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Mixed Reaction To
Clinton-Assad Meeting
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
I
wo years ago, the idea
would have provoked
howls. This week, as Jew-
ish leaders heard that
President Bill Clinton will meet
with Syria's Hafez al-Assad in
Geneva in January, there was
only a quiet murmur of discon-
tent.
Late last week, administra-
tion officials telephoned key
Jewish leaders to tell them
about the proposed meeting be-
Abe Foxman: "Waffled" about U.S.
"expediency" toward Syria.
fore it hit the news wires. The
response was extraordinarily
low key.
"Christopher did obtain co-
operation on... [Israeli] MIAs
and a commitment to release
Syrian Jews," said Abraham
Foxman, executive director of
the Anti-Defamation League.
"The proposed meeting is not
being accompanied by any ba-
sic change in U.S. policy. We're
not taking Syria off the list of
nations supporting terrorism or
opening up other areas of coop-
eration. So while we are not
happy, we understand what the
administration is doing."
Mr. Foxman was more trou-
bled about a story in the New
York Times last weekend that
the administration had turned
a blind eye when Russian facil-
ities were used to transport
chassis for mobile rocket
launchers from North Korea to
Syria.
"I'm worried about the atti-
tude of expediency [in U.S.-Syr-
ian relations] that this
suggests," he said. "If it's true,
this does represent something
of a change in our basic policy
towards Syria."
The Israeli embassy here has
sent out word that while Israel
is not thrilled by the idea of a
Clinton-Assad photo op in
Geneva, it is hoping for the best.
"The administration is play-
ing into his hands," said a
source close to the Israeli gov-
ernment. "But there is no at-
tempt to discourage the
meeting. It could produce some
long-term benefits if Clinton can
use it to press Assad for a
substantive change in Syria's
attitude in the [bilateral] nego-
tiations. So there is doubt, but
also hope that it could move the
peace process forward."
Warren Christopher
Briefs AIPAC
One sign of the administration's
Although Mr. Christopher
apparent eagerness to allay
emphasized that the meeting is
Jewish concerns about U.S.
only intended to keep Mr. As-
moves towards Syria was last
sad fully engaged in the peace
week's briefing for two top lead-
process, AIPAC leaders argued
ers of the Amer..
that there is no
ican Israel
substitute for
Public Affairs
face-to-face ne-
Committee
gotiations be-
(AIPAC) Secre-
tween the
tary of State
parties to the
Warren Christo-
Mideast con-
pher and mem-
flict.
bers of his
According to
Mideast team.
Mr. Grossman,
Mr. Christo-
Secretary
pher insisted
Christopher
that his recent
said he admired
round of Middle
Prime Minister
East diplomacy
Yitzhak Rabin's
had been a suc-
handling of dif-
cess, despite the
ficult negotia-
fact that the Dec.
tions with the
13 target date to Warren Christopher: Syria stays on
PLO amid a
begin Israel's 1st of nations supporting international tricky political
pullout from terrorism.
climate at
Gaza and Jeri-
home. The sec-
cho had come and gone.
retary of state also reiterated
He reassured AIPAC presi-
his determination to do every-
dent, Steven Grossman, and its
thing possible to keep the
acting executive director,
Washington-Jerusalem rela-
Howard Kohr, that the Jan. 16
tionship warm.
Clinton-Assad meeting is not a
Mr. Christopher will travel
prelude to removing Syria from
to New York to brief leaders of
the State Department list of na-
the Conference of Presidents of
tions supporting international
Major American Jewish Orga-
terrorism.
nizations about his trip.
Response To
Russian Elections
B
efore Congress left town
for winter recess, it re-
pealed many Cold War
restrictions on the former
USSR, but retained the Jack-
son-Vanik amendment linking
favorable trade status with hu-
man rights. In view of this
week's ominous election results
in Russia, that decision looks
almost prescient.
The strong showing by
Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal
Democratic party could make
Washington happy it kept some
tools for pressing the human
rights agenda. Some Jewish
groups, led by the American
Jewish Congress, pressed to re-
peal Jackson-Vanik, but the
National Conference on Sovi-
et Jewry, the primary umbrel-