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December 27, 1985 - Image 12

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1985-12-27

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Friday, December 27, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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conference that will lead to direct
negotiations between the two
countries, according to a senior
Administration official.
"I think that a large measure of
agreement exists already on some
of the main points," the official
said in briefing reporters on what
he said was a year of "incremen-
tal" progress in the Middle East
peace process during 1985.
"It's now our job to try to work
and fill in the gaps," he said. But,
he stressed, "we continue to view
direct negotiations between the
parties as the only productive way
to go. An international conference
is acceptable to us, but only as an
event that would lead to direct
negotiations between the par-
ties."
The official denied that this was
a change in U.S. policy since the
Administration had earlier re-
jected Hussein's demand for an in-
ternational conference which
would include the five permanent
members of the United Nations
Security Council. He said Ad-
ministration spokesmen had used
the words international "au-
spices," "framework" and "con-
text" as a "signal" that the U.S.
had no specific idea on how the
conference should be shaped.
"Whatever promises to lead to
successful direct negotiations is,
obviously, our preferred choice,"
he said. "We recognize that what-
ever is agreed upon has got to
meet the political needs of the
parties involved."
But the official continued to
rule out a Soviet role in the peace
process. He said up to now the
Soviets "have excluded them-
selves" by not having diplomatic
relations with Israel and support-
ing elements in the Arab world
opposed to the peace process.

The official maintained that
both Israel and Jordan have ag-
reed on the international confer-
ence, although Israel calls it a
"forum," and the need to have
Palestinian representation as
part of a Jordanian-Palestinian
delegation at every step of the
negotiations. He said the issue of
the U.S. meeting with a joint
Jordanian-Palestinian delegation
first has been regulated to "the
sidelines" as being an "unneces-
sary" complicating factor."
That meeting never came about
because the U.S. would not ap-
prove the list of Palestinians sent
to Washington by Hussein be-
cause most of the names were of
members of the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization. The official
noted that the Palestinian rep-
resentatives for the joint delega-
tion is still one of the major issues
to be resolved. But he stressed,
"there are a lot of serious, credi-
ble, substantial leaders in the
Palestinian community, men who
are very seriously interested in
working out a peaceful negotia-
tions." He warned against getting
"hung up on labels as some parties
have."
Although the Administration
had talked earlier of achieving di-

rect negotiations by the end of this
year, the official said progress had
been made "despite the
background of violence" that had
marred the year in the Mideast.
He said the terrorist acts over the
year "both distract you from the
peace process and spur you on."
But he stressed, "the basic con-
dition for progress is there, the
commitment of both Prime Minis-
ter Peres and King Hussein to the
goal of direct negotiations with-
out a guaranteed outcome and to
making every effort to achieve it."
He added that "no matter how
much effort this Administration
extends to seeking to bring the
two sides together, no matter how
effective are efforts might be, it is
basically the desire of the parties
themselves to resolve their differ-
ences that is going to spell success
or failure."
However, the official warned
that "time is not inexhaustable"
and decisions must be taken "and
taken soon." But he said he was
not talking about any specific
dates or deadlines.
He stressed that the U.S. was
not concerned about next Sep-
tember when under Israel's unity
government agreement Peres is
replaced as Premier by Foreign

The U.S. official
maintained that both
Israel and Jordan
have agreed on the
international
conference.

Minister Yitzhak Shamir. He
noted that Peres' participation in
the peace process is on the basis of
the coalition agreement. "I can't
imagine any Israeli government
not pursuing an opportunity for
peace," he said.
Nor did the official see a dead-
line as March 1 when the Con-
gressional resolution barring on
arms sale to Jordan unless that
country begins negotiations with
Israel runs out. However, he said
Jordan needs the arms to show it
has the full support of the U.S.
The official said Egypt was try-
ing to help Jordan in the peace
process. But he said right now
Egypt's "greatest contribution"
can be in improving its own rela-
tions with Israel. He said there
were "grounds for optimism" that
the Taba controversy will be set-
tled soon.
The official noted that Hussein
is trying to involve Syria in the
peace process, although Syria is
not yet ready. However, he con-
tended that Syria is not as oppres-
sed as it once was.
The official faulted a group of
Palestinians from the West Bank

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