Visit With Ivory Coast Chief Adds Interest
I to Mrs. Meir's Conferences in 3 Countries

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chestnuts out of the fire," in
Africa.

It was acknowledged, how-
` ever, that Mrs. Melr did
meet the African leader, an
old-time friend from her
days as foreign minister,
to gain the advice of an
African statesmen on the re-
cent setbacks Israel has suf-
fered in Africa. Five African
states have severed diplo-
matic ties with Israel in the
past month.

Mrs. Meir, Pope Meet
for 80 Minutes; Vatican
Statement: 'No Change'
By EDWIN EYTAN

JTA European Bureau Chief

ROME (JTA)—Pope Paul
VI Monday received Mrs.
Golda Meir for an 80-minute
audience, the first ever to
be granted to an Israeli
prime minister in the Vati-
can. Immediately afterward,
however, a Vatican spokes-
man issued a blunt statement
to say that "The Holy See
has not changed its attitude
over the Middle East and
there was no reason whatso-
ever for such a change."

The Vatican statement,
which was issued by Vatican
spokesman Prof. Frederico
Allessandrini, was consider-
ed to be unusually harsh and
blunt by most diplomatic ob-
servers here. It specified
that that meeting was not
"a gesture of preference or
of exclusivity as the Pope
has received King Hussein
of Jordan and other persons
of the Arab world." It also
noted that the Vatican has
cordial relations with Egypt,
Lebanon and Syria and has
diplomatic relations with
various other Arab countries.

The statement — verbal
rather than a formal written
one — said that the attitude
of the Vatican on the Middle
East was made known by the
Pope in his speech to the
cardinals of Dec. 22, 1972.
In that speech, the Pope
called for the internation-
alization of the holy places
in Jerusalem and for rights
of Palestinian refugees.

Prof. Allessandrini went
out of his way to stress that
Mrs. Meir had asked for the
audience, contradicting Is-
raeli government statements
which had said that the in-
vitation had come from the
holy See. He further speci-
fied that the audience was
granted "because the Holy
Father feels his duty not to
miss any occasion to act in
favor of peace and in the
defense of
the rights of
human persons and especial-
ly of those who are the
weakest and the most de-
fenseless, namely the refu-
gees from Palestine."

Li

The Vatican spokesman
said that Mrs. Meir's visit
had not been the. object of
any previous negotiations or
confrontations and had only
take advantage of her trip
to Paris, where Mrs. Meir
attended a conference of the .
Socialist International.
The Israeli premier, who
was accompanied by the
Rome
Israel Ambassador
Amiel Najar, spent nearly
80 minutes with the Pope
in his private library.
A Vatican statement said
that she outlined Israel's de-
sire for peace and illustrated
Israel's attempts at reaching

a peaceful solution to the
Middle East conflict through
negotiations. She also dis-
cussed the upsurge of ter-
rorism and mentioned the
plight of Jewish communi-
ties in certain parts of the
world.

Earlier on Monday Mrs.
Meir called on the Italian
president, Giovanni Leoni, at
the Quirinal Palace, a visit
described as a "courtesy
call."

Strict security measures
were taken by the Italian
police but far less spectacu-
lar than those adopted by
the French during Mrs.
Meir's two-day stay in Paris.

Vietnam Bombing
an Issue in Paris
PARIS (JTA) — Premier
Golda Meir, attending the
conference of the Socialist
International, reportedly said
Sunday that Israel condemns
the recent saturation bomb-
ing of North Vietnam but
added that responsibility for
continuing the Indo-China
war was not one-sided. Ac-
cording to Scandiavian dele-
gates, who reportedly had
some sharp questions for the
Israeli premier during the
conference debate, Mrs. Meir
and Austrian Chancellor
Bruno Kreisky managed to
prevent the adoption of a
resolution blaming the United
States for the breakdown of
the Paris peace negotiations
last month.

Mrs. Meir reportedly told
the conference, which was
closed to the press, that she
would wait until the peace
talks are concluded before
taking a stand on the issue.
Israeli sources refused to
comment on these reports.

Francois Mitterand, first
secretary of the French So-
cialist Party, who addressed
a press conference after Sun-
day's session, said that Mrs.
Meir "stated Israel's Middle
East position" and "there
was no debate." The JTA
learned from Scandinavian
sources that a number of
delegates questioned the Is-
raeli leader, sometimes
sharply. Among them was
Premier Olaf Palme, an
outspoken critic of the U. S.
bombing of North Vietnam.
According to the sources,
Mrs. Mete complained to the
Scandinavian and other So-
cialist delegates that the
"neutral countries" are not
contributing to the security
of "the Socialist state, Is-
rael" which stands in danger
of attack.
At a reception offered by
the French Senate after-
ward, she chatted at length
with Mitterand and other
Socialist leaders. She was
seen in deep conversation
with the two Austrian dele•
gates, Kreisky and Bruno
Pitterman.
While the delegates were
in session, police forces con-
tinued to patrol in the Sen-
ate's vicinity. Within the
building itself, security
guards with police dogs
patrolled the corridors.
Eighty persons were ar-
rested when several hundred
demonstrators tried to march
on the Paris Mosque in a
silent demonstration in mem-
ory of Mahmoud el-Ha m-
shari, the local representa-
tive of the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization who died

last Tuesday of injuries
sustained when a bomb ex-
ploded in his home Dec. 8.

A PLO and a Fatah dele-
gation arrived in Paris to
organize Hamshari's funeral,
which is expected to take
place here next week.

Violent fighting broke out
near the French Senate
Building when Mrs. Meir
and other Socialist leaders
were attending the Socialist
International conference. Sev-
eral hundred demonstrators
chanting "Palestine will
win," and "Golds out,"
clashed with exceptionally
large police forces. Dozens
of demonstrators were ar-
rested and many Injured by
club-wielding riot police.

The demonstrators, led by
such left-wing activists as
Alain Geismar and Alain
Krivine, both Jewish, were
trying to march from the
Cochin Hospital where Ham-
shari died to Luxemburg
Palace. The demonstrators,

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who were constantly charge: ma. Hundreds of
French
and dispersed by polic e, ! police, some carrying ma-
claimed that Mrs. Heir was chine guns and other pistols
responsible for Hamshari's at the ready, surrounded the
death.
Senate Building when her car
No reporters were allowed drove in. She arrived before
inside the Senate Building
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but reports said that the
fighting could not be heard
by the delegates who were
attending the session.

(Finland's Premier Kalvei
Sorsa attended the confer-
ence despite earlier reports
that he canceled his appear-
ance).
Mrs. Meir arrived at the
Luxemburg Palace in a five-
car convoy accompanied by
police cars, motorcycle po
lice and an ambulance corn
plete with doctor and plas

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