THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 200 Russians Killed in Lebanon Reagan Downplays U.S. Pact With Israel WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Reagan contin- ued Tuesday night the effort of his Administration to convince Arab states that the agreement for strategic cooperation reached during Israeli Premier Yitzhak Shamir's visit to Washing- ton was not anything new. "There was no signed agreement or anything else," Reagan said. In re- sponse to questions at a na- tionally - televised press conference. "We were really re-affirming the relation- ship we have had since 1948." A senior State Depart- ment official made the same point in briefing foreign correspondents. But he noted that the joint U.S.- Israeli military and politi- cal group, which will have its first meeting in mid- January, "will make the re- lationship more structured and more formalized." Reagan said that he emphasized to Shamir that "the United States also wants to move for- ward with its relations with the modern Arab states" so that the U.S. "can be a catalyst" in try- ing to bring peace to the Middle East. Delta serves over 90 cities. —across the U.S. and abroad. All with money- saving discount fares. And even the lowest gives you the finest personal service going, brought to you by the famed Delta profession- als. Delta is ready when you are WE'VE GOT YOUR PLACE IN THE SUN. Relax in your spacious, beautifully-appointed apartment. Stroll along a boardwalk beside a sparkling waterway. Or pick up the pace with tennis, swimming and our delightful social club. 1 & 2-bedroom apartments, from $399/mo. 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Lauderdale from $ 179 LAS VEGAS from $299 4 Days, 3 Nights Per Person Double Occupancy loehmann's Hunters Square Farmington Hills Mon. thru Sat. 855-3200 HUNTERS SQUARE TRAVEL I He said that "if we're to have any chance of bringing them together, continuing the process that started at Camp David where Egypt and Israel wound up with a peace treaty . . . we've got to befriend all of those coun- tries and they've got to be able to trust us so that we can be fair to all of them." The President indicated he believed that moderate Arab states are ready to negotiate with Israel. He noted there had been "re- fusal on their part to even acknowledge the right of Is- rael to exist as a nation. So therefore, there could be no negotiations." But Reagan added that the - late Egyp- tian President Anwar Sadat "broke out of that mold" and that resulted in peace be- tween Israel and Egypt. "Our goal was to see if we couldn't find more leaders and more governments that would become "Egypts' in a sense, in settling their dis- putes and having peace," Reagan stressed. "And to- day, the very fact that there's an indication that they are willing and pre- pared to negotiate dif- ferences indicates that they no longer are holding that position of refusing to let Is- rael exist." At the same time, the President stressed that the Middle East is a tin- derbox. "It is the one place that could start a war that no one wanted because of its impor- tance, particularly to the Free World and to our al- lies. And we can't just turn away and say if we don't look, it'll go away." Reagan expressed his de- termination to keep the Marines in Lebanon until the United States had achieved its objective. "The Marines will come home as quickly as we can possibly bring them home after ac- complishing our mission," the President said. He added that the deci- sion will not have anything to do with the 1984 Presidential election cam- paign. "I will tell you this," Reagan declared. "No deci- sion regarding the lives and safety of our servicemen will ever be made by me for a political reason." Reagan, who was re- peatedly questioned about the Marines, said that his statement last week that they "might be pulled out if there was a total collapse in Lebanon was a hypothetical answer to a hypothetical question." He said that what he was trying to say was that the only reason for pul- ling out the Marines and the other members of the multi-national force, other than accomplish- ing its mission, would be if there was a complete change of course in Lebanon from the one Jewish law requires im- mediate burial of the dead, if possible within 24 hours, and at most within three days. 1_, , •) Friday, December 23, 1983 11 which brought the MNF into Lebanon. But the President stressed that "progress has been made." He outlined the mission of the Marines as going behind the Lebanese army as it takes over the territory evacuated by the foreign forces in order to try to achieve some stability and maintain order, "be- cause Lebanon doesn't have the forces to do both." Reagan said the U.S. is seeking a political solution in Lebanon and believes it can avoid a war with Syria. But he added, "I will not OK a mission or ask or order our armed forces to go some- place where there is danger and tell them they have not the right to defend them- selves." He said that the firings by U.S. ships and planes on the forces that have sniped at the Marines have resulted, rather than in stepped-up activity, that there has been some pause for thought on those that were deciding that the multinational forces were fair game." At the same time, Re- agan said he believed there would continue to be terrorist attacks against the Marines. "But are we — and where would -we be in the world — are we to let the terrorists win?" 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