Mr. Alan's

rector of the National Con-
ference on Soviet Jewry, said
Monday that his group has
worked well with Mr.
Talbott.
"He has been personally
interested in our concerns,
and has ensured that our
concerns have been part of
any meetings" between
American and Russian offi-
cials, Mr. Levin said.
Rabbi Boruch Shlomo
Cunin of Chabad, who has
worked repeatedly with Mr.
Talbott to retrieve the col-
lection of Lubavitch books

from the Russian State Mu-
seum, had only the warmest
praise for Mr. Talbott.
"Strobe Talbott is a sen-
sitive human being who has
been fully involved at the
highest level of our govern-
ment to help free the
Lubavitcher rebbe's books,"
the rabbi said.
The State Department had
no comment on Rep. Sax-
ton's press conference.
Mr. Talbott's confirmation
hearings are scheduled for
some time in February.

❑

Three From Scandals
Back In The News

Tel Aviv (JTA) — It seemed
like old times here as two
men around whom scandals
revolved in the 1970s and
1980s once again appeared
in the headlines and might
soon be brought to trial.
Former Knesset member
and high-profile French-
Israeli businessman Shmuel
Flatto-Sharon was arrested
on suspicion of large-scale
fraud.
And Ernst Japhet, the
former Bank Leumi chair-
man and managing director,
who slipped out of Israel

French police
officials watched
the proceedings.

more than a decade ago and
has since been living in New
York, has agreed to return to
Israel by month's end to
stand trial for his part in the
alleged manipulation of
bank shares.
French police officials
were in Magistrate's Court
to watch the proceedings as
Mr. Flatto-Sharon was or-
dered detained in police
custody for another 15 days.
The French have sought
his extradition ever since
Mr. Flatto- Sharon slipped
out of France in the mid-
1970s, just as officials were
seeking to try him for
allegedly defrauding
thousands of clients out of
millions of dollars deposited
with his investment and
pension companies.
He was granted Israeli
citizenship just when it ap-
peared that the French
would be granted their
extradition request.
Using the publicity sur-
rounding the extradition re-

quest, Mr. Flatto-Sharon
successfully ran for the
Knesset in 1977.. But he was
later convicted of bribing
voters and was sentenced to
nine months' imprisonment
in May 1981.
His current detention is
reportedly based on his
allegedly illegal operation of
a diamond business with
both French and Israeli con-
nections.
Paris police are reported to
have evidence against him
for fraud in connection with
the operation of other com-
panies in which he has par-
ticipated.
Mr. Japhet, who has been
out of reach of Israeli police
seeking to detain him in
connection with Israel's
bank share scandal of 1983,
this week signaled his will-
ingness to return to Israel
and stand trial.
Before his resignation
from Bank Leumi just before
the bank scandal broke, Mr.
Japhet was already one of
the highest-paid officials in
Israeli business and bank-
ing.
He is reported to have ma-
nipulated the Bank Leumi
board he headed into gran-
ting him a multimillion-
dollar golden parachute — a
hefty severance payment —
before he left his position.
Mr. Japhet, now 71, has
never been back since leav-
ing Israel in 1983. Israel has
sought his extradition but
his attorneys have always
managed to postpone
implementation of the re-
quests.
But after extensive discus-
sions between the Israeli au-
thorities and Japhet's
lawyers in Israel and New
York, a deal has finally been
struck whereby he has
agreed to return here. ❑

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