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Peres is courting
economic aid
The new Prime Minister's
Oct. 8 visit to Washington
will force Israel to put her
economy in order.
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel Pre-
mier Shimon Peres will meet with
President Reagan in Washington on
Oct. 8 and with Secretary of State
George Shultz. Their talks are ex-
pected to focus on economic matters.
Peres' two-day working visit to
Washington, less than three weeks
from now, establishes the time frame
in which the new Labor-Likud unity
government must set in motion its
economic austerity program.
Peres is expected to seek addi-
tional economic aid from the United
States beyond the more than $2 billion
the Reagan Administration has allo-
cated in outright grants for fiscal 1985.
The unity government's economic pro-
gram, therefore, must be seen as via-
ble in the United States by the time
Peres visits Washington.
U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis
told Israeli reporters that while
Presidents campaigning for re-
election have little time to see visiting
foreign dignitaries, Israel's "special
relationship" with the United States
made a difference in this case. He said
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there was "great receptivity" in Wash-
ington to the new Premier and the
unity government.
Peres will be preceded to Wash-
ington by Finance Minister Yitzhak
Modai, who will hold talks with top
Administration officials later this
month. Modal and his treasury team
met with a delegation of the Israel
Manufacturers Association to enlist
the support of Israeli industrialists for
a government-labor-management
"package deal" to freeze wages and
prices.
The unity government resolved on
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Special to The Jewish News
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New Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres shakes hands with former Deputy Premier
David Levy after being sworn into office. Seated with Peres are Deputy Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir at left, and former President Yitzhak Navon.