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...Nordic 3x5-kilometer relay of Boris Granovsky, Smith Schleler and Ross MacDonald combined for a 17th finish in 1 hour 33.1 seconds...
...Ross was the first target. In July, 1995, an Israeli foreign ministry official gave him a briefing paper asking the State Department to weigh in with DOJ. Ross responded later that summer: he decided not to get involved in the issue...
...That's when Peres jumped in. A vigorous advocate of the joint economic projects, he instructed Itamar Rabinovich, Israel's ambassador in Washington, to press on with the State Department. Peres himself met with Ross and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, to plead the case in person, the memo says...
...Ross again declined to get involved in a September 1995 discussion with Rabinovich. The ambassador insisted on a full explanation for Ross' reluctance, and he received it at an Oct. 27, 1995, meeting with the State Department's deputy legal adviser, Jonathan B. Schwartz. He passed on concerns about Rich's sincerity as an investment partner and possible allegations of short-circuiting a prosecution...
...Israeli officials still thought they could overcome those issues. But in November 1995, Schwartz told them Ross would not change his mind "probably because of his reluctance to get involved in a politically sensitive situation," says the memo. After Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, Peres became prime minister. But his interests shifted, and that phase of the Israeli campaign for Rich ended in 1996. A State Department spokesman declined to comment on the memo. Ross, Indyk and Schwartz could not be reached...