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...Truman Daniel. Harry S. Truman's daughter Daniel appears to have known, or at least met, multitudes of VIP's from around the world. And he spends nearly 250 pages relaying anecdotes and recollections of almost all of them. What Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands wore or what King Farouk said is about as serious as this book becomes. It would be downright irritating if it weren't so enjoyable...
Even if the Saudi-arranged withdrawal plan proves to be a success, it is obvious that many issues remain to be settled. Syria's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Farouk al Sharaa, told TIME Correspondent Roberto Suro, with a touch of asperity, "If Arafat insists on remaining stubborn and uncompromising, then perhaps he will not find any more mediators after this." As for the P.L.O.'s future, added Sharaa: "We would prefer to see a collective leadership, but it is not our job to advise the Palestinians on this." Arafat may emerge with his chairmanship intact...
...peasants will work in the fields of Gilead [in Transjordan]." He warned the Israelite government not to make "further concessions" to the Arabs. Arab leaders, for their part, have not yet shown any willingness to live with the accomplished fact of a Jewish nation. Said Egypt's King Farouk last week: "I cannot and will not tolerate a Zionist state in the Middle East...
...would tolerate such a massive arms buildup as the PLO engaged in Southern Lebanon. That these weapons might never have been used against Israel is irrelevant. The mere threat they posed, along with repeated PLO rocket attacks and terrorist incursions, caused a massive depopulation of northern Israeli border towns. Farouk Kaddowni of the PLO called this psychological warfare, one way (albeit in stages) to "liberate Palestine...
...proposal for a settlement gave new impetus to a P.L.O. departure. For the first time, the Arab world acknowledged its "collective responsibility," as one U.S. diplomat in Washington put it, to ensure the evacuation of the Palestinians from Beirut. The key passage in the document, which was signed by Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the P.L.O.'s political department, stated: "The Palestine Liberation Organization declares its decision to transfer its armed forces from Beirut and define guarantees for this move, along with guarantees to be worked out between the P.L.O. and the Lebanese government for the security of the Palestinian...