Saudi's Satellite Data Not For Military Use New York (JTA) — Saudi Arabi- launched in 1997 by Eyeglass In to U.S. Commerce Secretary an officials assured the American a private consortium Ronald Brown, concerned about Jewish Committee this week that based in the United States that the implications for Israel's in- they have no intention of using would resell the photographs. telligence edge if the deal went data from a controversial spy The satellite images will have through. The senators noted that a resolution of one meter, a sub- the Saudi company was planning satellite for military purposes. The assurances came as AJ- stantial improvement over the to establish a ground station to Committee leaders were in images now available from com- receive the data in Riyadh. Mr. Moses said his five-mem- Riyadh, as guests of Saudi King mercial satellites. Satellite im- ages of that resolution were ber delegation was told the satel- Fand. "We came to learn about a considered sensitive military lite "is not a governmental issue," country that until recent years technology, until the Clinton ad- but an investment by a private was not accessible to us," AJ- ministration eased requirements Saudi citizen. Saudi government officials said Committee President Alfred earlier this year to promote they did not plan on using the Moses said in a telephone inter- American exports. But while the photographs satellite information, saying that view. The Saudis first received a would apparently be available to purchase of the private date Jewish group, the American Jew- all customers, opposition to the would conflict with their inter- satellite emerged after a Saudi ests of maintaining an ongoing ish Congress, in January 1992. The satellite, which has company expressed interest in exchange of intelligence infor- mation with the United States, emerged as an issue in Wash- joining the consortium. Last week, 64 senators wrote according to Mr. Moses. ington in recent weeks, is to be But one pro-Israel activist in Washington said that the Eye- glass satellite would offer infor- mation unavailable through information exchanges, since "I don't believe we give the Saudis photographs of the Israelis, or the Israelis photographs of the Saud- is." Overall, Mr. Moses, speaking by telephone from the Saudi cap- ital, said the visit came at a good time, since the current crisis with Iraq "reinforces the importance of the U.S." in Saudi eyes. The visit also came on the heels of the Saudi announcement of an end to the Arab boycott of companies doing business with Israel, giving the AJCommittee an opportunity to congratulate officials on the move. kvialv-sxMfrroPM'critfiVis I-- (, -NwtrMWFVWWViii :Nor --Avy _ [IV 0 CI 01 \411) t ° MI 111, Air , / ee'Ar eol ”.1700740 timid with .at! _dim with .1121 MLA jhanhAtithin4• 3DA a .11.0121.446 gab, ir %pt. § a 3kad d32 3)114 3- I/tanked 3DA 4 ? cv. ■ .1c/e4Atiteerlem--**-1 1 141 .44.%101••• SPIP Al*DIVI Me/11 1, J. Alli•• • - 11117-' , • Turkey • Traditional Stuffing • Homemade Mash Potatoes • Gravy • Cranberries • Bread & Butter • Fresh Vegetables • Pumpkin Pie Regular Menu Will Be Available $12.95 per person $6.95 children under 12 Available 12 Noon to 9 PM difasgw.a.tioith 101m moil 737-3600 Your Hosts: Rich Rogow & Tom Peristeris p a ,PT (-NON 6199 Orchard Lake Road (N. of Maple) West Bloomfield NO VEMBER 4 41. , "In the course of our discus- sions, there was obviously dis- agreement," he said, citing as an example his request that the Saudis play a stronger role in the ongoing multilateral regional ne- gotiations. Mr. Moses, who has been named American ambassador to Romania, said the high point of the visit was addressing a dozen or more members of the chamber of commerce. "It was an opportunity to dis- pel some of the myths that exist in the minds of Saudis who know little about Jews," he said. In the wake of the terrorist at- tack in Jerusalem that killed two people, Mr. Moses reported "de- nunciation" of the attack by the Saudis he spoke to. ❑ 101