Defense Minister Moshe Dayan disclosed in the Knesset (Parliament) yesterday that the Soviet Union has recently supplied Egypt with considerable quantities of modern amphibious armored vehicles specially adapted for fording rivers and lakes. He said the vehicles were equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. But Gen. Dayan refused to say whether there was any imminent danger of Egyptian military action along the Suez Canal. He explained that “security grounds” prevented him from replying to questions on that subject from Uri Avneri of the Haolam Hazeh faction and Natan Peled, of Mapam.
Gen. Dayan also confirmed in the Knesset yesterday the Jewish Telegraphic Agency report published in the Israeli press that he had said in an American television interview that Israel would be prepared to pay a high territorial price in exchange for genuine peace. The JTA version of Gen. Dayan’s interview on the ABC “Issues and Answers” program, had been challenged by some advocates here of retention of the occupied territories. Gen. Dayan’s statement was made in reply to a motion for the agenda by Meir Wilner of the New Communists.
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