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July 22, 1983

Israel Prepares a Unilateral
Redeployment in S. Lebanon

Begin's Personal Reasons'
Cancel Washington Summit

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli
Premier Menahem Begin will not be
coming to Washington next week for
"personal reasons," the White House
announced Tuesday morning.
Deputy press secretary Larry
Speakes said Begin informed
President Reagan of his change of
plans in a five-minute telephone con-
versation. He said the Premier did not
explain what he meant by "personal
reasons" nor did Reagan ask him. The
two had been scheduled to meet at the
White House next Wednesday.
Speakes said both Reagan and
Begin agreed that they would try to
reschedule the meeting "sometime
later this year."
When Reagan was questioned
about Begin's cancellation of his
visit the President would say only
that he was told it was for personal
MENAHEM BEGIN
reasons. Begin and Reagan last
met in June 1982, and were to have met again last November when the
Israeli Premier was visiting the U.S. But Begin cut his visit short
because of the death of his wife, Aliza.
In Jerusalem, Begin's aides would not explain what "personal reasons"
prompted the Premier's decision not to go to Washington at this time. They
denied vehemently that he was ill or physically incapable of making the trip.
But they did let it be known that Begin was less than enthusiastic about the
trip and believed that nothing could be gained from a meeting with Reagan at
this time.
Some observers suggested that he wanted to avoid a face-to-face quarrel
with Reagan over U.S. objections to Israel's plans to redeploy its forces in
Lebanon to shorter, more defensible lines. Others cited Begin's dour and
doleful mood of late, as reflected in his limited and uncharacteristically
low-key public appearances. The Premier was said to be still deeply de-
pressed by the death of his wife.
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Refusenik Visits
Spur Congressman

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Cabinet on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to
redeploy Israeli troops in Lebanon. The announcement, after a secret session of the
Ministerial Defense Committee, contained no specifics but empowered Premier Menahem
Begin, Defense Minister Moshe Arens and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir to "determine
the details."
Redeployment to shorter lines in Lebanon was approved* in principle by the Cabinet
several weeks ago. But no date was ever set and it was generally believed that there would
be no move until Begin's meeting with President Reagan in Washington, which had been
scheduled for next week. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister unexpectedly cancelled his trip.
Wednesday's official communique stated that as proposed by the Prime Minister, the
Cabinet has unanimously approved the plan for redeployment of the Israel Defense Forces
in Lebanon "as prepared and submitted by the IDF General Staff."
There was no indication where the new lines in Lebanon will be. But Chief of
Staff Gen. Moshe Levy said in a television interview last week that the line would
follow the Awali River which enters the sea just north of Sidon in south Lebanon.
It was not immediately known whether that city of 300,000 will be incorporated
within the new IDF lines. The redeployment is expected to be completed by
autumn.
Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan of Lebanon said that his government was caught by
surprise by Israel's decision to redeploy its forces. Beirut Radio, monitored in Paris, said
Wazzan termed the Israeli decision "startling and serious" in view of the fact that
-President Amin Gemayel and Wazzan are in Washington negotiating for the withdrawal of
all foreign troops from Lebanon.
A Beirut Radio reporter in Washington said Wazzan believes the Israeli decision
might force Lebanon "into exploring new possibilities" in its quest for the withdrawal of
both Israeli and Syrian forces. Leba-
non is adamantly opposed to a partial
and unilateral Israeli withdrawal to
new lines in the south unless this is
part of a definite time-table for a gen-
eral withdrawal. The Lebanese fear
that a partial Israeli withdrawal
might create a permanent partition
and spell a permanent Israeli and
Syrian occupation of Lebanese
territory.
Lebanon signed a security agree-
ment with Israel and the United
States on May 17 providing for the
withdrawal of all foreign troops.

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Lea rning a Trade

By CONGRESSMAN DAN GLICKMAN

(D-Kansas)

At the invitation of the Supreme Soviet of the
USSR, the chief legislative body of the Soviet Union, I
was fortunate tole a part of a delegation of 19 members
of the House of Representatives who traveled to Russia.
While other members of Congress have visited the
USSR, we were the first delegation to be formally in-
vited to the Soviet Union in over four years. We met on
issues relating to trade, arms control, regional conflicts
such as Poland and Afghanistan, and human rights. The
following are excerpts from a journal I wrote during the
trip.

JULY 2

We left London Heathrow. Airport for Leningrad
aboard an Air Force C-9. Two Russian navigators were
on board. I introduced myself, but they spoke no English.
On the airplane, several warnings were given by
U.S. Embassy personnel about the fact that we were to
assume that we would be watched, listened to and fol-
lowed all the time. One State Department aide was
particularly concerned that we would be jeopardizing
the lives of any Soviet refuseniks we might meet in the
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These Arab women are shown in a patternmaidng
class in Jerusalem sponsored by Pioneer Women/
Naamat. More than 40,000 Arabs are among the
organization's 750,000 members in Israel. Pioneer
Women/Naamat sponsors vocational classes for teens
and clubs for women in 68 Arab and Druze com-
munities in Israel.

MOSHE ARENS

YITZHAK SHAMIR

Lebanese, Arabs Set
for Gemayel's Visit

President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon is expected to
conclude his week-long visit to the United States on
Sunday in Detroit with an address to Lebanese Ameri-
cans in the Masonic Temple Auditorium.
Nine Arab groups in the Detroit area have an-
nounced plans to picket Gemayel's Sunday afternoon
speech because of their opposition to the Israel-Lebanon
troop withdrawal agreement.
Detroit's Lebanese and Arab communities are
said to be the largest in the U.S. Spokesmen claim-
there are 100,000 Lebanese Americans in the De-
troit area. Arab spokesmen claim the total number
of Arab Americans in Detroit, including the
Lebanese, is 200,000.
Detroit attorney Abdeen Jabara, a spokesman for
the Arab groups, told the Detroit Free Press that Arab
groups would boycott Gemayel because the Israel-
Lebanon agreement "is odious," because of Gemayel's
cooperation with the Phalangists and because of contin-
ued arrests in Lebanon of Lebanese and Palestinians.
The only other public address scheduled for
Gemayel is on Saturday, in Houston.
Marcel Hage, a Detroiter who is president of the
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