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...used some Palestinian people who happened to be here--Abul Abbas. I have never heard of Abul Abbas, I have never heard about his activities. I did not meet him. They told me he was going to Tunisia on his way from Iraq, and he made a stop here. He went to Port Said and contacted the hijackers. The conclusion was that if they freed the ship and saved the lives of the people, we would let them go free...
...allies. Demanding in an undemocratic way. We believe that we should be able to speak our minds on international issues, and we will. But the U.S. might not like that. South Africa, for example, or a new economic order, or the Israeli attack on P.L.O. headquarters in Tunisia are issues where it is not a question of being anti-U.S. It is a question of taking a stand that we happen to believe is correct...
...seemed somewhat more detached than usual from the details of foreign policy while making repeated forays on behalf of a tax plan most people appear to have forgotten. He also found himself slightly out of step with his advisers on Israel's attack last week on P.L.O. headquarters in Tunisia. After initially characterizing the reprisal raid as "legitimate," he later sent "condolences" to the Tunisian government...
...keep King Hussein's fragile peace initiative alive. The raid took the Tunisian government of President Habib Bourguiba, 82, a longtime friend of the U.S., by surprise. When Tunisians first heard explosions from Hammam al-Shatt, many thought that a raid was being carried out by Libya, with which Tunisia had broken diplomatic relations a few days earlier. But on the beach at Hammam al- Shatt, there was no such confusion. Said one young Palestinian survivor: "We could see the Israeli markings. The planes peeled off just above us. It was terrifying...
...Shultz was in New York that day to have lunch with the foreign ministers of six gulf states, and the ministers treated the Secretary to a volley of angry protest. One warned him that "no Arab state can now consider itself safe from Israel," while another noted acidly that Tunisia had been the first Arab country ever to call for peace with Israel. Shultz pointed out that Israel had been increasingly concerned about a general upsurge in terrorism over the past several months, but then added, in an attempt at evenhandedness, "We have to be clear in our minds that...