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...week's biggest uncertainty centered on Arafat's travels. After visiting Morocco, the P.L.O. leader was expected in Amman on March 27 to meet with Hussein. But instead Arafat flew to Saudi Arabia and then to Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Syria. Arafat's aim was to shore up Arab support before making any commitment to King Hussein. Arafat did not see Syrian President Hafez Assad, who is strongly opposed to Jordanian participation in peace talks, but he did deliver a fiery speech to a large throng of supporters in Damascus. The next day Arafat arrived...
Although the results of the Hussein-Arafat meeting were inconclusive at week's end, there were indications that the two leaders were striving for a compromise formula that would try to bridge the Reagan initiative and the plan approved by 20 leaders at the Arab summit in Fez, Morocco, last September. The Fez plan called for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, whereas the Reagan proposal espouses only Palestinian self-rule under Jordanian auspices...
...Administration's seemingly stringless military aid to the government of El Salvador clearly is running out. In a confused legislative situation, three separate committees last week moved to amend President Reagan's decision to transfer to El Salvador $60 million in military funds previously appropriated for Morocco. Said one Administration official wryly: "We have never had a four-handed policymaking game before...
...strong lead from Shultz, the President's ear has been captured by right-wing advisers such as Clark and Weinberger. Even on Middle East policy, Shultz is in some danger of being upstaged. The very pro-Israel Kirkpatrick departed Saturday on a trip of her own to Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, from which she will return on March 26, doubtless with some strongly worded advice for Reagan...
...P.L.O. In fact, TIME has learned that the P.L.O. will accept direct negotiations between the U.S. and Palestinian officials in the West Bank, thus bypassing Jordan, Israel and even the P.L.O. Arafat and the moderates also won approval of a proposal adopted at the Arab summit in Fez, Morocco, last fall that called for peaceful coexistence between Israel and all Arab states, in effect giving tacit recognition to Israel's right to exist...