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(Studio) Release by US, Egypt and Israel of texts of agreements signed on Sunday night by President Carter and Anwar Sadat and Prime Min. Menahem Begin, re: Mideast peace, noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Details of each document signed by Sadat and Begin given and examined. Provisions with regard to Sinai, west bank, Gaza Strip and Palestinians outlined. Contd. controversy over Jewish settlements in Sinai and Gaza noted. Films and maps shown. Mentioned in report are Negev desert and Jordan River.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Studio) Necessity for Syria, Jordan and Lebanon to join peace negotiations in order to bring full peace to Mideast stated. President Carter's telephone call to King Hussein and letter to President Assad mentioned. Egyptian and Israeli agreement to exchange letters with regard to final status of Jerusalem noted. President Carter's address to joint session of Congress tonight and coverage of it reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Prime Min. Begin and President Sadat's comments about President Carter's role in summit quoted. Upcoming interviews with Begin and Sadat noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Report on American role in summit talks. Process by which final documents were developed outlined. Americans' structuring of 1st drafts and later mtgs. among President Carter, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Egyptian chief foreign policy adviser Ossama El Bas and Israeli legal adviser Aharon Barak detailed. White House photos shown. Deadline issues listed: Palestinian question, Sinai settlements and Jerusalem. American view of summit stated; President Carter's triumph noted.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Studio) Overview given of interviews with Begin and Sadat. Sadat's comments on support for him from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, his admission that foreign minister Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel resigned in protest of documents, intention to talk to King Hussein and lack of plans to talk to President Assad noted. Begin's comments on Israeli presence in west bank after 5 years and about summit discussions with regard to future of Jerusalem reported Interview with Begin shown. [BEGIN - states Israeli position with regard to Jerusalem. Says whether Egyptians sign peace treaty under those conditions is their problem. Reports 99% of Jewish people in world favor keeping Jerusalem as capital of Israel. Discusses settlements issue and his plans with regard to making statements about this prior to parliamentary vote on it.] Begin's agreement to stop settlements on west bank reported; question is about time period involved in this agreement. [BEGIN - says agreement is only for 3-mo. peace treaty negotiating period. Discusses future of settlements after this time.] Anchor asks about Palestinians not living in west bank. [BEGIN - discusses this issue.] Question with regard to use of troops other than Israeli, for example UN, in west bank and Gaza. [BEGIN - says no troops but Israelis will be in those areas. Mentions possibility of common border patrols with Jordan.] Interview with Sadat shown. [SADAT - mentions Muslims who would never agree to Israel's complete sovereignty over Jerusalem. Responds to question about criticism on basis of his agreeing to separate peace with Israel. Outlines signed document opening way for comprehensive peace incl. Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.] Anchor asks if Sadat considers PLO legitimate representatives of Palestinians. [SADAT - responds. On west bank issue, told Begin in front of Carter that neither Israel nor Hussein has claim to west bank or Gaza. Says only claim there is by people who own land there and live there.] Begin's suggestion that peace treaty be signed sooner than 3-mo. deadline mentioned. Anniversary of Sadat's visit to Jerusalem recalled as November 19; anchor asks if signing then is being considered. [SADAT - would be happiest man in world if this could be achieved. Is yearning to go to Mt. Sinai. Wants to pray and to begin last mission of building church, synagogue and mosque there so that each of divine missions may pray together at one place, Mt. Sinai, where God spoke to Moses.] Praise of both men for President Carter cited. Sadat's report that he almost walked out of conf., but Carter persuaded him to stay noted.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
#55728
(Studio) Report on variety of reactions to Camp David outcome.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Varying reactions of Israelis, from celebrations in Tel Aviv to verbal attacks on Prime Min. Menahem Begin in west bank. settlement of Kadum to condemnation of agreement by west bank Palestinians, reported Reaction in new Israeli town of Yamit, in Sinai peninsula, stated. Prevailing attitude reported to be satisfaction. [MAN - says it's wonderful, is miracle.]
REPORTER: John Laurence
(Cairo, Egypt) Report on Egyptian reaction to agreements signed by President Carter. Palestinian and Sinai issues mentioned.
REPORTER: Greg Dobbs
(Studio) USSR chgs. that Sadat has betrayed Arab world reported Condemnation of Sadat by Syria's President Hafez al-Assad and lack of official statement from PLO's Yasir Arafat noted. Other reactions from Arab World stated. Lack of statements from 2 important leaders, Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabia's King Khalid, mentioned.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#55729
(Studio) Estimated casualty figure from Iran earthquake given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Tabas, Iran) Destruction, death and injury brought by earthquake to Tabas, near epicenter, described. Rescue and recovery operations detailed.
REPORTER: Jack Smith
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(Studio) Nicaraguan government radio chgs. that rebel attacks have been launched from Costa Rica and that Venezuelan war planes stationed in Costa Rica buzzed Nicaraguan border troops reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) General Accounting Office chief's chgs. that corruption is going on thruout government, not just in GSA, stated.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Intro. to commentary.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Comment is on outlook for Camp David agreements to be implemented in Mideast. Problems facing Begin and Sadat listed, especially those Sadat must deal with: chgs. that he sold out, gaining support of King Hussein and of Saudis, possibility of Lebanon becoming Israeli-Syrian war and west bank negotiations. Necessity for President Carter to continue to be involved stated.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#55738
(Studio) Mrs. Lillian Carter's quote of President Carter's remarks to her in phone call after end of summit reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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