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Farrakhan Resolution In D.C.
May Net Black-Jewish Dialogue

JAMES D. BESSER

Washington Correspondent

T

he District of Colum-
bia City Council has
not rescinded or
modified its recent resolu-
tion praising Nation of Islam
Minister Louis Farrakhan
for the group's efforts in
combating the District's
drug epidemic. Moreover,
Jesse Jackson, who looks in-
creasingly like a serious
candidate for mayor of the
Capital City, continues his

silence on the issue.
"It's become clear that for
political reasons, they can't
rescind the resolution," said
Rabbi Andrew Baker, the
Washington area director for
the American Jewish Com-
mittee. "For all practical
purposes, the effort to pass
some kind of resolution
repealing or modifying the
original resolution is dead."
Baker and other Jewish
leaders are attempting to
draw something positive
from the affair. Baker is
helping coordinate efforts to

Sarbanes Stops
Barbaros Pick

Senate Democrats, led by
Maryland Sen. Paul S. Sar-
banes, have headed off the
nomination of Joy A.
Silverman to the embassy in
Barbados.
Silverman, a major
Republican donor and a
longtime George Bush sup-

porter, served on the exec-
utive committee of the Na-
tional Jewish Coalition.
A number of appointees
associated with the Coali-
tion have run afoul of Sar-
banes — including Mel
Sembler, who was appointed
to the embassy in Australia,

bring together members of
the city council and Jewish
activists for a session on
black-Jewish relations.

"One of the things this
whole episode has pointed
out is a real lack of under-
standing of how people will
react to public proclama-
tions," Baker said. "Beyond
the short term issue of the
Farrakhan resolution, we
want to help deepen under-
standing about the sen-
sitivities of different
groups."

and Joseph Zappala, ap-
pointed to a post in Spain.
Although Zapalla is not
Jewish, he has been closely
allied with the conservative
Jewish group. Both ap-
pointments were approved
after considerable con-
troversy.

Why Are Chinese
Missiles In Syria?

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 1989

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One of the big mysteries in
Washington these days has
to do with Chinese missiles
in Syria — and the possible
activities of Saudi Arabia in
funding those missiles.
Recently, Rep. Larry
Smith, D-Fla., responded to
reports that Saudi Arabia
had financed those missiles;
Saudi Arabia is currently
seeking more than 300 ad-
vanced American tanks in a
sale that, so far, has ge-
nerated little congressional
opposition.
A briefing by Dennis Ross,
State Department director of
policy planning, convinced
Smith that evidence on the
Saudi connection is shaky,
at best. Smith apparently
will not introduce a resolu-
tion of disapproval on the
sale when Congress comes
back in January.
The increased Syrian mis-
sile threat to Israel is direct-
ly related to the actions of
the Chinese government at
Tienemman Square, accor-
ding to Shoshana Bryen, di-
rector of the Jewish Institute
for National Security Affairs
(JINSA).
Two years ago, Bryen said,
the sale of "East Wind" mis-
siles to Saudi Arabia pro-
voked a sharp response from

more missiles to Middle
Eastern countries.
But after the Tienemman
Square massacre, President
George Bush put the brakes
on expanding U.S.-China
military cooperation. "Bush
really paid them back in a
way that hurt them," she
said. "But the problem is,
they don't care; they may be
trying to thumb their noses
at us by sending missiles to
Syria."

Rep. Smith:
Evidence shaky.

Washington, and the Beijing
authorities agreed not to sell

This raises some critical
issues for Israel. In view of
Soviet efforts to take a more
moderate course in the Mid-
dle East, China may be mov-
ing into the breach by ex-
ploiting Syria's appetite for
advanced weapons.

Hate Crimes Reporting
Emphasized To FBI

Law enforcement agencies
are beginning to take note of
the growing problem of
violence based on the vic-
tim's race, ethnicity or sex-
ual orientation.
Last week, at a FBI in-
service training for super-
visors from around the coun-
try held at the training

facility in Quantico, Va.,
representatives of the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith were given three
hours to brief the Feds on
the importance of data col-
lection at the street level.
"There's a kind of 'trickle
up' impact here," said
Michael Lieberman, one of