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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...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Horner Lobbied for Sale Of Planes to Saudi Arabia | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Horner Lobbied for Sale Of Planes to Saudi Arabia | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Horner Lobbied for Sale Of Planes to Saudi Arabia | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Horner Lobbied for Sale Of Planes to Saudi Arabia | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

Editors lost direct contact with their correspondents last Monday, when the last telex lines were shut down. By that time, telephone communication had been cut off and journalists summoned to Warsaw for reaccreditation. They were told to stay within city limits and not take pictures on the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Smuggling News out of Poland | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

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