The Egyptian magazine, October, said today that Robert Strauss, President Carter’s special envoy for. Middle East negotiations, has moved up his date for a Mideast visit in order to pave the way for another summit conference between Carter, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
Strauss is scheduled to arrive in Israel Friday for talks with Begin and Interior Minister Yosef Burg, head of the Israeli delegation on the autonomy talks. He is then scheduled to go to Cairo.
Last week it was announced that Strauss would be coming to the Mideast Aug. 20 earlier than originally planned. But now he has informed Israel that he will be coming even earlier in an attempt to smooth out the strained relations between the United States and Israel over reported changes in the U.S. position on the Palestinian issue.
Observers here note that adding weight to the October magazine speculation is the scheduled visit this week of Egyptian Premier Mustapha Khalil to Washington. Meanwhile, Deputy Premier Yigael Yadin is going to the U.S. Wednesday to explain Israel’s position to the media, leaders of Congress and the American Jewish community.
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