Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 6, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 Winnipeg free july 6 1961 would in Contact for 7 years by Doyle Mcmanus the los Angeles times Washington despite Public pronouncements emphasizing that negotiations with the Palestine liberation organization Are the United states has been in secret Contact with the Plo or at least seven holding discussions under four presidents from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan on subjects ranging from the safety of american diplomats to the chances for Middle East the los Angelet times has the official policy of the United states is that it will not Deal with the Plo As Long As the guerrillas a gang of in president reagans words refuse to recognize israels right to but the True pattern of intelligence operations and secret diplomacy has been quite the beginning with Clandestine talks initiated by Secretary of state Henry Kissinger in according to Well placed sources in Washington and the United states has been talking to the Plo More often than the Carter administration made two concerted attempts to bring the Plo into peace talks with carrying on extensive indirect negotiations with Plo chief Yasser despite president reagans rhetorical condemnations of the pales Tinian his administration has quietly continued Low level contacts with the Plo through both the Central intelligence Agency and the embassy in direct Contact with Plo the embassy in Beirut has made direct Contact with Plo officials several times for conversations on the Security of the which is in a palestinian patrolled according to some those Security talks have occasionally slipped into wide ranging discussions of the situation in whether the United states talks with the and on what Are issues that go to the heart of the Ara israeli most palestinians arabs whose ancestors inhabited the land on which Israel stands they will accept no peace negotiations that do not include the Many american diplomats in the Middle East maintain privately that no peace is possible without the participation of Arafat and his but israeli including prime minister Menachem begin and the opposition Shimon insist that they will never sit Down with the Arafat and other Plo officials boast that they already have the de Facto recognition of most of the but they still want the United states to recognize them for that would strengthen their claim to a place in Israel opposes any such for the same in the israelis exacted a written Promise from Kissinger that the United states would not recognize or negotiate with the Palestine liberation organization so lung As the Plo does not recognize israels right to exist and does not accept United nations Security Council resolutions 242 and the two Basic in resolutions on the Ara israeli in Early several sources Kissinger and presi Dent Nixon decided that it would be useful for the United states to talk secretly with Plo to size them up firsthand and get a sense of How flexible they might be in future Middle East peace on at least two Kissinger dispatched a member of his staff to meet wit i an Arafat apparently in Israel and Jordan were notified of the a former official familiar with the talks nothing substantial came out of but Kis Singer prided himself on keeping lines he Kissinger pledged no talks with Plo in the very next round of negotiations the second Sinai disengagement in 1975 the israelis demanded and got Kissinger Promise that the United states would not negotiate with the Kissinger gave the pledge a source because his limited contacts with the Plo had already convinced him that there was no immediate Hope of bringing Arafat into peace when Carter took office in he initially took Kis singers pledge not to negotiate with the Plo More but at the same Carter the time was Ripe to attempt a comprehensive settlement of the Arab israeli and believed that palestinians Mem Bers of the Plo or nonmembers should be president Anwar Sadat of Egypt told Carters Secretary of Cyrus that the Plo was ready to declare publicly that Israel had a right to in to encourage the Plo toward Carter told a town meeting in that he believed the palestinians deserved a but the Plo Parlia the Palestine National failed to reciprocate with an equivalent saudi arabian and syrian officials told diplomats that the Plo could be persuaded to accept in Security Council Resolution which guarantees the rights of All states in the Middle East including Israel to live in if the Plo accepted that would constitute tacit recognition of israels right to would open the Way to direct with the United states and might enable the Plo to join in eventual peace american officials Arafat objected to refugee status there appeared to be Only one Basic problem Arafat objected to the fact that Resolution 242 refers to the palestinians Only As with no mention of any right to a and said be could accept the in text Only with the United states was also talking with Jordan and Syria about the possibility of a Geneva conference on the Middle East that might include palestinian As part of a unified Arab the arrangement was devised so that palestinians could participate in talks without requiring Israel to recognize them As the news from the Plo Side seemed in Vance visited saudi Arabia and was told by Prince Saud Al the saudi foreign that Arafat was on the verge of accepting Resolution 242 in Exchange for talks with the United Plo spokesmen confirmed that such a move was being Carter again tried to encourage the if the palestinians should we recognize in Resolution 242 in its entirety but think the palestinians have additional status other than just that would suit us he said in it was september or october before the department of state received the plos definitive american and palestinian sources the guerrillas terms were they agreed to accept Resolution but Only if the United states agreed to assist in the creation of an Independent palestinian Carter had never been prepared to go that the negotiations i and they never need watering while their forefathers Rode these Arab youths buzzing around near Abu Dahabi in the United Arab ride a different ship of the desert most evenings after they can be found churning up Clouds of Sand with their dirt or leaping to modest Fame imitating stuntmen they see in imported thrill and unlike camels in the Oil Rich the boys bikes never need Dayan holds key to begins future Jerusalem Reuter former israeli foreign min ister Moshe who was written off after last weeks election As a spent political has emerged As the Pivotal figure in efforts to build a new coalition govern although mayans Telem party won Only two parliamentary sources in prime minister Menachem begins liked bloc said last night his support is essential if begin is to form a new Dayan will meet begin today and his aides said he would demand to be appointed israels chief negotiator in palestinian autonomy negotiations with the rank of Cabinet minister As his Price for joining the the liked bloc won 48 seats in the one More than the opposition labor latest unofficial returns begin intends to ally himself with three religious parties whose combined total of 13 seats would give him a on seat majority in the 120seat Isra Els but liked sources said last night the majority is not big enough for a secure mayans demand is Likely to create further difficulties for who has already promised Interior minister Yosef Burg of the National religious party that he could retain his Post As israels chief negotiator in the pales Tinian autonomy who resigned in protest from begins government in holds very different views from begin on the palestinian a Winnipeg weekend for a night the fort Garry a downtown hotel in Park like with Large oversized rooms in old world a limousine Fine and All the most important make it a special to Jepty i in j it or to Lubuk Cli Iljin under Uil Leot fj04i Welcome circulation hours for your convenience the circulation department is open from to monday to Well deliver 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