Washingtor
tftteV
6 910V-044
Sidewalk Sale
Save 20% to 70%
clio6s
30% -6e) TO% Off
(9% 46, 60% Off
Womens & Childrens
Sorel • LaCrosse • Bata
Stride-Rite • Dannaxx
Sporto
1'4191es
40t.90
1.)-t.90 '31.9.90
Gr eg
SHOES
Great Values
A Off
rAvix
el-
—
Womens & Childrens
Shoes & Boots .
1357 prs.
Orchard Mall
Orchard Lake Rd. • N. of Maple
W. Bloomfield • 851-5566
casieweagetet Oft 39 veeva"
"Seviegf
Perry Touches Off
New Golan Fracas?
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
D
efense Secretary William
Perry may have touched
off a new round of debate
on Capitol Hill over Amer-
ican peacekeeping troops on the
Golan Heights.
During a weekend swing
through the Mideast, Mr. Perry
indicated that he would support
the use of American forces as
part of a peace settlement be-
tween Syria and Israel.
His comments, the most ex-
plicit endorsement of the peace-
keeping
idea, were prompted by last
week's talks between Syrian and
Israeli negotiators, which pro-
duced little substance, but a
striking improvement in the
mood of the troubled negotia-
tions.
Mr. Perry told reporters in
Jerusalem that "if both Syria
and Israel request the United
States to participate...we are
prepared to do that."
Last year, right-wing Jewish
groups blanketed Capitol Hill to
generate preemptive opposition
to any use of American soldiers
along the strategic border.
Mr. Perry's comments are
likely to trigger a new round of
anti-peace process lobbying by
Likud representatives who
worry that the recent talks re-
flect a far more urgent approach
to the Syrian talks by the new
government of Prime Minister
Shimon Peres.
"Perry was trying to reassure
the Israelis that Washington
would do everything possible to
help bring about a treaty, and to
help
guarantee Israel's safety af-
ter an agreement," said a lead-
ing peace process advocate here.
"Unfortunately, his comments
offer a new opening for oppo-
nents to renew the debate in
Congress well in advance of any
treaty. And that could conceiv-
ably have an impact on these ne-
gotiations."
Breakthrough Or Rerun
On Syrian Track
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
Warm
and
Wonderful
FUR, SALE
w
Cr)
UJ
The finest quality,
workmanship and personalized
service for customers who
Cove furs and recognize value
CC
LLJ
C=)
LLJ
H-
.32
A E Maple
(B8e(t).5
ter)
Birmingham
(810) 647-9090
W
ith renewed Syrian-Is-
raeli talks scheduled,
the administration and
peace process ob-
servers are torn between its ex-
citement over the American-
brokered resumption of talks
and memories of earlier "break-
throughs" that turned to sand.
"[Prime Minister Shimon]
Peres' decision to talk on all lev-
els, on all topics, is a clever way
to test Assad to see if he's seri-
ous," said Robert 0. Freedman,
a leading Middle East expert.
"But I still doubt very much
whether Assad is genuinely
ready for peace; he still may be
doing this just to make the
Americans happy."
The Israeli negotiating team
will be led by Uri Savir, the di-
rector-general of the Foreign
Ministry and will include Am-
bassador Itamar Rabinovich.
Until recently, Mr. Rabi-
novich was the lead negotiator
on the Syrian track. The am-
bassador was close to the late
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin;
Mr. Savir is closely associated
with his successor, Prime Min-
ister Shimon Peres.
But sources here say that Mr.
Rabinovich — with his expertise
as a Mideast scholar and the re-
lationship he developed with his
Syrian counterpart -during
months of private negotiations
— could still be an indispensable
part of the upcoming negotia-
tions.
History
vs. hope.
Earlier, the biggest question
was who would lead the Syrian
team, a matter of considerable
diplomatic significance.
In the most recent Syrian-Is-
rael talks, Damascus was rep-
resented by their ambassador to
Washington, Walid Mualem.
But with Mr. Savir in the pic-
ture, the Israelis expect the Syr-
ians to add a higher-ranking
diplomat with good access to Mr.
Assad.
Sources close to the Israeli
government say the rank of the
chief negotiator could be an im-
portant tip-off to Mr. Assad's sin-
cerity..