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Friday, June 13, 1986
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Israel 'Cooperates'
On Pollard Case
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Washington (JTA) — The
State Department declared last
Monday that Israel "has
cooperated" with U.S. inves-
tigators in the Jonathan Pollard
espionage affair, and obliquely
criticized Justice Department
officials and others for state-
ments accusing the Israeli
government of withholding in-
formation on the case.
Responding to a statement by
Israeli Prime Minister Shimon
Peres in which he denied sugges-
tions that an extensive Israeli
spy ring has been operating in
the United States, State Depart-
ment spokesman Bernard Kalb
said the U.S. "welcomes and ac-
cepts this statement and Is-
rael's renewed pledge to coop-
erate with the investigation on
the remaining issues in the
Pollard case." Jonathan Pollard,
a former navy analyst, pleaded
guilty of conspiring to sell
American secrets to Israel.
The Israeli statement as-
serted that no espionage ac-
tivities are being carried out
against the U.S. on Israel's
behalf. It was issued in response
to suggestions leaked to the
press by officials in the Justice
Department that Pollard may
have been part of a wider opera-
tion.
Israel has maintained that the
engagement of Pollard for es-
pionage activities was un-
authorized. But the indictments
issued against Pollard and his
wife, Anne Henderson-Pollard,
named as unindicted co-con
spirators at least two Israelis
whose roles in the affair had not
come out during consultations
with Justice Department auth-
orities who visited Israel under
a cooperation agreement worked
out following the Pollard cou-
ple's arrest.
Kalb said that "the U.S. has
no evidence on any espionage
ring involving Israeli officials
other than the ones described in
the indictment of the Pollards."
He also noted that "the indict-
ment and successful prosecution
was made possible through the
cooperation of the government
of Israel."
Contesting accusations of in-
sufficient Israeli cooperation
made to the press by unnamed
Justice Department officials
and repeated on the record by
William Webster, head of the
Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, Kalb maintained that
"Israel has cooperated in accor-
dance with the terms of its
agreement with the Department
of Justice."
Pollard pleaded guilty to spy-
ing for Israel while working as
a civilian intelligence analyst for
the U.S. Navy. His wife, Anne,
also pleaded guilty to the
charges of conspiring to receive
embezzled government property
and being an accessory after the
fact to the possession of na-
tional defense documents.
The pleas worked out between
the Justice Department and the
ment avoids a jury trial in which
revelations could have further
damaged relations between the
United States and Israel.
Chief Judge Aubrey Robin-
son, Jr., of the U.S, District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia, withheld sentencing pen-
ding a report from the probation
department on the two Pollards.
Pollard, 31, actually pleaded
guilty to conspiracy to commit
espionage rather than to es-
pionage itself, apparently as a
result of the agreement between
the Justice Department and his
lawyer.
But either charge carries a
maximum of a life prison
sentence and a $250,000 fine.
Mrs. Pollard, 26, could receive
up to 10 years in prison and fines
totaling $500,000.
U.S. Attorney Joseph di-
Genova indicated to reporters
Bernard Kalb
maintained that
"Israel has
cooperated in
accordance with the
terms of its
agreement with the
Department of
Justice."
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that he will not seek the max-
imum but would seek "sustan-
tial" sentences.
Pollard's attorney, Richard
Hibey, told reporters that "at
no time " did Pollard believe "he
was acting contrary to the in-
terests of the United States."
DiGenova said that the in-
vestigation is continuing and
that the Pollards are coop-
erating as part of their agree-
ment with the Justice De-
partment. He said it was possi-
ble that others would be in-
dicted, but would not say
whether they were Israelis or
Americans.
According to documents,
Pollard first began supplying
documents to Israeli Col. Aviem
Sella, at that time a graduate
student at New York Universi-
ty. In September, 1984, Sella
said he was returning to Israel
and directed Pollard and his wife
to go to Paris at Israeli expense.
There, they met with Sella, Rafi
Eitan, who headed the unit
charged with conducting the es-
pionage and Joseph "Yossi"
Yagur, who was Science Consul
at the Israel Embassy in Wash-
ington.
Back in Washington, the
documents said, Pollard brought
documents every two weeks to
the Washington apartment of
Irit Erb, an Israeli working at