Now at Lincoln Center! Next to A&P EXPERIENCED WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIR E & R Watch Repair All Work Guaranteed WASHINGTON IN BRIEF Peres, Shultz. Discuss Mideast Peace Parley New York (JTA) — Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Secretary of State George Shultz met for 90 minutes here last weekend, apparent- ly to discuss an international conference for Middle East peace. But neither man comment- ed on that issue when they emerged from their talk, nor did they refer to it later in their remarks at a dinner given in their honor by the Ben Gurion Centennial Com- mittee, the culminating event in the year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion. Peres and Shultz met again when both attended a meet- ing of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) before Peres re- turned to Israel. Addressing the 28th annual policy con- ference of AIPAC, Shultz said that the Reagan Administra- tion has made it clear it will continue to "explore" the feasibility of an international conference on Middle East peace despite the deadlock in Israel's national unity government over the issue. "The President and I are not committed to an interna- tional conference and we are- not asking others to commit themselves," Shultz told the 1200 persons at the confer- ence. But, Shultz stressed that the United States be- lieves that a "real opportuni- ty" exists for making pro- gress and "it is important to explore all possible ap- proaches" including an inter- national conference that would lead promptly to direct face-to-face negotiations. Shultz took pains to em- phasize that the U.S. was "careful not to intervene in domestic Israeli politics," a reference to the current split in which Peres and his Labor Party was pressing for such a conference to the vehement opposition of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Likud. Peres, in a speech to AIPAC as well as in his other public remarks, asserted that he had not come to the U.S. to seek support for his position but to explain it. "I didn't ask for any state- ment by Mr. Shultz aimed at Israel," Peres said on NBC- TV's "Meet the Press". "I think the United States has clarified its position and I hope they won't rotate from it." Shultz told AIPAC he believes King Hussein of Jor- dan "is sincere in his readiness to pursue a nego- tiated settlement" through direct negotiations with Israel. He said that Hussein also agrees that the interna- tional conference, which the king has demanded, "will not impose any solution or veto any agreement made by the negotiating parties. The Secretary stressed that Palestinians must participate in the negotiations, but "on- ly in a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation." He ruled out any part for the Palestine Libera- tion Organization in peace talks. In another development, in Jerusalem, Communications Minister Amnon Rubinstein announced that he would ad- vise his Shinui Party to leave the Labor-Likud unity coali- tion government in which it has been a strong ally of Labor. A decision is expected after the Shinui Council meets. Although the party holds only three Knesset seats, its defection would seriously weaken Peres in his bitter deadlock with - Shamir. But Rubinstein, who sup- ports Peres on that issue, in- dicated his move was intend- ed to spur Labor to break its three-year coalition with Likud and press for early elec- tions. But the "last straw," he said, was Likud's negotia- tions with the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party which has four Kriesset mandates that could enable Likud to form a nar- rowly based coalition without Labor. Likud reportedly pro- mised - Shas it would push through the controversial "Who is a Jew" amendment to the Law of Return which would outlaw conversions by non-orthodox rabbis. Shas politicians were con- ferring with the party's Coun- cil of Sages over whether former Interior Minister Rab- bi Yitzhak Peretz should re- join the Cabinet in return for Likud's promises. Peretz resigned several months ago __. rather than comply with a 1 Supreme Court order to register as Jewish an im- migrant, Shoshana Miller, converted by a Reform rabbi in the U.S. Give today Your donation to the Association for Retarded Citizens will help improve the life of a child or adult with mental retardation — and support research into treatment and prevention of the condition in others. 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