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Reagan works to soft sell
arms deal to Jewish group
Veto override vote set June 5
From combined reports
WASHINGTON—Asexpected, President Reagan vetoed thecongres-
sional resolution barring the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
Despite the desire of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R.-
Kan.) to call a vote to uphold the president’s veto, Minority Leader
Robert Byrd (D.-W. Va.) said he would prevent an immediate vote
because of the absence of some senators opposed to the sale of
arms.
The vote in the Senate is now scheduled to take place June 5.
Sen. Alan Cranston (D.-Calif.), a leader in the opposition to the
arms sale, said, “We will work to win,’’ although he admitted that,
had the vote been held Wednesday, the opponents would have lost.
by Joseph Polakoff
TSI’s Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON—The White
House canceled President Reagan’s
scheduled meeting with 11 outstanding
Jewish communal leaders after the
unexpected death of Yehuda
Heilman, one of those invited to
attend. The meeting had been ar
ranged by the White H ouse to gain
support for the president’s veto of
the congressional resolution bar
ring the U.S. sale of $354 million in
arms to Saudi Arabia, which the
administration ardently desired to
fulfill.
After a meeting was scheduled
with another group to which 40
Jewish communal activists were
invited. White House spokesman
Larry Speakes was asked, “Why
are Jews singled out?’’ Speakes
denied that intention, saying,
“We’ve contacted many groups,
certainly not only the ones you
mentioned, to explain our Middle
East policy to them in conjunction
with the sale.” Knowledgeable
sources said the second meeting
was arranged after the White H ouse
had asked four unidentified sena
tors to nominate 10 Jewish acti
vists to visit the White House.
The day after the initial meeting
was canceled, the president and his
top aides exchanged views for 75
minutes with 12 Jewish communal
activists in a private meeting at the
White House that was hurriedly
arranged by mailgram and tele
phone as the Congress prepared to
overrride his veto.
To offset apparent defeat, Rea
gan removed the 600 Stinger mis
siles and 200 launchers in his arms
package following the meeting The
change is expected to improve
chances Congress won’t block the
entire package. Opponents have
said the Stingers would be danger
ous if they feel into terrorist hands
The Saudi envoy to the United
States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan,
said other weapons in the package,
which include Harpoon anti-ship
missiles, were more important than
the Stingers. He said King Faud
had agreed to the elimination. Sen.
Alan Cranston (D.-Calif.), who
leads the Senate opposition, said
Stingers are known as a terrorist’s
delight. A single terrorist can shoot
down an airplane from five miles
away.
While many in the group of 12
support the president, they ex
pressed “varying degrees of con
cern” about the sale and every
body took the position the sale was
not advisable.” Malcolm Hoenlein,
executive director of New York’s
Jewish Community Relations
Council, said.
“This is not a Jewish issue,”
Hoenlein emphasized to a reporter
on the White House grounds. “We
are here as individuals and do not
represent any organization. We
were here as Americans and we
shared our views. It is not for us
to negotiate."
His commments came after the
reporter had told him, “You know
the image—Jews control the Con
gress.” To this Hoenlein replied:
“Some images are wrong.” He said,
“The president did not ask for our
support. He wanted an opportun
ity to explain his position.” The
president, he also said, “never
tried to persuade us” to accept his
position.
Peter Goldman, executive direc
tor of Americans for a Safe Israel,
who was also besieged by repor
ters, said he offered the view of his
organization that it was illogical
for the administration on the one
hand to consider Israel a strategic
ally and on the other hand to arm a
country that is at war with Israel.
Ivan Boesky, the New York fi
nancier, declined to comment while
on the White House grounds.
However, the Washington Post
reported that, in a statement later
Boesky said that Reagan had
worked for peace in the Middle
East and “should be supported"
on the Saudi arms sale. A vote for
the proposal, Boesky was quoted,
“is not a vote to destroy Israel."
The White House made known
that Secretary of State George
Shultz, White House Chief of Staff
Don Regan, National Security
Affairs Adviser John Poindexter
and Max Green, an assistant to the
president for liaison with commu
nal organizations, attended
Strong objections by Jewish and
other political leaders to calling the
11 leaders to the White House May
19 was voiced to the White House
before Heilman’s death May
16. None of those invited. The
Southern Israelite was informed,
wanted to participate. It was
emphasized that no good would
result for White House-communal
relations since they now' are excel
lent and tensions which do not
exist could emerge. Jewish leaders
could not possibly affirm the sale
of weapons to a country that is at
war with Israel, it was stressed
Sen. Paul Laxalt (R.-Ne\>. per
haps the president’s closest pout -
cal confidant, was reported as ha ■ -
ing counseled against the meeting
saying it was unwise. Laxalt anJ
Sen. Chic Hecht fR.-Nevj. who
is Jewish and voted against Hie
sale, are intimate friends
In Jewish activist atlairs m--"'
of the 11 invited are virtua
household names Besides Heilman,
thev were Morris Abram R ioer
Asher. Kenneth Biaikin. Tom Toe
Max Fisher. Ricnard Fox. G.ifo r J
Glazer, Nathan Pertmutter A ex
Resnick and Peggv Tishman Ex
cept for Glazer. wno is an activist
in Jewish affairs in Los Angeles. 3“
are leaders in national organiza
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