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...Indeed, there were questions about why the spiritual leader of the world's largest Christian body would meet openly with the commander of an organization that has in the past endorsed terrorism as a tactic. John Paul kept the 20-min. audience low key; according to the Vatican communiqué, he told Arafat of his "constant concern to favor the difficult process of peace in the Middle East...
...Israeli rejection of those proposals was harsh and specific. The Cabinet communiqué included a detailed examination of how the Israeli government believes Reagan's proposals deviate from the Camp David accords. In so doing, the Israelis disclosed some details of Reagan's proposals that he did not make public in his speech. For example, the President on television said only that "Jerusalem must remain undivided, but its final status should be decided through negotiations." In his letter to Begin, according to the Israelis, Reagan proposed to let the Arab inhabitants of East Jerusalem vote in elections...
Status of East Jerusalem. Reagan urged "participation by the Palestinian inhabitants of East Jerusalem in the election" of a self-governing authority for the West Bank and Gaza. The Israeli communiqué says that Jerusalem is not mentioned in Camp David and that such voting would in effect lead to its repartitioning. True, Jerusalem is not cited in the accords, but the accompanying Egyptian and American letters clearly indicate that two of the parties do not acknowledge Israel's authority over the entire city...
...hospital gates appeared a crudely lettered cardboard communiqu...
Over at ABC, on the David Brinkley show, the European economic conference had ended with a bland communiqué papering over disagreements. But ABC's guest, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, bubbled: "I would say that we've had a very good session. I think we accomplished everything that we wanted." When challenged about the communiqué's evasions, Regan was not to be drawn. Like most businessmen who go into government service, Regan tends to concede nothing and doggedly repeats his sales pitch. Not very rewarding...