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Shultz Outlines Agenda for Mideast Peace

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Another dimension of
peace in the Middle East,
Shultz said, involves the
fate of the Palestinian
people, "in particular .. .
the 1.3 million Palestinians
living in the West Bank and
Gaza. Their well-being,
their desire for a greater
voice in determining their,
own destiny" is another
issue of concern "even while
we continue to pursue an
agreed solution to the final
status of the occupied ter-
ritories."
Continuing, Shultz de-
clared, If their accep-
tance of a peaceful future
with Israel is to be nur-
tured, they must be given
some stake in that future
by greater opportunities
for economic develop-
ment, by fairer administ-
ration practices and by
greater concern for the
quality of their lives."
Dealing with Jordan,
Shultz said that King Hus-
sein "has long sought a path
toward moderation-and con-
ciliation" but that Jordan's
participation in the peace
process "has been inhibited
by many considerations, in-
eluding the absence of the
necessary support from
other moderate Arabs but
most of all, the fierce opposi-
tion by Arab radicals."

Regarding the PLO;
Shultz affirmed that it "has

thus far excluded itself as a
negotiating partner by its
refusal to recognize Israel's
right to exist."
Discussing the agony of
Lebanon, the Secretary of
State said that the yearning
for peace runs deep in that
country. "But the delicate
balance in Lebanon was up-
set, primarily by the in-
volvement by outside,
non-Lebanese forces — just
as today, the primary obsta-
cle to internal reconcilia-
tion is the presence of out-
side, non-Lebanese forces."
Shultz said that the
Palestinian terrorists,
expelled from Jordan in
1970, came to Lebanon
and turned south Leba-
non "into an armed
camp, which became a
state within a state, ter-
rorizing the local popula-
tion; ultimately it became
a battleground."
Israel, he said, moved into
Lebanon "with an an-
nounced intention to eradi-
cate the threat once and for
all. When the guns fell si-
lent, the terrorists had been
driven from Beirut and
south Lebanon. Although
we had not agreed with Is-
rael's decision to invade
Lebanon, we accepted the
request of Lebanon and Is-
rael to help them negotiate
a longer-term solution to
the basic problem."
The May 17 Lebanon-
Israel accord which followed
has not yet been im-

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plemented, "largely be-
cause of Syria's refusal to
negotiate the withdrawal of
its own forces from Leba-
non, reneging the repeated
pledges to do so once Israel
did so," Shultz said. He de-
scribed the accord as "the
only existing formula that
ensures both Israeli with-
drawal and a solution to the
security problem that
created the Lebanese crisis
in the first place. We will
not accept its abrogation."
Departing from,. his pre-
pared text, Shultz wondered
aloud what "is so unreason-
able" about an agreement
that provides security ar-
rangements and commer-
cial relations between two
countries.
He said that "no one
questions that Syria has
legitimate security con-
cerns - with respect to
Lebanon. But Syria, un-
like Israel, has so far
been unwilling to
negotiate with Lebanon
over how to reconcile
those concerns with
Lebanon's sovereign
right to decide its own
destiny."
America's support for
Lebanon, Shultz added,
"cannot be separated from
our broader peace objectives
in the Middle East." He said
it would be a "serious mis-
take" to remove the multi-
national force at this time,
because its removal "would
only upset the balance in

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