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In addition to Israel, the Ross delegation visited Egypt and Jordan. Coming in the aftermath of Baker's talks in Moscow with top Soviet leaders, including Foreign Minister Eduard Shevard- nadze, the American officials reported to Israeli and Arab policy-makers on the outcome of the Moscow meetings, Ross, who was with Baker in the Soviet Union, had a chance to give the Israeli and Arab leaders a firsthand ac- count of the latest U.S.-Soviet dialogue. The Americans now believe that Moscow can help. It has a role to play. The shifting American at- titude was underlined during a press briefing by a senior U.S. official who joined Baker on the trip. As reported by the Washington Times, the un- named official "We welcome all the help we can get [in the Middle East], and if [the Soviets] want to come in as real players, that doesn't disturb us. But we need more that just rhetoric. We need some action to support the words." Secretary of State Baker, he said, is looking for Soviet support for Shamir's Palestinian election proposal. Baker and other U.S. policy- makers have been anxious in recent weeks to answer key questions about the Soviets: Has the Kremlin, under President Mikhail Gorbachev, really moderated its policies toward the Middle East? Is it prepared to adopt a more con- structive policy, beginning with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel? Will it work with the United States to reduce the broader military tensions in the Middle East? The Soviets, according to U.S. officials, could signal their constructive approach by taking other steps as well. There is no doubt, for exam- ple, that the Americans would welcome a Soviet decision to curtail weapons shipments to Libya and Syria. The Soviets 4 Although the intifada will continue, the United States would like to see some of the worst aspects of the uprising end as the election - process moves forward. recently sold advanced SU-24D jet bombers to Libya — a move that has deeply angered , Washington while raising revived suspicions about true Soviet intentions. The senior U.S. official ac- companying Baker on the trip to Moscow told American reporters that the Soviets could start rethinking their position toward the Middle East "by not supplying Libya with destabilizing weapons such as the bombers they've recently supplied them." Other influential voices in Washington are saying the same thing. Tom Dine, executive direc- tor of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israeli lobby- ing organization in Washing- ton, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week that if the Soviets are sincere in their desire to cooperate peacefully with the United States, they should promote joint efforts to ban chemical and gas warfare in the region, as proposed by Israel. "If the superpowers are serious about bringing the global spread of chemical weapons under control, they must set a good example," said Dine. "For most of the postwar period, superpower co-operation regarding the development and transfer of chemical weapons materiel has been extremely unlikely, given divergent American and Soviet geopolitical interests. 4 • 4 • I • I