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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?"