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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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©1987 Pearle Health Services, Inc.
The actual content of Ara-
fat's message was not surpris-
ing. What was unusual was
the PLO's use of China to
pass on such a message —
normally, the PLO uses
"moderate" Arab countries
for that purpose — and
China's readiness to be used.
It was the first time that the
Chinese had been prepared to
serve as a formal diplomatic
conduit between the PLO and
Washington.
In the past, the Chinese
maintained a low profile in
the Arab-Israeli conflict even
as they paid strong lip service
to the Palestinian cause. But,
U.S. specialists said, the
Chinese have played a much
more visible role in the Iran-
Iraq war. China has emerged
in recent years as one of Iran's
major weapons supplier. This
has become for the Chinese a
valuable source of hard cur-
rency. Thus, they have a much
greater stake in the Iran-Iraq
war than they do in the Arab-
Israeli confrontation.
The Chinese appear to be
lukewarm about getting in-
volved in an international
conference on the Arab-
Israeli conflict. But by all ac-
counts, they would still agree
to participate if their four
Security Council partners —
the U.S., Soviet Union,
France and Britain — as well
as Israel and the Arabs (in-
cluding the PLO) asked them
to join.
According to diplomats in
Washington and New York,
China wants to have the same
diplomatic footing at an in-
ternational conference as its
chief rival, the Soviet Union.
That the Chinese were willing
to pass along Arafat's note in-
dicates a shift in the Chinese
posture. China, slowly but
surely, is becoming increas-
ingly more willing to take
some modest risks to advance
its own diplomatic interests
in the Middle East and else-
where around the world —
risks that would have been
considered unheard of only a
year or two ago.
But China's traditional cau-
tion was still evident even in
its readiness to convey the
message. Shultz received the
note from a mid-level Foreign
Ministry official; if the note
had been given by a top
leader, it would have signalled
a greater Chinese willingness
to get involved in ArabIsraeli
diplomacy.
The Chinese recognize that
they would almost certainly
have to establish diplomatic
relations with Israel before
Israel would be willing to
allow them to attend any
such parley. And the Chinese,
while certainly moving to-
ward such a decision, are not
yet prepared to do so.
U.S. officials confirmed
that there has been a secret
dialogue between Israel and
China for several years. There
are commercial ties, reported-
ly including Israeli arms ex-
ports to China.
The Soviet Union was the
behind-the-scenes driving
force in pushing through the
UN General Assembly a res-
olution calling for an interna-
tional conference. The resolu-
tion asked UN Secretary-
General Perez de Cuellar to
consult with the five perma-
nent members of the Securi-
ty Council to convene a
"preparatory meeting" which
would lead to a full-scale in-
ternational conference. Thus,
the five permanent members
were accorded a special
responsibility.
As a result, the Secretary-
General convened the five
permament members for
some "informal" consulta-
tions on an Arab-Israeli con-
ference. But there was no
agreement among the five —
let alone among the Arabs
and Israel — on the pre-
cedures for convening an in-
ternational conference.
Neither Britain nor France
favored an actual preparatory
meeting among the five,
although both did favor
"preparations," which were
left vague.
The Soviets favor the im-
plementation of the General
Assembly resolution — mean-
ing an actual "preparatory"
meeting of the five Security
Council members to reach
agreement on a formula for
an international conference.
But the U.S. position was in
strong opposition to,any such
notion.
Secretary Shultz said that
any parley would have to
result in direct, bilateral
negotiations among the par-
ties immediately concerned.
The full plenary members
would not be in any position
to veto or impede these kinds
of negotiations. There could
be no imposed settlements.
But a Soviet spokesman in
Moscow, Boris Pyadeshev,
said that any conference
must be more than an "um-
brella" for face-to-face
negotiations between Israel
and Jordan.
Hardliners
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Religion." Dialogues between
Jews and Catholics "have over-
come 1,800 years of hatred and
bias," the rabbi said.
The dialogues were developed
slowly over a long period of
time, but eventually five na-
tional organizations became in-
volved and still devote $10