Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Yosef Tekoah, met this morning with Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and discussed with him the situation in the Middle East following the collapse of Secretary of State Henry A, Kissinger’s efforts for a second-stage Israeli-Egyptian accord.
The Tekoah-Waldheim meeting preceded meetings of Waldheim with U.S, Ambassador John Scali. Egyptian Ambassador Abdel Meguld, and Jordan’s envoy Abdul Hamid Sharaf, A UN spokesman described Waldheim’s meetings with the parties to the Middle East conflict as “continuing exploratory conversations concerning the situation in the Middle East.”
An Israeli official said that Waldheim and Tekoah “exchanged ideas” in the aftermath of the aborted Kissinger mission. Tekoah, who arrived here last Wednesday from Israel, has been in telephone contact with Waldheim since his arrival. It was learned that the question of the Geneva peace talks, the renewal of the UN mandates in the Sinal and Golan Heights and other pressing matters were brought up in today’s talk.
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