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The package which Mr. Baker presented to Jerusalem appeared to satis- fy virtually all of Israel's procedural demands, but Mr. Baker left behind some of his officials to continue technical discussions with their Israeli counterparts, notably over the identity of the Palestinian delegates. Political observers were not underestimating the dilemma confronting Mr. Shamir in responding to the Baker proposals. While Mr. Shamir is under intense international pressure to accept the U.S.-negotiated terms for peace talks, he was aware that in doing so, he would immediately open the door to substantive demands for concessions over the ter- ritories, a step which he adamantly opposes. Moreover, there was con- cern that acceptance of the U.S. plan would lead to a break-up of his carefully stitched Likud coalition and usher in a period of intense domestic political turmoil at a time when Israel is hoping to secure its loan guarantee from Washington. At the same time, however, Mr. Shamir was aware that failure to give the American plan a chance would have the effect of seri- ously eroding relations bet- ween Washington and Jerusalem — and that Israel would have to pay a high price for the decline. In Israel, objections to style have always served as a shield against discussion about substance; a means of putting off the territorial negotiations that will in- evitably follow once the pro- cedural obstacles have been overcome and the parties have taken their seats at the negotiating table. Most observers believe that the moment of truth is now painfully close and that it can only be further postponed at enormous cost to the Jewish state, in both diplomatic and economic terms. Mr. Shamir, 75, whose style of government has been marked by extreme caution, has been painted into a corner by the acuity of Mr. Baker, who was quick to spot the window of oppor- tunity that was unlocked by the collapse of Soviet in- fluence in the region and then pushed wide open by forces unleashed during the Gulf crisis. The Israeli leader's ideol- ogy, forged in the fire of the Holocaust, was reinforced in the fight for Jewish in- dependence and honed by his service as a senior executive in Israel's Mossad intel- ligence agency. "Yitzhak Shamir does not want to relinquish ter- ritory," said a close aide this week. "He does not want to go down in history as the man who gave away Judea and Samaria (the West Bank)." But Mr. Shamir's place in history already seems assured: Whatever decision he takes will contain great risks and great oppor- tunities. It is likely to shape every aspect of Israeli life for decades to come. ❑ NEWS Immw Air Force Has New Leader Tel Aviv (JTA) — Brig. Gen. Herzl Boidinger, a former combat pilot with an outstanding record and wide air force experience, will be the Israeli air force's new commander, effective Jan. 1, 1992. But the Defense Ministry's announcement, like many other recent changes in the Israel Defense Force, was greeted with rumblings of discontent among senior of- ficers, aimed mainly at the IDF chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Ehud Barak. In appointing Brig. Gen. Boidinger, who will be rais- ed in rank to major general when he takes over his new command, Defense Minister Moshe Arens acted on Lt. Gen. Barak's recommenda- tion. Following the announce- ment, about a half-dozen letters of resignation were received from other air force brigadier generals who ap- parently believed they were better qualified than the ap- pointee. Brig. Gen. Boidinger will replace Maj. Gen. Avihu Bin-Nun, the air force com- mander for the last four years, who had planned to retire earlier but was asked by Lt. Gen. Barak to stay on until the end of the year.