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Over the years, most Middle East specialists at the State Department — the so-called "Arabists" — have pushed hard to avoid establishing an overly public U.S.-Israeli strategic alli- ance. They have argued that such ties would undermine the U.S. position in the Arab world. But President Reagan, during the first term of his Admin. istration, was willing to risk that threat. He authorized en- hanced strategic cooperation with Israel, including joint aerial and naval maneuvers, pre- positioning of U.S. military equipment in Israel and joint contingency planning. The Arabs have come to basically swallow this highly visible for- malization of the American-Is- raeli military relationship. All of this helps to explain why senior Administration offi- cials, including the President himself, have been somewhat disappointed by Israel's slow response to Reagan's personal request that Israel allow the United States to build several powerful radio transmitters in Israel. These transmitters would help the U.S. government fund- ed Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty to overcome sophisticated Soviet jamming. The Americans believe that Israel eventually will agree to the U.S. request. Israeli officials said they already had agreed "in 53—ENTERTAINMENT Clark Family Players BIRTHDAY PARTIES and other special oc- casions Clowns, juggling, magic, music, dance, puppets, balloon sculpture Call Mary Ellen AN 273-6716 54—CEMETERY LOTS CIIEW ftn,fr 532-5168 CAPITOL REPORT BOB MENDELSON Heating, air condition- ing, installation, repair and refrigeration. Rev ccR ?ARTIE:5) c . 2R3— 1 723 Friday, February 8, 1985 ONE LOT available at Machpelah cemetery. $450. 356-5298. ONE TO NINE plots in Northwest Hebrew Memorial Park. 352- 5858. principle" to the U.S. proposal with some remaining questions yet to be resolved. The two countries are currently examin- ing various technical aspects of the project. But there is no de- nying that senior Administra- tion officials, influential mem- bers of Congress on both sides of the political aisle and even leading members of the Jewish political establishment would have preferred a speedy and clearcut Israeli "yes" to the pro- posal. The Chairman of the Con- ference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organiza- tions, Kenneth Bialkin of New York, wrote to Ambassador Meir Rosenne in Washington to urge an affirmative Israeli response. Israel's geography, U.S. offi- cials concluded as early as the mid 1970's, is ideally suited for broadcasts to reach large chunks of the Soviet Union, including its "underbelly," the largely Moslem provinces in the south- ern sections of the country. But at that time, "Arabists" suc- ceeded in convincing the U.S. government not to raise the idea with Israel. They were worried about a negative Arab reaction to such a highly visible U.S.- Israeli cooperative venture. But the Soviets intensified their jamming techniques. As a result, the U.S. secretly floated the idea for the first time in 1979. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem quickly raised all sorts of concerns about the po- tential complications for Soviet Jewry. Some Israeli officials also feared that such a course might make it even more diffi- cult for the Soviet Union to re- establish diplomatic relations with Israel, severed during the 1967 Six-Day War. Since then, however, the So- viet jamming of the American broadcasts has continued to worsen. While U.S. officials were sensitive to Israel's stated concerns, they concluded that the increased dangers to the Soviet Jews were minimal. So- viet emigration last year was less than 900. Bialkin and many other Jewish leaders as well as most Soviet Jewry activists on Capitol Hill agreed. The Americans also recog- nized that the enhanced military and strategic cooperation be- tween the U.S. and Israel was already publicly directed against the Soviet threat to the region. Why not add this additional vital link? Earlier Israeli fears were no longer viable in an era of such public U.S.-Israeli strategic cooperation aimed against the Soviet threat, according to the Americans. This helps to explain why President Reagan, in an extraor- dinary diplomatic development, wrote personally to Prime Min- ister Shimon Peres about the radio transmitters. The letter pointedly underscored the con- Continued on next page 83