— Former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan said he had no plans to meet Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on his visit to Cairo beginning Monday night. But he said before boarding his plane: “If Sadat extends me an invitation to meet him when I get to Cairo, I will regard it as a nice gesture.” Dayan said he was going to Cairo at the invitation of Anis Mansour, Editor of the weekly journal October, to take part in a symposium organized by the magazine.
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