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discussed some other possible
Palestinian candidates with
Peres and Hussein.
But whether they achieved
some final understanding on the
list, as of this writing, is still
unclear.
In addition to the deadline of
the job rotation in the National
Unity Government, the Reagan
Administration has a more
pressing timetable problem in-
volving its proposed 1.9 billion
dollar anti-aircraft missile
system and fighter aircraft
package for Jordan. A major
battle with Congress is looming
in February unless King Hus-
sein should utter some new
declarations promising to end
the state of belligerency with
Israel. A March 1 deadline has
been set by the Administration.
Certainly, the prospect of Jor-
dan's actually sitting down at a
bargaining table with Israel
would go a long way towards
easing the mounting Congres-
sional opposition.
Thus, much of Murphy's dis-
cussions with Hussein in Lon-
don involved that sale, seen by
Jordan as a critical litmus test
in determining U.S. friendship.
If that sale is not approved, Jor-
dan is almost certain to look
elsewhere in the world for its
major weapons systems.
Most Reagan Administration
officials, especially at the State
Department, the Pentagon and
the National Security Council,
are clearly prepared to enter in-
to an all-out confrontation with
Israel's friends in Congress over
the sale. Some of Reagan's
domestic political advisers are
reluctant to have such a bruis-
ing battle right now. But foreign
policy considerations are ap-
parently more pressing for the
Administration as a whole.
In some respects, the lines
would be drawn very similarly
to those of the bitter 1981 Saudi
AWACS surveillance package.
That sale was narrowly approv-
ed by a 52-to-48 roll call margin
in the Senate. But Reagan first
had to use all of his personal
powers of persuasion on Capitol
Hill to push it through. In the
process, there were obliious
strains between Washington
and Jerusalem as well as be-
tween the Administration and
the American Jewish community.
Administration officials recog-
nize that there is little likelihood
that Peres could step forward
with a "wink and a nod," effec-
tively giving his blessing to the
sale as the lesser of all evils fac-
ing`Israel. The Americans have
been arguing that the sale is ac-
tually in Israel's own best inter-
est since the alternative would
be British, French or maybe
even Soviet military systems in
Jordan. At least with U.S. equip-
ment, the Americans argue,
there is some control over its
use.
But Peres is unlikely, to go
that far, unless Hussein changes
his public tune. No Israeli politi-
cian could be seen as accepting
new weapons sales to countries
still in a formal state of war
against Israel.
As it is, Israeli officials have
been worried about Hussein's
highly publicized closing of the
ranks with Syrian President
Hafez Assad. The two Arab
leaders recently met in Damas-
cus. Murphy, U.S. officials, was
instructed to obtain from Hus-
sein a first-hand reading of
Syrian intentions toward the
peace process. There is still
some confuction in Washington
about what Assad is really up
to: Does his xapproachement
with Hussein mean the Syrian
position is becoming more
reasonable and moderate, or
does it mean that Hussein's
position is becoming more ob-
durate? And where exactly does
the Soviet Union fit into the
picture?
To Washington, Hussein's
public moves toward Damascus
are fully understanable. Hussein
is seen in the U.S. as weak and
vulnerable. U.S. officials see the
Jordanian monarch as taking
out some insurance if the entire
peace process should falter.
For the Administration, how-
ever, this raises an added dilem-
ma. The improved state of Jor-
danian-Syrian relations weakens
its case before Congress of the
pending weapons sale to Jordan.
Defense and State Department
officials, in initial testimony in
support of the sale late last year,
argued that Jordan needed the
systems to protect itself primar-
ily against the Syrian threat. •
Thus, with Hussein and
Assad hugging and kissing
before the televsion cameras,
that argument seems weaker to-
day than it was only a few
months ago.
In short, despite the Reagan
Administration's many other
headaches, the Middle East can
be expected to return to the
spotlight in the coming weeks
and months. "We're going to
give it an all out try," one
Administration official said.
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