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It also renewed threats to attack jetliners and airports used to trans port thousands of Soviet Jewish emi grants to Israel. Much of the 500- word communique was devoted to the rise in Jewish emigrants, who Arab leaders say could strengthen Israel and displace Palestinians from the occupied territories. In Damascus, Syrian Loreign Min ister Earouk al-Sharaa said his gov ernment has “been exerting a great deal of influence” to secure the hos tage release by Sunday. He would not elaborate. President Bush said the United States has “been disappointed be fore” by dashed hopes for the re lease of American hostages and re peated that he will not meet the demands of kidnappers. “The United States does not knuckle under to demands,” said Bush when asked why he did not dis patch Kelly to Damascus. The kidnappers’ statement was accompanied by an instant photo graph of Robert Polhill, one of three U.S. educators held by the group since Jan. 24, 1987. It was delivered to the Beirut newspaper an-Nahar and to a Western news agency. In a communique Wednesday, the group said Kelly should go to Dam ascus “to coordinate some final steps to guarantee success within 48 hours.” They said a hostage would be freed within that time frame but did not say which one. The U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Edward Djerjian, flew back to Dam ascus on Thursday. He and Kelly had been at a diplomatic meeting in West Germany. Djerjian held a series of meetings at Syria’s Foreign Ministry. He did not speak to reporters. Informed sources in Damascus, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the problem with the hos tage-release centered on whether Kelly, the former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, would go to Damascus. The kidnappers had said Wednes day that a captive would be freed within 48 hours, or by Friday eve- Bush emphasizes Soviet coercion tactics push U.S. patience, reaction to limits ning, in response to requests fttn Iran and Syria. Their leaders tai encouraged an end to the hostaj crisis. The group implied that sot sort of exchange was involved, That communique was acconip; nied by an instant photograph, Jesse Turner of Boise, Idaho-th. first photo of him alone since thre months after his abduction. Hit group also holds Alann Steen. The new statement said: “Asfoi the release of the American hostajt arrangements had been undent* on the basis that they would be con eluded and finalized. “But Kelly’s failure to respondfc so far frustrated the release, whicl made us postpone this operation on, til the picture is cleared,” it added near t he end of the statement. Women (Continued from page 1) KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — President Bush said Thursday “there are limits” to U.S. patience for Soviet coercion of Lithuania but refused to say when or how he might respond. As Moscow imposed new pressure on the breakway Baltic republic by curbing oil and natural gas supplies, Bush said, “I am greatly concerned by this escalation in terms of using energy to push the Lithuanians into line.” Bush, asked the extent of his patience, said, “Yes, there are limits and, having said that, I am convinced that Mr. Gorbachev knows there are limits.” Bush made his comments at a news conference fol lowing a day of talks with French President Francois Mitterrand at a plush oceanside resort. With palm trees and sparkling water as the backdrop for an outdoor news conference, the two leaders met with reporters for 78 minutes. On various subjects: —Bush, when asked about a report that Mideast ex tremists had postponed a plan to release an America hostage in Lebanon, said, “We’ve been disappointed be fore, hopes raised only to have them dashed by exces sive speculation.” The Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine said the release of a hostage was postponed because of U.S. refusal to send John Kelly, assistant secretary of state for Middle Eastern affairs, to Syria to take part. “The United States does not knuckle under to de mands,” said Bush when asked why he did not dispatch Kelly as demanded by the group. The president said he was grateful to Syria “for try ing to play a constructive role” regarding the hostages. —Mitterrand, defending his country’s ties with Libya and Iran, said he could not judge whether they were re sponsible for hostage-taking. Bush noted that the United States does not have ties with either country and said, “We can’t have normal relations when hostages are held.” —Mitterrand said he had proposed a summit of the 16 NATO allies before the end of the year to discuss the changing face of Europe and that Bush had concurred with the idea. On Lithuania, Bush and Mitterrand joined in calling for dialogue to end the confrontation between Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and the leaders of the breakaway Baltic republic. Armies’ truce may end nine years of civil war Contras concede to cease-fire MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nine years of civil war that took 30,000 lives appeared near an end Thursday when Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas and the incoming government agreed to a truce and a deadline for the rebels to disarm. “With this accord we conclude the peace process that started with the elections,” said Antonio Lacayo, se nior negotiator for President-elect Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, after the accords were read at a dawn news conference. The accord sets a cease-fire that began at noon Thursday; the with drawal of Sandinista military forces at least 12 miles from the borders of five security zones, to be completed by Saturday; and the immediate gathering of all Contra fighters within the zones. About 9,000 Con tra fighters are in Nicaragua. An addendum said the Contras will start turning in their weapons on Wednesday afternoon, April 25, af ter Chamorro takes office from President Daniel Ortega, with the Contra fighting force to be dis banded completely by June 10. Missions from the United Nations and the Organization of American States — as well as Roman Catholic Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo — were charged with supervising the cease-fire and demobilization. The accord, completed after 14 hours of negotiations, does not meet “With this accord we conclude the peace process that started with the elections.” — Antonio Lacayo, Senior negotiator for President-elect the Sandinista Front’s demand that the Contras disband by April 25. But it also makes no mention of what had been a key Contra demand -— that the Sandinista People’s Army be neutralized as a condition for the rebels to surrender their weapons. Chamorro’s United National Op position alliance clearly gained the most from the agreement — the op portunity to start its government in peace, instead of in the middle of civil war, bitter recriminations or anti-government strikes, as had been feared. After nine years of civil war that cost 30,000 people their lives in a country of 3 million, each side was suspicious of the other’s motives and neither wanted to be the first to put down its weapons. The army is controlled by the Sandinista party, and the Contras in sisted that they wouldn’t disarm un til they were sure Chamorro had full control of the government and it was safe for them to return home. Under a protocol with Chamor ro’s coalition, the Sandinistas agreed to depoliticize the army and reduce its size. Some Sandinistas appeared disap pointed the accord did not call for the immediate disbanding of the Contras, and a mob of youths chant ing anti-Contra slogans surrounded a senior U.S. official’s car hours after the agreement was signed. Citing the recent Supreme Coun decision concerning abortion and the restrictive laws being debated and passed in state legislatures, sht said “those votes don’t represent tte society. “And one of the reasons they get away with it is because we are not there in enough numbers to stop it,’ Smeal said. Because of the underrepresenta tion of women in Congress, issue that af fect women are not given ad equate priority, she said. Smeal talked about her experience fightic; for legislation to help battered women. "I can’t tell you what it’s liketobeg for better legislation to protect women who are victims of domestit violence,” she said. “Well I for one am sick ofbeg ging,” she said. “And I think a loto( the feminist movement is. We'refed up, and we should be; and we should have been fed up a long time ago. “The biggest mistake the femim movement has made, and 1 believt women in general have made, is gift and give and give because we re too reasonable,” Smeal said. "They gift us a ridiculous decision and we sat ‘OK, we’ll do it next time.’” Smeal also talked about the world population explosion and said she disagrees with the United States’ef forts to curb it. She said the United States, “inthe name of morality," should not threaten to cut foreign aid to coun tries that will not acquiesce to US demands. “Poor nations ” cannot af ford birth control and often resortlo abortion, usually illegal, she said. “We have created an atmosphere of terror,” she said. “We havesoter rorized health care workers that they are af raid to treat botched abortion! in some areas.” The United States makes people believe that its 25 percent induced abortion rate is a "holocaust," she said. But that figure is meaningless unless compared to the abortion rate for the world, which is 30 percent she said. “We can’t look at just what hap pens to 250 million Americans,” she said, “but what happens to five bil lion plus inhabitants of the Earth. She said those who are in power and those who will be in power have a duty to the future generations. “We of this generation must leave a better world than we found,"she said. Lithuania maintains stance despite Kremlin’s tight economic sanctions VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. (AP) — The Kremlin tightened its economic squeeze Thursday on Lithuania by shutting off more than 80 percent of the Baltic republic’s gas supply following a complete cutoff of oil the previous night. The independence-minded republic promptly ordered that the first to lose their energy sup plies will be Soviet military bases and factories run by Moscow, according to the parliament’s press office. Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev started his most drastic attempt to force Lithuania to re treat from its March 11 declaration of indepen dence late Wednesday when a pipeline to Lithua nia’s only oil refinery was shut off. Lithuanian Energy Minister Leonas Asmantas ordered immediate gasoline rationing of 30 liters per month for private cars, according to Daina Kalendra of the parliamentary press office. A liter is slightly more than one quart. “Where we can give up the use of gas, gasoline, any heating or lighting, let us do this, and then we will be able to survive longer and, maybe, we will not be intimidated by these sanctions,” gov ernment spokesman Ceslovas Jursenas said on Lithuanian radio. Lithuania, forcibly incorporated into the So viet Union in 1940, is entirely dependent on Moscow for its oil and gas, which it receives at be- low-market prices. Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Vadim Perfiliev told reporters Thursday that Moscow “might have some other restrictions” to impose on Lithuania, but he refused to elaborate. In Key Largo, Fla., President Bush and visiting French President Francois Mitterrand said they were both “deeply disturbed” by the Kremlin’s recent steps regarding Lithuania. Bush told re porters he was “considering appropriate mea sures to be taken in light of Soviet actions.” Lithuanian Prime Minister Kazimiera Pru- nskiene was in Norway to see about contracting for expensive Western oil and seeking foreign aid to pay for it. Officials told a news conference Thursday night other supplies were being cut as well, but refused to tell reporters what they were, Kalen dra said. Lithuania normally produces its own electric ity at a nuclear power plant at Ignalina, but it is shut for repairs. Kalendra said the republic has experienced no electricity shortage, and other plants are operating, including a hydroelectric plant near Kaunas. Lithuania has virtually no foreign current' Asmantas said the republic needs about 500,OW tons of oil a month — about $55 million worthal world prices. Prunskiene acknowledged the Soviet na" could easily blockade Lithuania’s harbors, bit said that would be “unthinkable.” Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis said Thursday that Lithuania will survive on its reserves while waiting for Western help. “We have no other way. We are waiting fro® the East for direct negotiations and from th( West for more ... support,” he said in aTVintet view with Cable News Network, broadcast fro® Vilnius. Landsbergis again urged major Western dt mocracies to come to Lithuania’s aid, addin! 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