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"I kind of like that," he said. He also met Arabs, who in the 1970s were quite diff- erent than they are now, he said. In the 1970s, Arabs liv- ing in Israel were compliant — distant but not consumed with anger. There were ter- rorists among them, but the majority "would never have dreamed of using violence against Israel," he said. He blames the change to- day on a lack of movement in the peace process. In 1981, Dr. Tanter joined the National Security Coun- cil's Near East and South Asia bureau, where he serv- ed for one year as senior staff member. One of his con- tributions at the NSC was helping design the U.S. policy toward the Palestine Liberation Organization — namely, that no talks were possible until the PLO rec- ognized Israel's right to exist and renounced terrorism. Dr. Tanter was responsible in part for the "renounce terrorism" clause, he said. He said it was added because American leaders never believed the PLO would re- nounce terrorism. Among the politicians with whom he came in fre- quent, contact while at the NSC were George Shultz, Robert McFarlane, John Poindexter and Jeane Kirkpatrick. Mr. Shultz, President Reagan's secretary of state, is a man of "great integrity, great presence and great leadership," Dr. Tanter said. Mr. McFarlane and Mr. Poindexter, both NSC ad- visers, "thought they were the successors to (former Secretary of State Henry) Kissinger," he said. "They weren't." Dr. Tanter often met government leaders for a game of tennis. "The reason I was there with them was that I could play tennis — not that I was so powerful," he said. "So I used tennis strategically. That's how you get to know people." As a member of the NSC, Dr. Tanter found that polit- ical decisions are most often based on "what the policy was yesterday. Like a ship, American policy is hard to turn around." The key to making policy in the first place is to con- vince the president to state it. "If you can get the presi- dent to say something, it's very hard to change it," Dr. Tanter said. That can often mean prob- lems for the president's ad- visers. In a speech before the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, President Ronald Reagan said Jerusalem should remain an undivided city and part of Israel. "But that was not the U.S. government's position — which is that Jerusalem -• • -I As a member of the NSC, Dr. Tanter found that political decisions are most often based on "what the policy was yesterday." should remain one city, but not under Israeli control," Dr. Tanter said. Hearing the president's statement, "I thought: Oh God, all hell will break lose," he said. Dr. Tanter immediately set out in sear- ch of a solution. He found it in the form of a brief phrase: "The statement speaks for itself." And that's exactly what Mr. Reagan said when he was queried about his Jerusalem remark, Dr. Tanter said. It usually worked. But not with King Hussein of Jor- dan. Furious that the presi- dent refused to clarify his position on Jerusalem, the king told Mr. Reagan, "You've got Zionists on your staff." Mr. Reagan "had a real soft spot in his heart for Israel," Dr. Tanter said. His successor does not. "President Carter called Israel's settlements in the territories an obstacle to peace and said they were il- legal. Reagan softened that, saying they weren't helpful but were not illegal. "Bush tends to follow the Carter position. Whenever Israel announces new set- 4