Camp David 'club' weighs Sinai Force, including GIs

May 5, 1981

The United States, Egypt, and Israel have opened talks on an international peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula that would include the first American troops to be stationed permanently in the troubled Middle East. Officials said the force would be expected to number about 2,500 men, with Americans accounting for about half the troops. The talks on t he multi-national force are being held at the State Department and are scheduled to last three days.