Chinese-Israel' Secret Talks' Called Ting Pong Under Table'
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel and
the Peoples Republic of China,
separated geographically by the
Asian continent and worlds apart
politically, both show interest in
establishing contact. But political
observers believe their moves in
that direction so far have been
carried out surreptitiously, as was
reflected in a cartoon in the Israeli
newspaper Hagretz which showed
Israelis and Chinese playing ping-
pong under a table.
Nevertheless, Peking has put
out feelers toward Jerusalem
which it has been denouncing for
two decades as "an imperialist
lackey."
The Chinese embassy in Paris
vigorously denied that conversa-
tions were held there between Chi-
nese diplomats and the Paris rep-
resentative of Israel's leftist la-
bor Mapam faction, Eli Ben-Gal,
as reported by the JTA. Mapam
is a member of the coalition gov-
ernment. Ben-Gal subsequently
told newsmen not to take the
denial too seriously. "I was sit-
ting in the embassy when they
drafted it," he said.
The Israel government has come
up with denials of its own. The
foreign ministry stated that dur-
ing the recent visit of Romania's
Deputy Foreign Minister Gheorghe
Macovescu, relations between Is-
rael and China were not men-
tioned. The Mapam newspaper Al
Hamishmar recalled the next day
that Romania is Peking's best
friend among the Eastern Euro-
pean Communist bloc and said
that only the Macovescu visit to
Jerusalem made possible the Paris
talks with Ben-Gal.
According to political circles
here, the Chinese want to start
talking to Israel for motives that
are not entirely clear but which
should be viewed against the back-
ground of China's campaign to re-
build its relations with the rest
of the world. Israel for its part,
welcomes every gesture by China
if only to put an end to the con-
stant stream of anti-Israel incite-
ment pouring out of Peking and
the indiscriminate support China
gives the Arab states.
Israel's stand on the issue of
admitting the People's Republic
of China to the United Nations
will be discussed here with Yosef
Tekoah, Israel's ambassador to
the UN, when he arrives shortly.
The government's official posi-
tion has conformed to the theory
of "two Chinas"—admitting Pek-
ing but not at the expense of
Taiwan. However, when ques-
tioned recently on this theory,
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Avraham Avidar declined to re-
iterate this stand. Israel recog-
nized Communist China in 1949
but no diplomatic relations were
established.
Trade with China might be a
long-term factor but as it stands
now it is so insignificant that it is
often omitted from official sta-
tistics. According to some ob-
servers, rumors and reports of al-
leged Israeli contacts with So-
viet or Chinese representatives
could cause the Arabs to realize
that both of those powers might be
weighing a change in their atti-
tudes on Middle East issues.
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Gus D. Newman, at 80, Continues His Active Life
Marked by Many Friendships in Community Service
Gus D. Newman is among the
community's giants. During the 50
years of consistant service to this
community, he has made so many
friends, he has so many admirers,
that he is viewed as one of the
richest men in our midst.
He will mark his 80th birthday
on Aug. 19 and the day undoubted:
ly will be as regular and as active
as when he had first begun to link
himself with his community. He
will be with sisters and their fam-
ilies, he will visit the Home for
the Aged and renew interests and
friendships, Ile will meet with
friends and will again have admira-
tion for the strength of character
he shows as an octogenarian.
Gus Newman is a native Detroit-
er. He has seen this community
grow and develop from a mere
4,000 Jews to the present 90,000.
As president of the Jewish
Home for the Aged he helped
develop the great institution into
its present major role in the com-
munity, and his advice is always
sought by his successors in office
and his co-workers.
Many Detroiters will recall his
activities for the Allied Jewish
Campaigns. When he gave reports
for the divisions he headed he al-
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JERUSALEM (JTA)--D e p u t y
Premier Yigal Allon recently said
that the surrender of scores of
Palestinian terrorists fearing ex-
ecution in Jordan was not just a
passing episode but "a demonstra-
tion that the only democratic, hu-
mane country in the Middle East
is Israel."
In the showdown between the
terrorists and the Jordanian
army, he said, Arab states that
most vigorously waved the flag
of the Palestinians failed to pro-
vide anything more than lip
service, but Israel provided shel-
ter.
When the escaping terrorists
crossed the river with hands
raised and were not shot, all the
Arab propaganda about blood-
thirsty Israelis was swept away, he
went on.
"All of a sudden," he said, "the
truth was revealed."
Allon added that the Israeli
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rillas was an expression of the
country's disdain for capital pun-
ishment, even for terrorism. But
he pointed out that the captured
guerrillas, while they should be
held under good conditions, should
no be treated "as free men yet."
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