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Bedroom Suite.
Teak or ak. Includes Queen Bed w/
attached Nightstands, Double Dresser
and Man's Chest. Mattress not included.
Reg. S3223
Teak Table with Tile Top and 4
Chairs. Table 63"x351/2". Extends to
95". Reg. $1185
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Center with Halogen
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‘ANIERI°IN
SOCIETY
CANCER.
efense Minister Yit-
zhak Rabin left
Washington with
fresh assurances of enhanc-
ed U.S.-Israeli strategic co-
operation, including various
additional forms of U.S.
military assistance to Israel
beyond the $1.8 billion in
regular military grants.
He was told by Defense
Secretary Dick Cheney and
other administration offi-
cials that the regular
military aid as well as the
$1.2 billion in economic
grants for Israel this year
will not be reduced. The
combined $3 billion package,
therefore, appears secure
this year.
Meeting with reporters in
his suite at the Grand Hotel
here, Rabin described the
atmosphere of his talks with
Cheney, Vice President Dan
Quayle, Secretary of State
James Baker, National
Security Adviser Brent
Scowcroft and other senior
U.S. officials as "business as
usual."
He appeared especially
pleased by the stated desire
of top Pentagon officials to
strengthen various ongoing
military projects with Israel,
including the prepositioning
of U.S. military equipment
in Israel, the expansion of
joint maneuvers and train-
ing programs, and the con-
tinuation of military resear-
ch and development con-
tracts.
There was no indication,
Rabin said, that the easing
of East-West superpower
tensions would result in any
weakening of the American-
Israeli military relationship.
Indeed, other U.S. and
Israeli officials said that
some new forms of "highly
sensitive" defense coopera-
tion were discussed during
Rabin's talks in
Washington, although they
remain at a very
preliminary stage. They
declined to provide details.
They did confirm that
Israel will continue to
benefit from new U.S. "fair
pricing" policies reducing
the cost of advanced
American military equip-
ment and from an expected
increase in permitted "off-
shore" procurement from
$400 million to $475 million
— a major benefit for Israel's
defense industries.
Israel will save at least
$70 million as a result of
"fair pricing" conditions
that have been authorized
for the sale of an additional
batch fighter aircraft.
The U.S.-Israeli co-
development of the Arrow
anti-tactical ballistic mis-
siles (ATBM) was also mov-
i n g ahead on
schedule,according to these
officials. The first phase —
budgeted at $150 million —
is now expected to be follow-
Yitzhak Rabin:
Three major points.
ed by a $180 million second
phase. The U.S. funds 80
percent of the program with
Israel funding the remain-
ing 20 percent.
At the briefing, the
Defense Minister acknowl-
edged that serious
differences between Israel
and Egypt over the stalled
peace process remain
unresolved and that the
long-delayed three-way for-
eign ministers' meeting in
Washington would not be
convened unless more pro-
gress in reducing the gap
was achieved.
Still, Rabin was clearly in
an upbeat mood in assessing
the state of the bilateral
American-Israeli relation-
ship despite the latest calls
in Washington — prompted
by Republican Senator Bob
Dole of Kansas — for a cut in
U.S. foreign aid to Israel.
"I have reasons to believe
that there will be no reduc-
tion in the support of Israel,"
Rabin said following his 90-
minute meeting with Baker
at the State Depatment on
Jan. 18.
Quayle, who met with
Rabin at the White House
the day before, told associ-
ates of the Hoover Institute
"think tank" that while the
administration welcomed
Dole's call for granting the
President greater flexibility
in dealing with foreign aid,
it had no intention of cutting
aid to Israel and other tradi-
tional recipients.