Secretary General Kurt Waldheim is scheduled to begin his visit to the Mideast on Feb. 1, it was learned here Monday. He will go to Cairo, Jerusalem, Amman and Damascus, Waldheim’s Mideast tour is part of his efforts to prepare the ground for the resumption of the Geneva Mideast peace conference. Until he takes off to the Mideast, Waldheim will continue consultations here with the parties concerned.
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