November 13, 1973

US Sec Kissinger, int on Nov 12 in Peking, says Arab oil embargo will probably continue indefinitely but Arab action will not cause US policy to shift; says it is not possible for US to be swayed in its policy orientation by monopoly or temporary monopoly of several states

Israeli officials say on Nov 12 that unless deadlock over control of Cairo-Suez hwy is resolved and Israeli POWs returned, Israel will have to reconsider cease-fire accord, including pledge to permit continuing supply to Egyptian 3d Corps trapped on east bank of Suez Canal; say that Egypt demands that Israel turn over control of length of hwy to UN forces rather than just checkpoint at km 101; Israeli mil repr says that Israeli soldiers on Nov 12 dismantled UN checkpoint set up at western entrance to Suez; map shows locations of UN posts; repr says that roadblock cut off Israeli units at entrance to Suez from Israeli forces further west; UN official in Jerusalem says he has no data on incident; says UN forces were instructed to establish checkpoints, which he says were provided for in Nov 11 accord; Israeli Maj Gen A Yariv, special adviser to Premier G Meir, reptdly balked at demand and charged that Egyptians were going beyond terms of accord; said that Israel was prepared to turn over checkpoint at km 101 but intended to retain control of rest of hwy; mil repr in Tel Aviv repts transfer of checkpoint at km 101 to UN control took place in late afternoon; differing interpretations of accord stem from its ambiguous wording; Israeli Deputy Premier Y Allon describes accord as 'typical Kissinger document' in which 'each side can find whatever it wishes'; US sources say that US Sec of State H A Kissinger, in drafting document, sought to leave as much as possible for negotiation between parties; pol and mil significance of control of hwy discussed

Sen subcom holds hearing on bill by Sen Muskie to suspend Clean Air Act under which so-called stationary sources of pollution are required to meet emission standards for 6 mos beginning Nov 15; bill supported by EPA Admr Train

High-placed sources rept NYS Sup Ct Justice D S Rinaldi has been under investigation by special state prosecutor Nadjari for 4 mos concerning alleged judicial misconduct involving improperly lenient sentences; investigation is described as completed and announcement of legal action against Rinaldi is regarded as imminent; sentences investigated were reptd to include those imposed on 2 reputed Mafia hoodlums and narcotics dealer with long record who was given conditional discharge; NYS Joint Legis Com on Crime rept labeled discharge of drug dealer Clifton Johnson illegal; also investigated Rinaldi's fining of P Vario, alleged capt in T Luchese Mafia family, $250 on Sept 8, '67 after Vario had pleaded guilty to bribery of police officer; 3d case involved suspended sentence given to S Agro, who was overheard in taped conversation bragging of his Mafia connections, and who pleaded guilty to lesser charges in million-dollar swindle; E Panzarella, asst dist atty prosecuting Agro case, apparently concurred with Rinaldi's handling of case; later resigned in controversy over alleged failure to prosecute another drug case

In the strongest Government statement to date on the fuel crisis, a Japanese official warned that Arab oil cutbacks threatened Japan with the “first serious blow” to her economy since World War II. Page 61.