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Could Saying 'No'
To Arafat Backfire?

New York — While Israeli
officials called the U.S. deci-
sion "wise, correct and time-
ly," European allies this week
expressed surprise and anger
over the U.S. State Depart-
ment's decision to deny entry
to Palestine Liberation
Organization leader Yassir
Arafat so that he may address
the United Nations General
Assembly.
And key Arab leaders, in-
cluding Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak, whose
government is a U.S. ally, ask-
ed the United States to recon-
sider its decision.
Arafat's visa request was
rejected by Secretary of State
George Shultz, who cited
Arafat's record of support for
terrorism, including terrorist
acts against Americans. (Ac-
cording to a 1947 agreement,
the United States must not
interfere with U.N. business
unless there is a threat to na-
tional security; Shultz
asserted that Arafat pre-
sented such a threat.)
American Jewish organiza-
tions praised Shultz's deci-
sion, though some pro-Israel
members of Congress sug-
gested that the decision was
more emotional than
political. Seymour Reich, in-
ternational president of B'nai
B'rith, the world's largest
Jewish organization, said his
group endorses the State De-
partment decision "to prevent
a terrorist chieftain from foul-
ing American soil." But Rep.
Barney Frank (D-Ma.), a
Jewish supporter of Israel in
Congress, said the decision
only created world sympathy
for Arafat.
State Department sources
said that Shultz's personal
feelings about terrorism
outweighed other factors, in-
cluding American obligations
to the U.N. and the possible
negative impact on Mideast
peace talks. The Shultz state-
ment was seen as a milestone
in that it explicitly linked
Arafat to PLO terrorist acts.
Whereas in recent years the
United States has described
the PLO as an umbrella
group that includes terrorists,
the Shultz statement said
Arafat was "an accessory" to
terrorism because he "knows
of, condones and lends sup-
port to such acts."
Arab reaction was outrage,
particularly in light of the re-
cent Algiers meeting of the
Palestine National Council,
during which the moderates
seemed to prevail over the
radicals. Arab officials
predicted that the moderates

will lose status as a result of
"this slap in the face," accor-
ding to one spokesman.
U.N. Secretary General
Perez de Cuellar called the
U.S. decision unfortunate
because the recent Palestin-
ian National Council meeting
in Algiers "provides fresh op-
portunities for progress
towards peace in the Middle
East." He said the United
States had breached its legal
agreement to the U.N. as host
country and that the visa
denial to Arafat will hurt ef-
forts to promote Mideast
peace.
The PLO biped a declara-
tion accepting U:N. Security
Council Resolution 242,

Hosni Mubarak:
Asking for reconsideration.

which indirectly recognizes
Israel, would be seen as
evidence of a more moderate
stance toward the Jewish
State.
Dante Caputo, foreign
minister of Argentina and
president of the General
Assembly, said that most 159
member nations felt the
United States should have
allowed the PLO leader the
opportunity to address the
assembly.
U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations Patricia
Byrne defended the State
Department decision Monday
before the U.N. Committee on
Host Country Relations, say-
ing the decision was part of
the United State's "right to
protect its national security."
She noted that visas have
been issued to members of the
PLO, including the head of
the PLO's observer mission to
the United Nations, Zehdi
Thrzi.
officials denied
U.S.
Caputo's charge that the
United States was obligated
by its 1947 headquarters
agreement to issue a visa.

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