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...well as the deployment of Star Wars. (Presumably laboratory $ research could continue.) The object of Star Wars, as seen by the Soviets, is to deprive them of any effective offensive force, be it for first strike, second or third. For that reason, they are unlikely to sign any accord that leaves open the possibility of the U.S.'s eventually developing defenses more ambitious and comprehensive than those permitted under an interim agreement of some kind. The Soviets fear American technology as if it were black magic. This fear may have opened a window of negotiability for the forthcoming Geneva talks...
...American talks in Vienna last week were the first high-level discussions on the Middle East that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. have held since 1977. A week earlier, King Hussein of Jordan and P.L.O. Leader Yasser Arafat had agreed on a joint approach to the Palestinian problem. The accord, the text of which Jordan released last Saturday, predictably called for Israel to withdraw from the territories it occupies. But the agreement also offered a conditional acceptance of United Nations Resolution 242, which acknowledges Israel's right ! to exist. In the past, the P.L.O. has adamantly refused to recognize Israel...
...other nations have similar arrangements with the IAEA, including the U.S., which signed an inspection agreement in 1980. Moscow did not agree to the idea in principle until 1982, and subsequent negotiations on the actual terms of the new document took 16 months. How important a concession is the accord? That may depend on what Soviet facilities have been opened for inspection: the latest, advanced civilian nuclear plants, or merely old, outdated ones...
...agreement arrived in the course of Fahd's visit, in effect bolstering Washington's position that the best way to make peace progress is for the principals in the region to take the initiative. Described variously as everything from a "general understanding" to a specific five-point plan, the accord is the latest in a long effort by Hussein to gain standing from the P.L.O. as a Palestinians' representative, or at least temporary partner, in negotiations with Israel. But its fragility was underscored by Arafat's hasty departure from Amman to his headquarters in Tunisia, presumably to seek support...
...forthrightly it accepts United Nations Security Council Resolution 242. The Palestinians have always rejected that document because it refers to them as "refugees" and does not explicitly call for the establishment of a Palestinian state. If Arafat has not endorsed Resolution 242 as a basis for negotiations, the Amman accord would be a nonstarter in American and Israeli eyes...