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dministration officials are
increasingly optimistic
that the Arab boycott
against Israel is all but dis-
mantled — and that the rapid de-
velopment of economic ties
among Israel and its neighbors
will quickly finish the job.
At this week's economic sum-
mit in Casablanca, Secretary of
State Warren Christopher made
the point that many of the Arab
participants had, in effect, re-
jected the boycott by attending
the sessions.
"It's been an extraordinary
event," said Lester Pollack, chair
of the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish Orga-
nizations, who was attending the
sessions. "There has been a
tremendous amount of inter-
change between participants who
are looking for new business op-
portunities. It has far exceeded
my expectations."
Another sign of the boycott's
demise is the fact that the Amer-
ican Jewish Congress dropped its
Boycott Report after the recent
decision by the Gulf Cooperation
Council to drop the secondary
and tertiary boycotts.
"The decision was a recogni-
tion that the secondary boycott
isn't a problem anymore," said
Will Maslow, an anti-boycott cru-
sader who has edited Boycott Re-
port since its inception 18 years
ago. Also, he said, "the primary
boycott is losing its meaning.
There's a peace treaty with Jor-
dan, an agreement with the PLO,
and the beginnings of real rela-
tions with Morocco and Tunisia.
So the primary boycott is being
undermined, as well."
But Mr. Maslow, who still is
going strong at 87, will not be on
the unemployment line: He will
edit a new AJCongress publica-
tion on Islamic fundamentalism.
"At my age, it's a little strange
to be starting something new," he
said. "But I'm up to it."
Focus: Abner Mikva
Clinton's Counsel
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bner J. Mikva's solitary
client marks him as one of
the most important and
visible attorneys in the na-
tion. Last month, Mr. Mikva, who
served four terms in Congress be-
fore being named to the federal
bench in 1979, became White
House counsel.
"If you'rea generalist, as I am,
it's the juiciest jurisdiction you
can imagine," Mr. Mikva said in
a recent interview. "It's always
changing. As a judge, I could plan
weeks ahead on what I would do
on a given day. Here, I make out
a schedule the night before, and
by 10 a.m. the next day, I might
as well throw it away."
Although Mr. Mikva works on
some of the high-profile legal as-
saults on the president, most of his
job involves the day-to-day func-
tioning of the White House, and the
sticky constitutional questions that
define relations between the exec-
utive branch and Congress.
He also advises on judicial ap-
pointments and in the pardon
process. In that latter role, he of-
fered no new hope for supporters
of convicted spy Jonathan Jay
Pollard, whose case the president
reviewed earlier this year. "I
doubt," said Mr. Mikva, "that it
would be reviewed again in the
immediate future."
His office on the second floor of
the White House is "a 20-second
walk" from the Oval Office and,
on the average, he sees the pres-
ident two or three times a week.
Why did a judge with lifetime
tenure go to the clamor of the
White House?
"I have a great admiration for
my client," he said. "He's been a
good president, and aspires to be
even better. If he thinks I can
help him, I want to do it."
Mr. Mikva also was influenced
by his fascination with how the
three branches of government re-
late to one another.
"The genius of the separation
of powers doctrine is that the
three branches are ... very de-
pendent on each other," he said.
"To see that functioning close up
is very exciting."
Unlike some of his more ag-
gressive predecessors in the coun-
sel's office, Mr. Mikva often is
described as a facilitator and a
negotiator.
"I shouldn't be an adversary,"
he said. 'The Justice Department
has lawyers who bring cases and
appeals. I think the counsel
should ... try to keep problems
from happening. The best record
a White House counsel can have
is not the battles he's won, but
the battles he's prevented." ❑