Word: telex
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President Horner last fall lobbied for Senate approval of the sale of AWACS aircraft to Saudi Arabia, co-signing a confidential telex on the eve of a crucial Senate vote that strongly urged a handful of wavering senators to cast their votes for the sale "in the best interests of the United States...
...October 28 telex--signed by Horner and 22 corporate executives on a tour of Eastern Europe and the Middle East sponsored by Time, Inc.--argues that Senate rejection of the sale of the electronic reconnaissance planes would "severely damage U.S. credibility in [the] Arab world...
Alone among the 23 signers, Horner did not include her institutional affiliation on the telex, which was received by about 20 senators only hours before the Senate approved the sale by a 52-48 margin...
...informed University officials that she signed the document, she said, adding that "the only basis on which I would sign it was as an individual." Horner said she has "no idea whatsoever" whether the telex influenced the votes of any senators...
Only one member of the Time party--Vernon Jordon, head of the National Urban League--declined to sign the telex. Jordan was unavailable for comment yesterday, and Horner said she "can't really be sure what Vernon's position...