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...Arab leaders to be much more sympathetic to their general views, which naturally were anti-Israeli. TIME also has learned that Saudi Ambassador Alhegelan inaccurately flashed word to Riyadh that Clark had said the Israelis were willing to pull back. Throughout the week, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal had been in constant contact with the P.L.O. and occasionally with the Lebanese. The P.L.O. was not alone in its belief that two sets of signals were being flashed by Washington. Despite assurances from other State Department officials that no second line of communication...
...state of current negotiations: It is very important to know who has been lying to whom. It seems that communications have been confused, because I have some channels of my own with the Americans. One of my important channels is through Saudi Arabia, especially King Fahd. In my contacts with him, he was telling me that he felt the Americans did not have accurate information about what we [the P.L.O.] have accepted and what we have refused. I said it is so. He then asked me, "What about your channels in Beirut?" I said my channels are very, very accurate...
Like King Khalid, Crown Prince Abdullah is a man of the desert whose ties with the Bedouins will help make up for Fahd's own lack of a traditionalist following. An expert horseman, Abdullah keeps an extensive stable of Arabian Thoroughbreds. He is also addicted to falconry. Abdullah is noted for his generosity and gentle manner. He does not abide foolishness, however, and his strong personality can quickly turn to brusqueness...
...While Fahd, who speaks excellent English, has cultivated Saudi relations with the West, Abdullah has shown himself to be an adept diplomat in dealing with other Arab nations. When Jordan and Syria almost went to war in December 1980, Abdullah acted as mediator, persuading King Hussein and President Hafez Assad to reconcile their differences...
Although Abdullah is a harsher critic of U.S. policy than Fahd, Washington officials are not concerned. The State Department said last week, "Abdullah has done nothing to make us uneasy about his relationship with the West. In any event, the Saudis rule by consensus, which is bigger than the government and certainly bigger than...