looking for any pretext to justify further expansion. 1’Ris time it means taking half of Sinai; some other time thr:- will be another pretext to take something more. 51. Mr, President, we are not trying to frighten you (‘Y ‘I-+ frighten ourselves. 1 have just spent last night reading a ““‘I:; long symposium by seven former Israeli Chiefs of St&l*. organized by the Israeli paper Mzariv on 6 January nt- !lirr year and published by that newspaper. It is very long. rrn%? 1 hope I have been honest in trying to boil down to a p,$? the opinions voiced by these seven former Israeli Chici% * +i Staff. They are all in agreement on the following. 52. First, they believe that the Arab leaders are now rr~J:m and willing to sign a peace agreement with lsracl ora lb: basis of Israeli withdrawal to the international horZe.b* before 5 June 1967, which they call “the green lint’* i:: their symposium. There is a map showing a green lint; 13 :i the line of the beginning of the attack of 1967. 1 rca*i*>.! they are all in agreement in their belief the Arab lcaderc t:: now ready and willing to sign a peace agreement with I%?a:: on the basis of Israeli withdrawal to the intcrnatti~:nt! borders before 5 June 1967. 53. Secondly, they agree that it is preferable for 1~3~: : disregard this Arab readiness for peace and to hold lh~a Y. the hope of complete Arab capitulation. That capitul:ts: -1’ is to come within 30 years. 54. Thirdly, they feel there is now no military dall@? 2: all from the Arab countries. They believe the contrary By I “*z true. 55. I do not know if it is possible to reduce 80 or 90 p-t% 