Allon Says Israel Not Presenting Any Maps or Lines to U.S.

Foreign Minister Yigal Allon told the Knesset today that talks between the United States and Israel on second stage peace negotiations in the Middle East have not reached a point where Israel has made any concrete proposals, No maps and no lines are being presented by Israel to the Americans, Allon said, The talks so far involve the terminology of conceptions and principles rather than details. “Only when the time comes for substantial negotiations will these be translated into conditions and lines,” the Foreign Minister said,

Premier Yitzhak Rabin said in an interview published in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro today that Israel would be prepared to give up “most of Sinai” in return for a formal peace treaty with Egypt but the Egyptians would “receive much less” for a less comprehensive agreement. (See separate story.)

Allon,. who will have his second meeting in five weeks with Secretary of State Henry A, Kissinger in Washington next week, addressed the Knesset in response to a motion by Likud MK Shmuel Tamir; Tamir cited reports that the government was considering a 50-kilometer pull back in the Sinai–to the Yam Abu Zneima line and warned that a one-sided withdrawal would ruin hopes for peace. He said he disagreed with the view that the only alternative to a new war was Israeli withdrawal.

The Knesset rejected Tamir’s motion by a 52-14 vote, Likud MK Binyamin Halevy, who resigned from the Herut faction last week, Joined two Rakah Communists in abstaining, He apparently did so as a gesture of independence. He told reporters afterwards that he wanted to express his reservations over Likud’s stand on the issue. He said he regarded attempts to reach a second stage settlement with Egypt as a means toward achieving peace.