THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, February 8, 1985

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suited for that purpose, and we
share the appreciation of the
need, nevertheless the people of
Israel are currently struggling
with problems of historical sig-
nificance that cannot but affect
our judgment and freedom of ac-
tion. Specifically, the fate of the
world's third largest Jewish
community — the one inside the
Soviet Union. This community
is deprived of any access to its
homeland. Its spiritual exis-
tence is threatened as its very
peoplehood is constantly op-
pressed.
"None of us can be certain
that the construction of relay
stations in Israel would not lead
to further persecution of Jewish
activities throughout the Soviet
Union. Yet, upon receipt of your
personal approach, we have un-
dertaken to re-examine our posi-
tion. Based on our observation
that the American commitment
/- to the cause of Soviet Jewry and
their right to emigrate has been
strengthened under your leader-
ship, our concern had somewhat
diminished. We trust, Mr. Pres-
ident, that your own firm con-
victions, as expressed in our
conversations, will yield further
efforts that may ease the situa-
tion so seriously aggravated in
recent months.
"It is in the wake of these ag-
onizing deliberations that I
would propose an early meeting
American and Israeli experts
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in order- to study the various
dimensions of the project and
the best avenues to further our
mutual objectives."

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The Americans have
been anxious to dispell
some apparent "myths"
surfacing in the Israeli
news media.

U.S. and Israeli officials said
that those consultations are now
taking place through normal
diplomatic channels.
The Americans have been
anxious to dispell some appar-
ent "myths" which have sur-
faced in the Israeli news media.
They noted, for example, that it
was not true that Greece and
Spain have refused to allow
transmitters to be built in those
countries. For many years, Ra-
dio Free Europe and Radio Li-
berty, which are based in Mu-
nich, have operated very large
transmitters in both those coun-
tries as well as in Portugal. Tur-
key, U.S. officials said, has not
been asked to do so.
The U.S. had "initialed" an
agreement to build some trans-
mitters in Egypt but that agree-
ment quickly collapsed after
President Sadat's assassination
in 1981. President Mubarak
scrubbed that project just as he
did the construction to Ameri-
can naval facilities at Ras
Banas. He is reluctant to over-
ly antagonize the Soviets.
There is still some considera-
tion being given to Oman as a
site, although Israel is clearly
the Americans' number one
choice.

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