U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis formally conveyed President Carter’s invitation to Premier Menachem Begin tonight to hold ministerial level talks at Camp David later this month. The Premier is expected to present an initial report on the renewed American initiative to the Cabinet tomorrow at a lession originally called to deal with economic policy there will be a full-scale political debate at the weekly Cabinet session Sunday.
The U.S. invitation has already triggered behind the scenes discord within the Cabinet regarding the ambit of authority to be given to the negotiating team under Foreign Minister. Moshe Dayan. Dayan indicated to Begin recently that he would demand broad powers to engage in real give-and-take negotiations.
But several ministers are expected to demand that Dayan be barred from making any concessions or operative proposals without the explicit approval of the Cabinet which would be kept apprised of the progress of the talks virtually on an hour-by-hour basis.
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