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...scheduled to begin its perennial debate on Palestinian issues, and Arafat wanted to rally support for the Palestine National Council's (P.N.C.) declaration of an independent state. But mainstream American Jewish groups supported Shultz's view that Arafat's role in international terrorism justified preventing the U.N. speech. In late September, 51 Senators urged the Reagan Administration to block Arafat's visit. "I'm prepared to fight this one all the way to the President," Shultz vowed...
Arrayed against the Secretary was virtually the entire U.S. foreign policy bureaucracy, from National Security Adviser Colin Powell to Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci. Even within the State Department, Shultz was opposed by almost everyone, including the Regional Assistant Secretary, Richard Murphy. As one State Department official put it, "If Arafat doesn't speak, the issue becomes the U.S. decision rather than the merits of the P.L.O. case...
...host nation for the U.N., the U.S. is generally obliged to permit anyone to bring his case to the world organization, though it reserves the right to exclude security threats. In 1974 Arafat appeared before the General Assembly, an empty pistol holster conspicuous on his hip. At first, Shultz hid behind the flimsy excuse that Arafat had not formally asked for a visa. Then Arafat called the American bluff by making the request through the U.S. consulate in Tunis. The State Department said it would "severely scrutinize" his application. The possibility that the Americans might refuse the visa had angered...
...many diplomats, Shultz's battle to keep Arafat away from the U.N. was another indication of his fervid antipathy toward the P.L.O. and its head, a position that threatens to undercut U.S. influence in the Middle East. "I know it's his gut feeling," said a senior aide, "but it's taking us out of the diplomatic game...
What most annoys Shultz's critics is his conviction that he alone knows how to persuade the Israelis to cooperate with American efforts in the region. Last spring Shultz waged a similar single-handed campaign on behalf of a memorandum of agreement that strengthened Israel's unique military and economic ties to the U.S. He resisted suggestions that the U.S. should use the memorandum negotiations to persuade Israel to moderate its strong-arm tactics against the Palestinian intifadeh...