SENATOR SIMON PROPOSES MEETING OF ISRAELI, AMERICAN AND JORDANIAN/PALESTINIAN LEGISLATORS TO ADVANCE PEACE PROCESS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01390R000700900103-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 103
• Publication Date: January 10, 1986
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SUBJECT: SENATOR SIMON PROPOSES MEETING OF ISRAELI,
AMERICAN AND JORDANIAN/PALESTINIAN LEGISLATORS TO
ADVANCE PEACE PROCESS.
2. SUMMARY. SENATOR PAUL SIMON PROPOSED DURING HIS
VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK JANUARY 6-9 THAT FOUR
LEGISLATORS EACH FROM THE U.S. SENATE, THE KNESSET AND
THE JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT MEET SOON TO FIND WAYS TD MOVE
JORDAN, ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS TO THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE. SIMON TOLD US THAT PRIME MINISTER PERES ENDORSED
HIS PRDPDSAL ENTHUSIASTICALLY DURING A MEETING ON
JANUARY 6 WEST BANK MEMBER OF THE JORDANIAN
PARLIAMENT EDWARD KHAMIS ALSO ACCEPTED THE IDEA BUT SAID
THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK FIRST WITH AMMAN BEFORE
PARTICIPATING. SIMON SAID THAT THE MEETING, WHICH WOULD
BE HELD ON NEUTRAL GROUND WITH NO PUBLICITY, WOULD FOCUS
ON THE PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS BLOCKING THE ADVENT OF
NEGOTIATIONS RATHER THAN ON SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES. SIMON
ASKED AMBASSADOR CLUVERIUS TO RAISE THE IDEA SOON WITH
THE GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN. END SUMMARY
3. DURING HIS VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK JANUARY
6-9, SENATOR PAUL SIMON (D-ILLINOIS) PROPOSED TO BOTH
THE GOI AND WEST BANKERS THAT FOUR LEGISLATORS EACH FROM
ISRAEL, THE U.S. AND JORDAN MEET SOON TO EXPLORE WAYS TO
MOVE THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD TO THE START OF
NEGOTIATIONS. SIMON TOLD US THAT HE MENTIONED THE IDEA
TD PRIME MINISTER PERES DURING THEIR JANUARY 6 MEETING.
PERES, HE SAID, ENDORSED IT ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND
PROMISED THAT ISRAELI KNESSET MEMBERS WOULD TAKE PART.
AT A CONGEN RECEPTION ON JANUARY 7, SIMON NEXT PROPOSED
THE IDEA TO WEST BANK MEMBER OF THE JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT
EDWARD KHAMIS WHO ALSO THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA AND SAID
HE WOULD PARTICIPATE IF AMMAN AGREED.
4. SIMON EXPLAINED THE PRDPDSAL AS FOLLOWS. HE WOULD
LIKE TO ARRANGE A MEETING ON NEUTRAL GROUND WITH NO
PUBLICITY FOR THE LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS WAYS OF MOVING
THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD TO THE NEGOTIATING STAGE.
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SIMON CAUTIONED THAT HE WOULD NOT WANT THE LEGISLATORS
TO ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION OF SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES WHICH
WOULD INEVITABLY BREAK DOWN DUE TO THE OBVIOUS DIVERSITY
OF OPINION AMONG AMERICANS, ISRAELIS, JORDANIANS AND
PALESTINIANS. HE WOULD LIKE THE MEETING TO FOCUS
INSTEAD ON CONCRETE STEPS THAT THE PARTIES MIGHT TAKE IN
THE CDMING MONTHS TO LEAD TO THE START OF NEGOTIATIONS.
5. SIMON FORESEES THE PARTICIPATION OF FOUR U.S.
SENATORS (TWO DEMOCRATS AND TWO REPUBLICANS) INCLUDING,
HE HOPES, SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR, FOUR MEMBERS OF THE
KNESSET (HE DID NOT SPECIFY A BREAKDDWN IN PARTY
AFFILIATION) AND A COMBINED JORDANIAN/PALESTINIAN
DELEGATION MADE UP OF TWO WEST BANK MPS, ONE OF WHOM
COULD BE KHAMIS, AND TWO EAST BANKERS. IN ORDER FOR IT
TO BE AT ALL USEFUL, HE WOULD LIKE TO CONVENE THE
MEETING IN THE COMING MONTH OR TWO.
6. THE NEXT STEP, IN SIMON'S VIEW, IS FOR THE IDEA TO
BE BROACHED IN JORDAN. HE ASKED AMBASSADOR CLUVERIUS
THAT DURING HIS NEXT TRIP TO AMMAN, HE SEEK, ON SIMON'S
BEHALF, JORDANIAN APPROVAL FDR JORDANIAN MPS TO TAKE
PART. CLUVERIUS NOTED THAT KING HUSSEIN IS OUT OF THE
COUNTRY BUT SAID HE WOULD MENTION THE SENATOR'S IDEA IN
AMMAN. SENATOR SIMON MAY MENTIDN IT TO THE JORDANIAN
AMBASSADOR UPON HIS RETURN TO WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK.
KEENE
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