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New York (JTA) — Ameri-
can Jewish groups have ap-
plauded the conviction in
Moscow of a leader of the an-
ti- Semitic group Pamyat as
an important first step in the
fight against anti-Semitism
in the Soviet Union, which
for decades was sanctioned
by the government.
Konstantin Smirnov-
Ostashvili was convicted by
a Moscow court Oct. 12 and
sentenced to two years in jail
for instigating inter-ethnic
enmity.
Mr. Smirnov-Ostashvili
was convicted of disrupting a
Jan. 18 meeting of the April
Committee, a liberal writers
group with Jewish and non-
Jewish. members. After
leading a gang of 20 to 30
Pamyat members into the
meeting hall, he shouted
through a bullhorn: "Kikes,
go home to Israel!"
The intruders smashed
windows and threatened
that while they were carry-
ing only megaphones that
day, they would return in
the future with guns. Some
of the writers were re-
portedly beaten up by mem-
bers of Pamyat, which is the
best-known of the anti-
Semitic groups flourishing
under glasnost.
"The conviction is impor-
tant," according to Micah
Naftalin, national director of
the Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews. "As far as we
know, it's the first time
there's been an arrest and
conviction in a case of anti-
Semitism.
"It is clearly a historic
moment, and we hope that it
reflects a good precedent for
the future," he said.
"This strict sentence was
historic because it marks the
first time the Soviet
government has sent a clear,
unequivocal message that
anti-Semitism will not be
tolerated," said Abraham
Foxman, national director of
the Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith.
The National Conference
on Soviet Jewry, in a
prepared statement, said it
hopes the conviction and
two-year sentence will
"serve as a warning to other
individuals and organiza-
tions who promote anti-
Semitism within the USSR."
But Glenn Richter, na-
tional coordinator of the
Student Struggle for Soviet
Jewry, said 'DMr. Smirnov-
Ostashvili's two-year
punishment is not sufficient.
"I think he got the publicity
he wanted, and that two
years is far too little," he
said.
Naftalin of the Union of
Councils hopes the outcome
of the trial will encourage
Soviet . President Mikhail
Gorbachev to speak out
against anti-Semitism and
start "some real leadership"
on the issue.
Saudis Say They'll Get
German High Tech Arms
Bonn (JTA) — Germany
has decided to provide Saudi
Arabia with sophisticated
weapons, with deliveries to
commence some time next
year, according to Saudi dip-
lomats.
They said a broad under-
standing on "defense coop-
eration" was reached when
the Saudi foreign minister,
Prince Saud al- Faisal,
visited Bonn last week for
talks with Chancellor
Helmut Kohl and Foreign
Minister Hans-Dietrich
Genscher.
The diplomats, who spoke
on condition they not be
identified, indicated that
Prince Saud had convinced
the German leadership last
Thursday that there was no
reason why Bonn should
refrain from supplying arms
to his country.
There was no official con-
firmation by German au-
thorities.
In fact, on the very morn-
ing of Prince Saud's visit,
Defense Minister Gerhard
Stoltenberg said the
government had decided to
reject the Saudi arms re-
quest at this time due,
among other things, to the
explosive Gulf situation.
But the Saudi foreign min-
ister urged Bonn to play a
more active role in the Gulf
conflict. He emphasized that
his country needed military
hardware to repel a possible
Iraqi attack.
According to observers
here, the government public-
ly turned down the Saudi
arms request to avoid a
dispute with the opposition
Social Democratic Party less
than two months before the
first all-German parliamen-
tary elections.