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hosted by Israeli Ambassador
to the United States Moshe
Arad.
In a series of toasts, the
outgoing secretary was
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guests, including Holocaust
writer Elie Wiesel, arms con-
trol negotiator Max Kampel-
man, human rights official
Richard Schifter and Jewish
leader Morris Abram.
The ambassador extended
to Shultz a combined invita-
tion from the Hebrew Univer-
sity in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
University, Ben-Gurion
University in Beersheva and
Haifa University to come to
Israel to deliver lectures on
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Shultz, an international
economist who will accept a
chair at Stanford University
in Palo Alto, Calif., after leav-
ing Washington, praised Is-
rael's universities, recalling
that he had visited several of
them during his many trips to
Israel.
In his toast, Shultz said his
single most moving exper-
ience as Secretary of State
was when he received a
telephone call from Ida
Nudel, the long-time Soviet
Jewish refusenik, immediate-
ly upon her arrival in
Jerusalem. Shultz recalled
that he had earlier met with
her in Moscow.
The Secretary said the
United States and others
must continue to press for in-
creased emigration from the
Soviet Union. The easing of
the emigration restrictions
should be "milked for as long
as it lasts," he said.
Wiesel remembered the in-
itial concern in the American
Jewish community when
Shultz was named to succeed
Alexander Haig in June
1982. That Shultz has turned
out to be such a great friend
of Israel, Wiesel said, was a
truly great surprise —
especially for the Jewish peo-
ple, who historically have had
some very bad surprises.
Abram, chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Or-
ganizations, concluded his
remarks by simply saying:
"We will miss you."
Shultz's strong support for
Israel, underlined by his
recent decision to deny Pales-
tine Liberation Organization
leader Yassir Arafat a visa to
address the United Nations
in New York, has been deep-
ly appreciated by Israel and
its American Jewish sup-
porters.
Taking its cue from Shultz,
the Reagan administration in
the last few days said that the
PLO has not yet met the long-
standing American condi-
tions for recognition.
U.S. officials said that
Arafat's latest statements in
Sweden did not represent any
breakthrough, although they
acknowledged that Arafat
had made some modest pro-
gress.
Still, the Americans conced-
ed that Arafat was moving in
the right direction.
Assistant Secretary of State
for Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs Richard Mur-
phy, in a speech delivered
before the Center for Strateg-
ic and International Studies
Shultz said his
single most
moving experience
as Secretary of
State was when he
received a
telephone call
from Ida Nudel.
in Washington, said Arafat
"took the process another
step forward. Still, he fell
short of the mark, but the pro-
gress is in the right direction,
and again is welcome."
Regarding Arafat's latest
statement on terrorism, Mur-
phy said there was some im-
provement. He described the
PLO's declarations in Algiers
as including "vagueness and
ambiguous words . . . In this
context, we particularly
welcome the relative clarity
of the language at Stockholm.
Let's hope that performance
matches that promise."
State Department spokes-
woman Phyllis Oakley told
reporters that the U.S. had
known in advance about the
meeting between Arafat and
five American Jews in
Stockholm but did not know
"what was going to be
said . . . We weren't involved
in any way in setting up or
organizing the meeting."
She said that Shultz's
statements expressing initial
skepticism about the latest
PLO declarations remain U.S.
policy.
Shultz told reporters in
New York that he had read a
report of Arafat's remarks. "It
seems to be a little bit further
clarification, and I welcome
that," he said. "And there's
still a considerable distance
to go."