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taken, Justice Department of-
ficials must meet with repre-
sentatives of State to hammer
out the details of the order.
There is talk about a possible
deal between the Administra-
tion and Congress, but it ap-
pears unlikely that either side
will yield on the issue of the
PLO office in New York.
There is talk about a possible
deal between the admini-
stration and Congress, but it
appears unlikely that either
side will yield on the issue of
the PLO office in New York.
The Saudi Connection
, One of the intriguing
mysteries in Washington these
days involves the Administra-
tion's persistent efforts to con-
summate a major arms deal
with the government of Saudi
Arabia, in the face of equally
stubborn opposition by Con-
gress. Now, thanks to the Iran-
Contra hearings, some explana-
tions are coming to light.
There are growing indica-
tions that a key factor in the
Administration's pressure for
weapons deals is the Saudi
government's willingness to
bankroll secret American
foreign policy schemes through-
out the world.
The story, brok-en last week
by The New York Times, points
to Saudi contributions to pro-
American movements in Af-
ghanistan, Nicaragua, Paki-
stan, Yemen, Zaire, and
Somalia.
"Actually, we've been hearing
about some of these cases for a
long time," said one House aide
who is active in the debate on
the aborted Maverick missile
sale. "But it took the Iran-
Contra hearings — and the
revelation that the Saudis
secretly gave more than $30
million to the Contras — to lay
out the overall pattern. As the
hearings continue, I think the
connection between these
Saudi contributions and the Ad-
ministration's indebtedness
will become even clearer."
There are several explana-
tions for the Saudi govern-
ment's willingness to act as
secret bankers for America's
clandestine operations. One is
based on concerns shared by
Riydah and Washington over
Soviet influence in the Middle
East and the spread of Muslim
fundamentalism.
It is also possible that the
Saudis intended these contribu-
tions primarily as a way of
counteracting Israel's strong
presence in American politics,
by purchasing outright the
goodwill of the American
government. The succession of
arms sale proposals may repre-
sent the Administration's at-
tempts to pay off that debt —
an accusation made recently by
Rep. Lawrence J. Smith (D-FL)
in the heat of the debate over
F-15 fighters for Saudi Arabia.
There are two aspects to these
revelations that interest
lawmakers. The first is the
legality of using foreign govern-
ments to support causes that
Congress is reluctant to support
— or, as in the cases of the Con-
tras and the rebels in Angola,
movements for which American
assistance was specifically pro-
hibited by legislation.
And there is the question of
how the American government
is expected to repay the Saudis.
Obviously, advanced weapons
are part of the Saudi payoff. But
it is also likely that the Saudis
are seeking influence in
Washington by proving their
willingness to do America's dir-
ty work.
There are risks to this kind of
diplomatic gestuere. After each
arms sale fiasco, someone has
to run red-faced into the Saudis
and explain what happened.
There are questions about how
this kind of approach will affect
U.S.-Saudi relations in the long
term.
Official Washington is also
aware that Israel's hands are
not entirely clean when it
comes to supporting American
clandestine activities, a connec-
tion that is slowly coming into
the open through the Iran-
Contra hearings. But it is
generally accepted that Israel
was more sensitive to the
dangers of getting between a
president and a Congress try-
ing to end-run each other. This,
of course, could change as the
hearings begin to probe deeper
into Israeli involvement.
Airwaves Argument
In a local story with national
overtones, the Washington
Jewish community is seething
over a new weekly radio pro-
gram by a leader of the
Maryland-based Messianic
Jewish movement.
The Sunday morning broad-
cast on WNTR in Silver Spring
follows several hours of Jewish
programming, including the
popular Max Reznick show and
a program produced by the
Lubavitch movement. The tone
of the controversial program is
not unlike that of Reznick's,
and there is an obvious attempt
to give the show a strong
Jewish cast, right down to the
Hebrew prayers, the ethnic
music, and the abundant Yid-
dish expressions.
The host of the program is Sid
Roth, a leading figure in the
movement which seeks to con-
vert Jews to a peculiar brand of
fundamentalist Christianity.
The Messianic Jewish move-
ment, with its "Jews for Jesus"
ideology, emphasizes a belief in
Jesus Christ as the prophesied
Jewish Messiah. According to
the sect's theology, Jews who
convert are "fulfilling their
Jewishness." It has incor-
porated into its rituals the
form, if not the substance, of or-
thodox Judaism: their churches
are called "shuls," their
pastoral training institutions
"yeshivas:'
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