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have a claim to justice" even though they
have been "horribly badly spoken for by
their leaders."
The author spent four days in Lebanon
with Yassir Arafat (years before the Israelis
actually entered Lebanon) while he was
researching Drummer Girl. A waiter at the
Commodore Hotel informed him in whis-
pers that "Our leader will see you now" and
led him to the PLO leader. Le Carre had
forewarned Israeli authorities that he
would meet with Arafat if possible. Dur-
ing his time interviewing "the fighting
kids" of the PLO in Sidan, the novelist had
"the questionable pleasure of being sha-
dowed by Israeli spotter planes," he said.
Why did other Arab states fail to take
in the Palestinian refugees? Le Carre feels
the reasons' for their rejection by their
Arab brethren paralleled those for the re-
jection of German Jewish refugees by the
anti-Semitic European nations.
With characteristic ambivalence — and
honesty — Le Carre said he "would like to
think a Palestinian State on the West Bank
and Gaza would work," but added, "If I
were an Israeli, I wouldn't accept it."
If there is an anti-Israeli tilt in Le Carre's
attitude towards the Middle East Impasse,
it surfaces most vividly in his views on
anti-terrorist tactics. He condemns mili-
tary intervention in response to terrorism,
believing that "it is tolerable only if you
can foresee the outcome." More pointedly
he says, "I don't think it's right to take in-
nocent life in response to the taking of in-
nocent life."
The Israelis, Le Carre conceded, are the
most expert at the so-called "surgical
strike" because "unfortunately they are
the most experienced" at anti-terrorism.
The novelist felt President Reagan's recent
retaliation against Libya was "not g )od for
the allies" although it was "maybe g )od for
internal feelings" in the United States.
American casualties in terror incidents
have been "minute" in comparison to tho s e
suffered by Europeans, he adds.
Le Carre vehemently disagreed with the
Thatcher government's military interven-
tion in the Falkland Islands, an incident he
termed "a diplomatic disaster?' His dissent
at the time infuriated many in the British
press.
"I hadn't realized how much fun war was
for so many of my people," he commented.
"Brits adore war. They were most hateful
children leaning out windows and singing
`Rule Britannia' during that disgraceful
(Falklands) episode."
A reporter suggested that Joseph, the
enigmatic Israeli agent who controls Char-
lie in Drummer Girl, seemed a likely can-
didate to revive for any future thriller set
in the area. Jos, like George Smiley in The
Spy Who Came In From The Cold and The
Looking Glass War, believes he does what
he does — the dirty business of espionage
— for the greater good of his people. He,
like Smiley, suffers the moral turmoil with

which the author endows his best spy-
heroes. Le Carre said he is finished writing
about the Middle East.
Joseph may be finished, but George
Smiley may be in the wings awaiting Le
Carre's further attention. Smiley's predica-
ment — the author calls it "menopausal
disenchantment" with the compromise of
his moral conscience in his clandestin
work — continues to intrigue Le Carre. B e
confesses that Smiley has much of David
Cornwell about him — "We both know th€
cost of war" — just as Rick, the brillan'
and charming but volatile father of I.
Perfect Spy, has much of David Cornwell'.
own unreliable father about him. The auto
or hopes that Albert Finney will sign t ,
play Rick in the upcoming seven-part BB(
series based on A Perfect Spy.

Le Carre admires Israel as
an open, democratic
society, but believes
Israelis need to recognize
that there have been
"fearful casualties" in the
making of "their great
experiment."

The amount of important democratic
decision-making that has been delegated
to secret services alarms David Cornwell.
He finds daily revelations about espionage
in the U.S. so "grotesque" and "exotic" that
he could never get away with them in his
stories. "You have to understate in fiction,"
he has concluded.
He is alarmed, too, at Americans' com-
promise of public and private morality. He
believes Americans harbor the mistaken
impression that they can change things
through military intervention and covert
action by their intelligence agencies.
Secret services in Europe traditionally
gather and sift information, the author
says. Their foreign services mount follow-
up operations, not the secret services
themselves. He feels Americans today
seem willing to countenance clandestine
operationS against others whom they
would certainly condemn if carried out
within their own borders.
Le Cane has shelved Smiley and his
specious moral posture for the time being
so that he may project himself into other
minds — like Charlie's and Rick's — per-
haps exorcising some more personal dem-
ons in the process. But when Smiley left
the stage, it was not clear whether he, who
"did his job so that ordinary citizens could
sleep at night unawares," was really a hero
at all. Weary George Smily carried his
horse uphill all the time. His creator asked,
and is still asking: "Was all that sacrifice
of moral conscience just a cop-out?"