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leader's arrival, according to re-
ports from Paris Tuesday. Peres
was accompanied by Rafi Edri,
chairman of the Labor Party's
Knesset faction, his media aide
Uri Savir and broadcast crews
from Israel Television and Radio.
Edri, who is Moroccan-born, vis-
ited that country recently and
met with Hassan, possibly in
connection with Peres' visit.
In an immediate reaction to
Peres' visit, Syria broke diploma-
tic relations with Morocco Tues-
day and Damascus Radio accused
Hassan of "a long history of
treason against the Arabs."
President Hosni Hubarak of
Egypt welcomed the meeting as
"a good initiative" that must be
supported by all who favor peace
in the region. He told reporters in
Cairo Tuesday, "I appreciate the
meeting" but he refused to specu-
late as to whether it might bring
Hussein into the peace process.
The visit made front-page head-
lines in the Egyptian press Tues-
day.
Jordan's state-controlled media
did not mention the visit until
late Tuesday morning, long after
it was headlined all over the
world. It stressed that Jordan had
no advance knowledge.
Most Israelis wished Peres
godspeed on his mission. There
was less favorable reaction on the
left of the political spectrum and
bitter criticism on the far right.
MK Geula Cohen of the right-
wing Tehiya Party declared
Tuesday "Shimon Peres must be
stopped before it is too late.
Morocco is where they sold out all
of Sinai . . . what are they going
to sell out now?"
Likud circles greeted the sur-
prise trip with some cynical
comment and reservations. "I
hope this is not a stunt designed
to torpedo the rotation," Likud
Knesset faction chairman Sara
Doron said, referring to the rota-
tion of power agreement by which
Likud leader Yitzllak Shamir
will take over the office of Prime
Minister from Peres next 0e-
tober.
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer of the
Labor-allied Yahad Party
suggested that there "must be
more to it than just the visit itself
and meeting with Hassan." He
speculated that Peres might meet
with other Arab leaders in
Morocco as well.
But Cabinet Secretary Yossi
Beilin, one of Peres' closest asso-
ciates, cautioned against expec-
tations of immediate substantive
results. He said in a radio inter-
view Tuesday that the meeting
was not intended "for negotia-
tions" but for a thorough ex-
change of views.
Nevertheless, Beilin noted that
the very fact it was taking place
publicly was "unprecedented
completely different from secret
meetings." He spoke hopefully of
the possible evolution of a bloc of
moderate Arab states, including
Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia
and Jordan, which was moving
toward the "legitimization" of Is-
rael's presence in the Middle
East.
Minister- Without-Portfolio
Ezer Weizman of the Yahad
Party suggested Tuesday that
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Shimon Peres:
New Peace Initiative
Peres' meeting with Hassan
could help improve the Israeli-
Egyptian relationship, currently
in a state of "cold'.' peace. Weiz-
man also observed that Hassan
would not have invited the Israeli
Premier for a public meeting "un-
less he had some ideas to put for-
ward, something to contribute
about the Middle East peace
process." By the same token,
Peres would not have gone to
Morocco "empty-handed," Weiz-
man said.
There were complaints from
Meir Wilner, veteran leader of
the Hadash Communist Party
that Peres' move "deliberately
avoided the main issue" which
according to Wilner was the need
to talk to the Palestinians
through their legitimate repre-
sentative, the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization.
Yossi Sarid of the Citizens
Rights Movement (CRM) also
stressed the need to address the
Palestinian problem rather than
peripheral issues. But his CRM
colleague, Mordechai Baram,
said the party welcomed every
contact with Arab leaders and
wished Peres well.
Correspondant Wolf Blitzer
wrote from Washington: that the
United States warmly welcomed
the visit, but U.S. officials
cautioned against expecting any
immediate breakthrough in the
stalled Arab-Israeli peace proc-
ess.
They expressed hope that Jor-
dan's King Hussein would follow
Hassan's lead and open direct
negotiations with Israel Hussein,
they said, was apparently wait-
ing to assess the political fallout
from this dramatic development.
U.S. officials said that Hussein
had been informed of the Peres
visit to Morocco in advance.
Through high-level diplomatic
channels, the- U.S. was actively
working to win Arab world sup-
port for the Peres-Hassan talks.
But the Americans were
clearly nervous and uncertain.
Privately, they worried about
Hassan's standing in the Arab
world. Publicly, they strongly
supported his decision.
Responding to questions,
White House spokesman Larry
Speakes said the Syrian decision
to sever diplomatic ties with
Morocco was "a negative step
which flies into the face of the