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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1981
Reagan, Hussein continue talks
Peace process major topic
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Jordan’s
King Hussein paid a final call on
President Reagan Tuesday amid
administration hopes that the
monarch’s visit will produce new
and better military cooperation
with the United States in the Mid
dle East.
Hussein met with Reagan and
top administration officials Mon
day to discuss the Middle East
peace process and other issues.
According to an official account
of the session Monday between
Reagan and Hussein — also
attended by various aides — the
conversation was very general but
touched on the Middle East peace
process, Palestinian autonomy
and a threat to the region posed by
the Soviet Union.
opportunity. But he said now that
he has had a chance to discuss the
issues with Hussein he is certain
“we will walk the path as friends. ”
Hussein returned Reagan’s
toast and said: “I can only say, sir,
that having had this privilege, I
feel more encouraged than I have
felt for a long, long period of
time.”
Earlier Monday, when asked by
a reporter whether he would be
prepared to join the Camp David
negotiations, Hussein remained
non-comm ittal.
“Our position is well known to
you,” he said. “The objective, as
far as we are concerned, has al
ways been a comprehensive total
peace for the entire area, one
which future generations can
accept, protect and live with. This
has not changed.”
Secretary of Defense Caspar
Weinberger, accompanied by
Gen. David Jones, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with
the king at Blair House for more
than an hour late Monday after
noon.
Secretary of State Alexander
Haig also met with the king and
said after his meeting with Hus
sein: “I am personally encouraged
by the tone of these discussions.”
Hussein’s visit, following hard
on the Senate’s acceptance of the
$8.5 billion Saudi arms package, is
seen as critical to Reagan’s plan for
bringing moderate Arab leaders
into the Middle East peace pro
cess.
But to achieve extensive Jorda
nian participation in that process,
Hussein made it clear there ^
should be movement toward re
solution of the Palestinian prob
lem. The king supports creation of
a separate Palestinian state.
Reagan chose not to address the
Palestinian question, officials said.j
Instead, in his welcoming re-)
marks, the president urged Hus-i
sein to be mindful of the role of !
external powers in aggravating m
problems of the region.
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The king and the president re
mained divided on the question of
the Camp David accords as the
road to peace in the region, but
managed to establish a warm per
sonal relationship that aides said
was lacking during the presidency
of Jimmy Carter.
Relations between Jordan and
the United States had chilled fol
lowing Hussein’s refusal to join
the Camp David process of nego
tiations.
Administration officials hope
the two days of talks will succeed
in dissuading Hussein from turn
ing to the Soviet Union for his
supply of arms.
Hussein is also known to look
with favor on an eight-point Mid
dle East peace plan offered by
Saudi Arabia as an alternative to
the Camp David accords. The
plan implies recognition of the
state of Israel, but also demands
creation of a Palestinian state.
President Reagan acknow
ledged that the path ahead is
frought with both danger and
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Postal Service
United Press International
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. —
iiarace Buffalo Bill Cody would
lave enjoyed, a senator’s version
)fthe Pony Express handily defe-
itedthe U.S. Postal Service.
The horse got the mail to Har-
)ers Ferry in a little more than
tine hours Monday. The letter
hat was mailed was not expected
:o arrive until today.
Sen. Steven Symms, R-Idaho,
set up the race to dramatize a bill
lehas introduced that would au-
:stau® horize private companies to de-
oretfc iver first class mail.
“The mail delivery business
leeds to be injected with a stiff
die hot of competition,” Symms said.
In Washington, Symms mailed
letter to Harpers Ferry Mayor
thW Bradley Nash.
At the same time, he handed a
etter to Valerie Kanavy, 35, a
irize-winning endurance rider,
who was riding Ramequa Kaffara,
he current national 100-mile
hampion.
Kanavy and the horse, escorted
by two motorcycle policemen,
Orletf ma de the 63-mile trip in less than
t the if
nine hours.
The letter Symms mailed will
not arrive until today because
Harpers Ferry is in a second-day
delivery zone, a Postal Service
spokesman said.
Symms said the race showed
the need to end the government’s
mail monopoly: “The key to in
creased efficiency and lower costs
in the delivery of mail is not in a
government-sustained monopoly,
but in the competition of private
enterprise.”
A Postal Service spokesman was
not impressed with Symms race,
calling it “just a stunt that gener
ates a lot of horse dung. ”
The Postal Service has opposed
any move to allow private carriers
to deliver first class mail, arguing
that carriers who deliver mail for
profit would focus on profitable
areas, leaving the federal agency
with less resources for serving out
lying areas.
The Postal Service also dis
counts the legend of the Pony Ex
press, pointing out that it charged
up to $5 to deliver a half-ounce
letter.
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