe there should be trade-offs to make them palatable.\nf. Certain critical areas will have to be demilitarized,\nparticularly the Sinai, the West Bank and Golan Heights (if Syria participates).\nComment: There should not be much argument on this\nprinciple. The issue here is how far Britain and France are willing to go\nin backing an international force to police demilitarization. France has a\nlong history of opposition in principle to UN peacekeeping forces, and\nremained silent when Nasser expelled the UN Emergency Force from the\nSinai in 1967. We may want to try to increase local participation in\nenforcement, but a serious international umbrella will be needed in any case.\ng. Jordan must have some civil as well as religious role\nin Jerusalem without dividing the city again.\nComment: The UK and France have opposed Israeli inte-\ngration of the former Arab part of the city much more openly and sharply\nthan we. We have no strong feeling except that it makes no sense to anyone\nto divide the city with barbed wire again. As far as we are concerned, this\nis a practical problem of dealing with almost equally strong Arab and\nIsraeli determination to hold a role in the city.\nh. No overall settlement is conceivable without some arrange-\nment on the refugees, including compensation and choice of repatriation.\nComment: We should find no argument about this in London\nor Paris. The interesting question is what the British and French might\ncontribute to a refugee settlement.\ni. Free navigation through the Straits of Tiran and the Suez\nCanal must include the ships of all flags.\nComment: The UK has endorsed this principle, but has\nalso talked about just allowing Israeli cargoes through the Canal. France's\nposition is unclear, but France did not take any public position in 1967\nSECRET/EXDIS"
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