State Department sources said today that Jordan has responded to the United States on the Israeli-U.S. “working paper. “The nature of the response was not immediately available. However, according to information obtained by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the State Department sees no serious problem in working out an agreement with Jordan.
Meanwhile, although discussions are continuing with Egypt and Syria on the paper, no definitive response has been received from them. According to reports from Cairo received here, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy said Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had requested president Carter to amend the paper to include the Palestine Liberation Organization as a participant. Fahmy said that this was Egypt’s view following agreement with PLO chairman Yasir Arafat.
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