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Adviser Says Mideast
Is Dukakis Priority
ELIZABETH KAPLAN
Staff Writer
A
s president, Michael
Dukakis would not
allow anyone who
disagrees with his plans for
the Middle East to participate
in the peace process, accor-
ding to Madeleine Korbel
Albright, the Democratic
hopeful's senior foreign policy
adviser.
Albright cited specifically
the Rev. Jesse Jackson, whom
she said would not have a role
in determining American
policy in the Middle East or
join in any negotations in the
region.
Albright, who made a one-
day stop in Detroit last week,
also said that, if elected,
Dukakis would tackle Middle
East problems from the day
he set foot in the Oval Office.
He would appoint a special
envoy to the area and aim for
direct negotiations between
Israelis and Arabs, she said.
Albright did not offer a
specific format for peace talks
or details of how to achieve
peace because "You can't just
go in with a plan and say
`Take it or leave it! "
She also would not say
whether Dukakis envisions
participation in the talks by
the Soviet Union, or the
Palestine Liberation
Organization if Yassir Arafat
recognizes Israel's right to
exist.
"There are so many ifs,"
Albright said. "It's like say-
ing, if my grandmother had
wheels, she'd be a bicycle!'
Yet she did say Dukakis
would insist on one criterion
for Middle East negotiations:
Israel must have the right to
decide who constitute
suitable participants.
Albright, who holds a Ph.D.
from the Columbia Universi-
ty's department of public law
and government, denounced
as "flat out lies" charges by
some Republicans that
Dukakis has called for the
establishment of a Palesti-
nian state.
She also responded to com-
plaints that the
Massachusetts governor is
unqualified in areas of foreign
policy.
A foreign policy adviser on
the Mondale-Ferraro cam-
paign and a former staff
member of the National
Security Council, Albright
said she has "a pretty good
sense of what it takes to be a
strong foreign policy analyst"
— like the ability to stick to
a decision and work through
bureacracy.
"Mike Dukakis has a record
of that," she said.
Albright had less positive
words for Dukakis' opponent,
George Bush, whom she
described as having a number
of foreign policy failures. She
mentioned his participation
in the "arms for hostages"
deal with Iran, saying,
"When it's a question of
judgement, George Bush has
exhibited very little judge-
ment. And that goes to show
that resumes don't do you any
good!"
Albright called Dukakis a
lifelong supporter of Israel
who understands the impor-
tance of the nation as an
American ally and recognizes
the historical and friendly
ties that bind Israel and the
United States.
Dukakis has been to Israel
once, in 1976, at which time
he said the country cannot
return to its pre-1967 borders,
Albright said. Pre-1967
borders do not include the
West Bank, Gaza Strip or
Golan Heights.
She also said he advocates
recognizing Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel and that
Dukakis, if elected, would not
support arms sales to the
Arabs.
Numerous photographs
have shown a smiling
Dukakis meeting with
Israel's Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres; and Albright
acknowledged that the two
are clOse.
Yet it may be Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir
with whom Dukakis could be
working. Elections to the
Knesset, which will pit Peres'
Labor Party against Shamir's
Likud bloc, also will be held
next month.
Albright said Dukakis sup-
ports the basic outlines of the
Middle East peace initiative
of Secretary of State George
Shultz, which calls for an in-
ternational peace conference.
Peres backs such a forum,
but Shamir has frequently
voiced his opposition to it.
Albright expressed op-
timism, however, that
Dukakis could work well with
Prime Minister Shamir
because "he respects him as
a very tough, pragmatic na-
tional leader!'
Despite their differences in
other areas, Shamir or Peres
share the same goal as
Dukakis: Middle East peace,
Albright said.
"And it's time we get that
process going," she said,
"because if you're not moving
forward, you're moving
backward."
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