Defense Minister Moshe Dayan has postponed his fundraising tour of the US on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal, during which he would have faced invitations to visit Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Defense Secretary Melvin R, Laird. according to reliable sources. Informed quarters said they saw no point to Dayan’s meeting the two Americans at this time, contending that the political differences between the US and Israel are so great that only a direct meeting between President Nixon and Premier Golda Meir could aid progress. It would not be polite, the sources added, for Dayan to visit the US and ignore the Rogers and Laird invitations.
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