A State Department spokesman said today that the U.S. “for the present” was “reserving comment” on the Israel government’s statement of yesterday replying to Egypt’s latest note. Robert J. McCloskey told newsmen, “We will not have any comment on the Israel Cabinet’s communique. We want to be guided in our judgments by Israel’s reply directly to Jarring whenever they do so.” McCloskey also refused to say “one way or another” whether the latest Egyptian note offering to make peace with Israel coincided with the American view. A State Department source said later that in the absence of Israel’s direct reply to Egypt through Jarring. “We would not want to assert ourselves publicly what our judgment is.” The source said, however, that it was likely that Israel’s reply would be more detailed than yesterday’s Cabinet communique.
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