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For further information call 352-7117 or Phyllis Domstein at 354-1050. 24 Friday, January 30, 1987 a MIDRASHA d ce ce 21550 W. 12 MI. RD. • 12 MILE RD. a a E 9 9 11 MILE RD. Division of United Hebrew Schools THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOCUS K hicago — David Kim- che, the former direc- tor-general of Israel's Foreign Ministry who helped coordinate the Iranian arms deal, has declared in an inter- view that had he known in ad- vance of the Contras connec- tion, he would have never per- mitted Israel to participate in the operation. Moreover, he openly ridiculed the notion that he or any other Israeli might have originated the scheme to divert funds to the Nicaraguan rebels. Reached at home via trans- Atlantic telephone, Kimche repeated his vehement denial that he knew of the Contras connection in advance. "I learned of this affair at exact- ly the same time that the whole United States learned it . . . the day it was pub- lished," declares Kimche. His reaction to the news was, "I thought it was ridiculous." Because Kimche is no longer a government official, he has become Israel's unofficial "point man" on the crisis, ver- balizing Jerusalem's frustra- tion and anger. As such, Kim- che again lashed out at the notion that Colonel Oliver North may have accused him of originating the schema Qualifying first, "I'm still not sure that he [North] ac- tually did accuse me in front of the [House] Foreign Rela- tions Committee — because he knows the truth?' Kimche denied that the word "Con- tras" was even mentioned during his two meetings with North. "In the first meeting [in a Washington restaurant in November 1985], there was another person present, [former National Security Council staffer] Michael Le- deen, who has since. . . averred that the word "Con- tras" didn't come up during that meeting." In a second meeting shortly thereafter in London, 'there were Israelis, there were Iran- ians, and there was Pat Mc- Farlane and other Ameri- cans," noted Kimche. "Obviously in such a meeting with so many people, the sub- ject couldn't come up. So I con- sider the whole thing to be ridiculous." With some irritation, Kim- che added, "If Colonel North did actually say what he is supposed to have said, then he is obviously, definitely ly- ing— he is a liar. It is a malicious, vicious slander and it means that he or somebody else is indeed trying to make me or Israel a scapegoat." Asked if he would have per- mitted Israel to participate in the operation had he known of plans to divert arms pro- ceeds to the Contras, Kimche answered, "N egative." He ex- David Kimche plained, "First, from a pure- ly professional point of view, one should never link two plans or operations together. It's almost an elementary thing, because if one falls then the other one is im- mediately damaged?' Kimche, added, "the fact that he [North] is now saying that I proposed this is therefore also an insult to my professional- ism. "Second," Kimche con- tinued, "this would mean that I was trying to persuade an American official to flaunt the Congress — something I would never dream of doing." Israel's veteran foreign rela- tions specialist asserted that the Jewish State would never do anything to endanger its special relationship with Congress. Denials and Israeli perspec- tives notwithstanding, Kim- che also pointed out why the notion that the Contras scheme originated with him is not credible on its face: "It is a dubious honor to say that I succeeded in just one small conversation to send the whole of America's policy upside down," says Kimche. "That would mean tremendous powers of persua- sion. Obviously, if that would be the case, I would advise the American foreign policy [sic] to do all sorts of other things. I just haven't got that power, I'm sorry to say," he declared. Trying to place his role in perspective, Kimche insisted, "I wasn't the guy who thought it [the Iranian arms plan] up — as some jour- nalists disclosed, nor was I the guy who masterminded it. . . . Look, I was asked to come in to coordinate political affairs in July 1985. When I came over to the United States and tried to continue with this operation, I didn't come over as an Israeli Super- man or an Israeli Mighty Mouse to bewitch the boys and make them do things they didn't want to do," he says. "I came to say this is what we in Israel are capable of doing. You people in the United States decide whether you want us to do it or not." Reflecting continuing ir- ritation over the controversy, c3