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German Banks Back
Jordan's Jet Purchase
Bonn(JTA) — A group of
West German banks will
finance the purchase of ad-
vanced military aircraft by
Jordan, a deal the govern-
ment was recently forced to
abandon by public pressure.
The banks, led by the Mu-
nich-based Bayerische
Landesbank, which is owned
by the federal state of Ba-
varia, will lend Jordan $200
million to buy eight Tornado
jets, one of the world's most
sophisticated
fighter-bombers.
Government sources con-
firmed the loan and said it
was a normal commercial
o- transaction.
An outcry arose three
months ago when it was re-
vealed that the Bonn govern-
ment intended to finance the
purchase through the Kredit-
anstalt fur Wideraufbau, a
state-owned bank.
The public scandal caused
the government to withdraw
the state loan.
Now, however, in face of new
protests from friends of Israel
and others, the authorities
say they are powerless to in-
terfere with the new loan.
The Ibrnado is produced
jointly by Britain, West Ger-
many and Italy.
Bavaria is the site of Ger-
man plants which manufac-
ture more than 40 percent of
the Thrnado parts. It is home
to other factories that sell co-
produced weapons systems to
Arab countries through of-
fices in Paris, London and
other cities.
According to Bonn, all wea-
pons systems produced with
other countries can be mar-
keted by any one of them. The
Ibrnado is sold primarily by
Britain.
But many observers believe
the federal government was
heavily involved in efforts to
secure financing.
According to Der Spiegel,
Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher of Britain protested
vehemently to Bonn when it
backed off from the original
state loan for the Ibrnados.
Her protest prompted the
government to arrange an
alternative loan through the
Bavarian bank, the paper
claimed. According to reports,
the prime minister of
Bavaria, Max Streibl, per-
sonally negotiated the deal.
Expert On Palestinians
Will Speak In Southfield
Dr. Clinton Bailey, an
Israeli authority on the
Palestinians, will discuss
Israel Arab relations at a
special meeting for Jewish
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Clinton Bailey
young adults on Thursday at
the Colony Park Apartments
Clubhouse in Southfield.
Sponsored by the Jewish
Welfare Federation Young
Adult Division political
awareness committee, the lec-
ture is set for 7:30 p.m. and in-
cludes refreshments and
dessert. There is a fee.
Bailey, an adviser to the
Israel Ministry of Defense, is
professor of Middle East
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history and culture at Tel
Aviv University. He has
published several works, in-
cluding "Jordan's Palestinian
Challenge." Born in the U.S.,
Bailey has lived in Israel for
30 years.
Soviet Jew
Gets Transplant
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Love Letters from Paloma Picasso
(JTA) — Yelena Faynegold
has a chance at a healthy new
life, thanks to a kidney
transplanted from her twin
sister and a liberalized Soviet
emigration policy.
Faynegold and her sister,
Dina Vaisberg, were discharg-
ed last week from a local
hospital after the successful
operation, following a case
history of bungled Soviet
medical efforts.
According to Faynegold,
doctors in her hometown of
Odessa failed to diagnose her
kidney disease. It was only
when she wrote about her
symptoms in a letter to her
sister in Los Angeles that an
American doctor, who read
the letter, pinpointed the
problem.
Faynegold then applied for
emigration.
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