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FRIDAY, AUG. 28, 1987
Grunwald May Be Ideal
As Ambassador To Vienna
when he assumes his new ,
post, Bookbinder said, will
provide a unique opportunity
for the ambassador to make
this point — if he chooses to
do so.
JAMES DAVID BESSER
Special to The Jewish News
T
he anticipated ap-
pointment of Henry
Anatole Grunwald to
be the next U.S. ambassador
to Austria caught official
Washington by surprise —
and especially the communi-
ty of Jewish activists here.
Early indications suggest
that the appointment to the
sensitive post is being greeted
with widespread approval.
A State Department
spokesmen revealed last week
that Grunwald, until recent-
ly editor-in-chief of Time, Inc.,
was undergoing background
checks prior to his official
nomination. Grunwald will
replace Ronald S. Lauder, who
will be returning to the
United States in early fall.
U.S.-Austrian relations have
been strained in the past year
as a result of the election of
Kurt Waldheim to the presi-
dency despite revelations
about his World War II ser-
vice with a unit that par-
ticipated in the deportation of
thousands of Jews, partisans,,
and Yugoslav civilians.
Waldheim's election posed a
tricky diplomatic dilemma. for
the folks at Foggy Bottom.
After all, it is not easy to
maintain the diplomatic
niceties with a country whose
ceremonial leader has been
banned from the United
States by the Justice Depart-
ment. At the same time,
Austria is an ally, and has
become an important link in
the chain for Jews fleeing the
Soviet Union.
Grunwald will bring to his
new post a kind of poignant
symbolism clearly intended
to make a point about how
the U.S. views Waldheim's
past. The 64-year-old former
editor fled Nazi-controlled
Austria in 1940, and he is a
Jew: Over the years, he has
maintained ties with his
native country. Unlike many
ambassadors to Vienna — a
post generally regarded as a
political plum — Grunwald
speaks the language and has
an exhaustive knowledge of
Austrian culture and politics.
The reaction here has been
unusually positive. "We are
very satisfied with the ap-
pointment," according to
Mark Pelavin, acting
Washington representative
for the American Jewish Con-
gress. "This appointment
sends a strong message to
Vienna. The fact that Mr.
Grunwald is a Jew is a power-
A Lonely Voice On ,
Missile Proliferation
Grunwald: from 'Time' to Vienna?
ful symbol — but the most im-
portant fact is that they're
sending a - very competent
man?'
Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of
the American Jewish Com-
mittee was involved in early
meetings at the State Depart-
ment to find a successor to
Lauder. "His Jewishness
wasn't a consideration, as far
as I could tell," 'Tanenbaum
said. "The feeling at State
was that we needed a first-
rate person who could help
control the erosion in the rela-
tionship between Austria and
the U.S. Grunwald is a first-
rate intellectual with a inside
feel for the problems the
Austrians face in coping with
their past. He also has an ex-
cellent insight into what the
opportunities are for change
and growth. That's an ex-
traordinary combination."
Hyman Bookbinder, the
American Jewish Commit-
tee's Washington represen-
tative, expressed a different
hope about the new ambassa-
dor-designate. "I was in Ger-
many the week the news
about Waldheim's meeting
with the pope was an-
nounced," Bookbinder said. "I
had many discussions with
Germans, and they kept say-
ing they didn't understand
why the United States was
taking action against
Waldheim. 'There's no case
against him' they would say,
`there's no evidence? I think
many people in Austria feel
the same way. So there is a
great need for all of us to see
that they know at least as
much as is known in
America. I have conveyed my
hope to the State Department
that
the new ambassador will con-
vey our feelings about
Waldheim and the evidence
that has been developed
about his past."
The unusual attention that
will be focused on Grunwald
Senator Dan Quayle (R-
ind.) is stepping up his cam-
paign to alert the nation to
the growing danger of missile
proliferation. A special focus
of his concern has been the
Middle East, where a number
of nations are in the process
of acquiring sophisticated
ballistic missile systems. And
this, Quayle argues, means a
vastly greater potential that
regional wars will escalate in-
to much broader, more dan-
erous conflagrations.
Quayle gives the • distinct
impression of singing a very
lonely tune. "The pace of
missile proliferation in the
Third World is definitely
heating up," he says. "Unfor-
tunately, not enough people
seem to care." Members of his
staff complain that the issue
has received scant attention
in the media. , Pro-Israel
groups, too, have steered clear
of the issue — despite the fact
that Israel may be the nation
most directly threatened by
t'he spread of this technology.
The latest volley from
Quayle's office is based on a
new report prepared by the
Congressional Research Ser-
vice and released last week.
The report documents missile
development programs in
countries like Pakistan and
India. Soviet-supplied
missiles in Syria and Egypt
are already capable of strik-
ing targets anywhere in
Israel. Iraq and Libya are
buying missiles from Brazil,
the acknowledged leader in
Third World missile develop-
ment and export. In addition
to its other missile projects,
Brazil is developing one
missile with an expected
range of 1200 kilometers.
"Brazil's export policy, if it
does not change, will continue
to be a matter of great con-
cern, especially as Brazilian
missile technology improves"
according to the report.
In his crusade against
missile proliferation, Quayle
is introducing legislation to
ask the president to report to
Congress on staffing and
funding requirements to im-
plement the missile tech-
nology export control agree-
ment reached in April with
six other industrialized coun-