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•i * ,,k ,nn u >< ii n ii i 2 Israelis deny complicity in alleged arms conspiracy by Hugh Orgel TEL AVIV (JTA)—Two of six Israelis charged by U.S. authori ties with conspiracy to sell more than $2 billion in American wea pons illegally to Iran, denied in Jerusalem Tuesday that they were in any way involved in a clandes tine plot. Yitzhak Lombrozo, a lawyer, and Yitzhak Hevroni, an ordained rabbi who is financial officer of the Hebron Yeshiva, are among 17 men of six nationalities who were arrested or had warrants issued against them in New York on April 22. Also named in the charges bv U.S. Federal Prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani were Israel and Gi Eisen- berg. a father and son who head the Bazalet International Trading Co. ( BIT) in Jerusalem, a firm the U.S. says was implicated in the alleged conspiracy. Hevroni is treasurer of BIT. Arrested in Bermuda April 22 were a retired Israel Defense Force general, Avraham Baram, and William Northrop, who holds dual U.S.- Israeli citizenship. They allegedly flew to the British colony to final ize the arms deal and are being held on charges of violating immigra tion regulations, pending extradi tion to the U.S. Lombrozo, identified as “Hum- posa” in reports from the U.S., is a partner in the Jerusalem law firm of Hadaniand Lombrozo. He stepped forward Tuesday to acknowledge that he had drawn up the incorpo ration papers for BIT last Febru ary and insisted it was a legitimate firm engaged in lawful trade. According to Lombrozo, he also drafted the documents for the arms deal, which he said stated explicit ly that any transaction was condi tional on authorization by the U.S. and Israeli governments. “It was only a $400 million deal,” Lom brozo said, adding that he had no idea where the $2.5 billion figure mentioned in the American charges came from. Lombrozo and Hevroni said Tuesday that they have not been notified by U.S. authorities of any action pending against them. Hev roni said he handled BIT’s finan cial matters and knew the com pany was engaged in arranging some kind of arms transaction. However, he stressed, he was positive it was not illeeal If an arms deal were about to be con summated “they (BEL) would have obtained full prior authorization from both the U.S. and the Israeli governments before goingthrough with the deal,” he said. Giuliani, who is the chief U.S. prosecutor for New York, said last week that there is “no suggestion of involvement by the Israeli govern ment” in the alleged conspiracy. The Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry categorically denied that Israel was involved. According to Giuliani and U.S. Customs officials, the accused men conspired to sell Iran several hun dred F-4 and F-5 jet fighters, 15,000 TOW air-to-air missiles, scores of tanks and helicopters, long-range artillery and C-130 military trans port planes in violation ofthe U.S. arms embargo against Iran. The weapons were to be delivered in Greek ships and were presently stored in Israel and other coun tries, the U.S. officials said. — Reagan says yes to Herzog~\ WASHINGTON (JTA)—President Reagan has accepted the invitation of Israel’s President Chaim Herzog to act as honorary chairman of the David Ben-Gurion Centennial Committee of the United States, it was announced here by the centennial committee. Reagan’s participation in the year-long celebration of the birth of Israel’s first Prime Minister acknowledges the special relation ship between the United States and Israel, the Committee said. ,c 3 ; i • i ; n;. - «;t j; J *i f > t J Ji t > " 1 151?t ti?S? j- •titffZ J t J' 1 -'«5?5?ni'.' i 5?J? 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