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Call Summer School Acting Envoy Steps Down, Sees Better Israel-British Relations By MAURICE SAMUELSON LONDON (JTA) — The man who has been Israel's acting Ambassador since Shlomo Argov was crippled by Arab terrorists 13 months ago cleared his desk, saying that Israel- British relations were steadily improving after their worst-ever spell. Yoav Biran, 47-year-old minister plenipotentiary, is being replaced here by 48- year-old Moshe Raviv who, like him, will be Israel's senior representative until the arrival of Yehuda Av- ner, the successor to Argov. Biran, a Hebrew Univer- sity Oriental studies graduate, had already been here five years when Argov was gunned down outside London's Dorchester Hotel. That attack also triggered off Israel's massive invasion of Lebanon and an interna- tional diplomatic crisis in London with which Biran has been trying to cope ever since. For his valiant efforts, he has been singled out by his government as his country's most outstand- ing civil servant. But this was an honor he has not relished. Homesick for Jerusalem, Biran was al- ready impatiently plan- ning his farewell recep- tion when the wounding of Argov forced him to occupy the ambassador's desk over a year ago. Although Biran is hesit- ant to put it in such grim terms, the year which has followed saw British-Israel relations sink to their low- est ebb since the end of British rule in Palestine in 1948. British politicians and the media reacted vio- lently to events in Lebanon, culminating in the horror caused by the Sabra and Shatila massacres by Lebanese Phalangist forces. But relations, however fraught, have at least re- mained intact and Biran is content to have seen what he calls "a more relaxed ap- proach" by the present British government. His optimism stems not merely from the relaxation of the Lebanese situation but from the new team which has taken over the British Foreign Office fol- lowing the recent general election here. Richard Luce, who has replaced Douglas Hurd as the minister in charge of the Foreign Office, is carefully studying the subject before commit- ting himself to what Is- raeli circles regard as the same old pro-Arab line. The Israeli view is that this British reassessment is being conducted because of a realization that the so- called moderate Arab states, from whom Britain previously expected a posit- ive reponse, have so far simply failed to deliver. In the future, according to this assessment, Britain is likely to stay closer to the Americans and to think twice before trying to pur- sue its own path on the Mid- dle East. Raviv, the new minister, is one of Israel's most sea- soned diplomats. He served in London in a junior capacity between 1958 and 1963. He then went on to serve in Jerusalem, Wash- ington and the Philippines before occupying his latest post as director of the Foreign Ministry's eco- nomic division. Raviv, a youth aliya refugee from Germany, will serve as number two to Avner, scheduled here at the end of the month. Originally from Man- chester, Avner is the first British-born Israeli Am- bassador to serve in Lon- don — although the job has been held by two South Africans, Michael Comay and the late Ar- thur Lourie. Biron might have left even sooner had the British not reacted negatively to an earlier request that Eliahu Lankin, the present ambas- sador to South Africa, should replace Argov. This was because of Lan- kin's membership in the Irgun Zvai Leumi, which indulged in armed attacks on British forces in the last years of the Mandate. In many respects, Lankin would have been an ideal candidate for the post. Thanks to his past political affiliations, he might have helped to exorcise Some of the historic grievances and misunderstandings which still occasionally haunt re- lations between Britain and the Israel of Premier Menahem Begin. But that was not to be. In- stead, the task of further improving British-Israeli relations will be borne primarily by Avner. He will be helped by the fact that the British side, as well as the Israeli, feels that rela- tions between these two traditionally friendly states have been allowed to de- troiorate too far. As one senior British official re- cently remarked, "At least the new man will be able to understand our mentality." Puerto Rico, Israel Prepare Agriculture Pact TEL AVIV (JNI) — Israel and Puerto Rico are work- ing on a treaty for the over- all agricultural develop- ment of the U.S. common- wealth, Yediot Ahronot re- ported. Under the terms of the treaty, the U.S. government will invest "several million" dollars in the venture, the first in which Israel will plan the comprehensive agro-industrial ; develop- ment of another state, the daily asserted. A number of Israeli com- panies already cooperate on agricultural or, industrial projects in Central America and the Caribbean. 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