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BUSY SUEZ CANAL
ten years ago.
Wi/1 ualllc
resume soonl
NEWERADAWNS FORSUEZ CANAL
World Shippers Await Reopening
ldle for nu.rly eo&ht
years.
the
Suu Canal
IS
expected 10
be
re–
opened
to
mtcmational traffic
>Omtume thiS year -
if
all goes
wdl.
The sttaccgrc 103-mile ínter ..
oeean waterway connecc.ing the
Red
SCll
with the Mcdilen-anean
has oow becn cleared of the mines
and wreckagc which has blocked it
sinc:c the Six-Day Warof
1967.
The 1ask of cleaning
"P.
the
debrú of war began las1 Apnl and
was complelcd in late December
by
a
combined fon:e of Egyptin.
American. Soviet, British, and
people do fccl we
should
take ade–
quate
meuurn
to
proteca our secu.
rity."
Tbe Un11cd Stalcs also
agreed
duri.n¡ Bhuuo·s vis:it last
month
to
scnd PakiSiao
300,000
addllional
tons of grain under the Food for
Peace Program. Tbe new U.S. bud–
gel earmarks
$78
million in
cco–
nomic aid
to Pakislln chis ycar.
Popular Leader
Ali Bhuno.
47.
has been lauded
u a
concemed, dedicated,
and
able
leader of tbo Pakistani people, de–
lermittcd 10 brin& uniry. peace
and
~r:r..::·;,.~onh~r"~~·%'7ti:~~:
possesses
&Rll
energy. an urbarte
manncr. a qu.ic:k wi1
anda
gift
for
orotory. HIS popularity amont tbe
gr«l
mw
ofpeople is very ruong.
His dettactOrs. however, impute
to bim a
boundJess
a.mbirion
and
personal opponuoism, char&ing
him with having sahotaged nego–
tiations in 1971 with Sheik Mujibur
Rahman to rorcc a civil
war
witb
Eas1 Paldstan, knowing that
if
the
nation stayed together he would
have more trouble
coming to
power.
Wb1uever
hb
motives,
s.ince
tak·
ing over the leadership of
hú
sbat–
tere:d
nation
over three ye-ars ago
in
the afiermath of the disasttous
1971 war over East Pakistan (now
WEE.K ENDINO MARCH 8, 197S
French salvage experu. F1Reen
large sunken shops. neorly
100
smaller wrecks, and tens of lhou–
sands
of explosives flln¡ing from
hand grcnadcs
to
miss1les were
among the obsoacles blocking tbe
watcrway.
Tbe cleanup completed, 1he
Cll·
nal is prescntly being dredged 10
scoop away the years of aocumu·
lated silt and sand whlch has filled
in the hottom third of the channel.
Whco this work
is
flniJhcd in
March or April. lhe watcrway will
be fully na.;gablc by ships of up
10
60,000
tons.
Bangladesb} Mr. Bbutto has
cbalked up an impress1vc record of
achievcmen.l He has Jucceedcd Íll
repairing much of tbe trauma of
military
defeot. He bu goven bis
peoplc a reoewed faath in
them~
selves a.nd hu tumed Paldstan
once
more
in
the djrection of par–
liamentary democracy
lbough
one
man rule and a controllcd
press is
stiU
the order of the
da
y.
Olivo Brancbes Extend«<
Speal<ing of tbe break between
East and West Pakostan. the Prime
Ministcr n01ed, "There would have
been no Bangladesh ir lhere had
nol
been
a Pakistan." He explained
he bad
uodenatm
1 number of
initiativcs - as yet
unfrwtf'ul -
to
briug about a
rc.cooc:i.IJalion
and
readjuslment tbat would bcnefil
botb countrics. ,
On India, Mr. Bhuuo c:om·
mented, UWc bavc: launchcd suJ.o
tained elforu to make
peace
with
India, and 1have no doubt that the
govenimenl of Mrs. lndlra Gandhl
wi ll respond 10
lbese
ol!'en." Re–
cent agreern.cnts on lhe return
or
some 93,000 Pakistani prisoners of
war
and the eventual uansfcrs of
minorities
between
Pakistan. a.nd
Bangladesb are bopeful signs thal a
new and
more
coopcrallve
rela·
tioo.ship between the
nations
or
th.e
subcontinent may be possíble.
Political
Probl<niS
Whetber lhc
canal
witl
be
opcned to internation.a.t traftic at
l.hat time
is
anotber question.
ThJS
w1ll hinge grcatly
on
further
progress in Middle Eas1 pcac:c ne–
gotla1ions.
Egypt's
Foreign Minister
lsmail
Fahm1
stared recent1y
lhat
his gov·
emment would not rcopen thc sea–
link uotil it was conviaced
1hat
lhc
waterway
is
"safe for lnternational
sbipping.'' Tbis is taken 10 mean
u.ntil lsraeli fon:es, which Egypt
considers a threat 10 tbe safe
pas–
sage of
ships.
withdnw further 11110
Spcakil\g
io
a
rccorded oddress
10 the nation before depaMUI& for
India
to
meet
witb
Prime Ministe.r
lndin Gandhi in
1m.
Mr. BbutiO
said: "This put lweruy-five years
has been
a.n
e-ra
of cxmfrontallon
and war in
the
suboontinc:nt., with
what result
10
the people
or
tbe
region? Tbey remain among the
poorest, most undcrfed, illhera.te,
ill-housed and disease·ridden - the
worst
conditions in
the world. lt
has been a
h~avy
price and the
beaviest has becn paid by the
poorest in the land...
Mr. 81\utiO, a cbarming
and
son.
spoken yet fomeful person, comes
from a prom.inent
landowru.na
fam.
ily
and bis wife from a wealthy
lraniao family. but he ne•enheiCS$
has tnditioo-bn:akmg 1deu about
reducing lhe power hllherto en–
joyed by tbe rich arú1ocraue
dus.
His Pakistan People's Party (PPP)
espouses
socialism
u
the quickest
route
10
national development.
Zulfikar Ali Bhut10 has many
..firsts,. to his credit. He is lhe first
major
Paklstani leader to have
re,..
ceived his university
eduealion
in
the United States (University
or
California at Berkdey). Aner grad·
uating with honors in polhical
science
in
1950.
bt
went to Ox.ford.
where be earned bis master's de·
gTee
in
law. He retumed to Pa.k.i·
•tan
in 19SJ 10 start a law praetJ«.
ART 8UCHWALP
"Cuba Si!"
(Editor~
Note: The followlng par·
ody
ls bostd on o recent news ;tem
about an American c.ompany
under
conlf'aciiO train
Saudi Arabüm sol·
dl<rs ro d•f•nd thelr
o//
jMdJ ogalnsr
arm<dU1k<o..r.)
WASHINGTON - The Na–
tionol Seeurity Council
was
in
ex–
ecutive session wben a
CIA
man
1'\i.S.bed in w1th a cable in his hand.
"The Cubans bave jliSt made a
big 011 strike
io
the Bay of Pigs.
11
could be the bigges1 oil ñnd in the
Western Hemispbere...
..The
dirty rats, ' ' someonc
u
id.
..Wait
a mjnute;· said a man
from the Defense Department.
"That's
no
way
to taJk about
the ·
lsland Bas1ion of Freedom in thé:
Coribbean."
"Are you crazy?" the State De·
partment
man said..
..we•re
going to
bave
to
help
1hem defend themselves." th«De·
fen$t Oepartment
man
said.
"Apin.st whom?.. a White House
aide •sked.
the Sin•i Pc:tuosula.. l.s:taeli uoops
c:urrently
oocupy
western
ponions
of tbe pcninsula only 16 miles from
1he canal and bold a large shore
art:a guarding the southcm en·
trance
lO
the
watcrway.
Whether lsraeli merc.hant ¡hipt
will
be
allowed
navigation rights
lhrough the
canal along with other
international traffic is
anothcr
question. Egypt's Presiden! Sada1
has rcempha.sized his position thac
as long as there
is
a state or war
between
Israel
and Egypt such
rl&hl$ will
be
denied. lt is betieved
(Continued on pag< 4, col. /)
Fivc
yean
later ac lhe age
or
lhlny.
be camed the distinction ofbecom–
in¡ nol only tbc youngest.ever
Cabinet
mlnister
(of
Commerce)
in
Pat:isun bul in tbe entirc South
Asian subcontincnL
And ftve yurs
afler lhat - al age JS in 1963 he
becamc bis nation's Foreign
Mint.S·
ter.
When Mr. Bhutto assumcd the
reins
o(
¡ovemmeo1 in Oeoc:mber
1971, in
1he
wake
of widcspread
anger al 1he defeal of Gen. Yahya
Kahn's army in tbe
20.week war
with
India,
Pakistao
stood
di.s·
membered of ooe-half it:; temtory.
lt had los1 East Pakistatt. Tbe
crushing burden of
w&r
had
in·
du<led
lndian occupation of moré
Iban
S.OOO
square miles
in
Wes1
Pakiotan; approltÍmately
U
mtl–
lion per>Ons had been displac:cd.
Retuming from the United Na–
tions in 1971 on
bis
way
bome
to
form a
new
governmenl,
Mr.
Bhutto said
in
a..
news
oonferenoc,
"We are going 10 have 10 build a
new world again, and a new
coun·
tty
again. Many problcms face
\IS.
h
is almost like
the
6rst
cbapter
or
Gencsis."
In the
almost
40 months since
Mr. Bhutto took office, Pakistan
has not only reacbed il$ quatter-of–
a-ccntury mark as a
nation, but
hu
passed from a statc of uncertaioty
to
one
of
rene\li-ed
con.fidence. o
••us.' ' the Ocreo¡e Oepa.rtmenl
man
uid.
' 'llemcmber, Cuba
is
only90
n1iles away
from Miami."
..1say we go
in and
take the oil,"
the CIA mon ¡ojd,
-
"Wha1?" said Defense. "That
could kili a big plane sale. Cuba
will need >Ome very sophistica1ed
ftgh!ers now lhalthey bave oil."
' 'Not to mcntion
antiaircra(t
weapons.. canks and
armored
ca.r–
ricr-s:·
bis usistant said...
1
wollldn't be surpriscd of thcy order
a
b1lhon
doUars' worth
of
arms.-
··wau a
m1nute,"
.said State..
"Are we &<>in¡
to
sell Cütro
wat
matenelr
"Do
you
want
the Frencb
to
do
n?"
Defensc W:ed.
..Or
thc
R\Wiaru?.. hi.s assist.ant
said.
"Bt.H we
don•t even recognize
Cuba diploma1ícally."
"Whftl
has
that got to do with
selhn4
them
arms?" Defc nse
wantcd
lO know. "They'vc got oiJ.
They're entitled 10 buy anything
they
want from
us.*'
"Euctly.' ' said Treasury. "We
bavt to
think of our balance of
paymenl$."
"Hc's nght." •aid tbe Wbite
House. "Aner all.
Castto
isn"t
a
badguy."
"He'U probably necd destroy–
ers."
Oe(ense
Utd.
"We
bave 10me
DC'W Oftt$
bc-ing
bu1h DOW
witb
(an.
WtJc
radar
on
c.hem.
We wt:re
go-–
ln&to gove them 10 the U.S. Navy.
butthe
Navy can w•it."
"1 wouldn'l be s urprúed if Cas–
trO
wanted nuclear
submarines."
"We've gotthem. They're on
sta–
tion now in 1he
North Atlantic.
but
wc could deliver
thent
in 30days.''
••J
don't want to
throw
cold water
on a big military sale. but are
we
.$U
re
thc Cubans
can handJe aU
tb.is
soph1.sticated
matericl?"
..We'll train
them, dummy:•
De·
fenscsaid.
"You mean oursoldiers
and sail.
ors will train the Cubans in weap–
ons that they may use against
usr
"Of
coursc
noL
Do
you
think
we·re
1d.Ot$? We11 c:oottaa thc
traantn¡
10
a private eompany
made up
or
Greco 8erets, ex–
Marines and Naval Ordinancc
mcn. In thac
way we'U
be
oocc re·
moved
from
the
sale
in
case
there
is
any
flad<
from Congress.'' Defensc
retorced.
"1 hopc Castro likes wbat we
have to sell him."
"He'll go
crny
when he sees
our
ca1afogue.
1
wouldn' t evcn
be
sur·
prúed if he wanled 10 buy our in·
termediatc
balli.stic
missiles...
••MissiJes?•• s.aid State,
"Sure.
They
have
thc
siies
over
there. All we have 10 do is stjck
tbem 1n tbe pound."
"When will they
stan
getting oil
oul of the
bay?'"
Wlute House
asked the CIA man.
"We fi.sure about threc montbs."
C IA responded.
"Oood.''
said Defense. "That
w1ll ¡ive us a chance to make up a
presentation~
We:'U send Heruy
to
Havana
as soon
as he gets
back
from thc Middle Eas1.' '
uoreat
man. Castro,"
said Trea–
sury.
..A
crcdit
to the hemisphe:rc."
said White House.
State finally got lhe message.
' 'Tbey don'! make world lcaders
likc thatany more." O
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