8—THE BULLETIN—Thursday. December 2, 1976
U.S. insists it doesn't 'recognize'
the PLO
WASiONGTON-AIthough the Palesftine Liberation Organization has two offices in New York with U.S. official consent and U.S. Embassy officials in Beirut are in communication with the PLO terrorists there, the State Department insists tiiat the United States does not "rcognize" the PLO.
This devel(^ed when reporters asked the Department to clarify its written response of about 350 words to a previous press question regarding reported fund-raising in the U.S. by the PLO. - The statement not^d that the PLO established an "information office" in New York in 1965 and registered with the U.S. Justice Department at that time as "a foreign agent." It files reports every six months with the Justice Department, the response said.
The PLO observer office, on the other hand, was set up under A United Nations General Assembly resolution. It "is not ' registered with Justice and need not be," the State Department said.
. Since the end of June, U.S. officials have been in contact with the PLO in Lebanon for purposes of protecting Americans at the Embassy there^ \J.S. authorities have said.
Asked by reporters whether . the contacts in Beirut, together with the PLO offices in New York, add up to U.S. "de facto" if not "de jure" recognition of the PLO, the Department's chief spokesman Robert Funseth replied "neither."
He said the contacts did not constitute "substantive" action of recognition.
Columnists Jack Anderson and Les Whitten reported recently that the PLO received a check for $4,984 from persons in Virginia. The PLO observer office director, Zuhdi Terzi, admitted to them that he received the check, the columnists said, and that he forwarded it to Jacob Oubedi, the PLO's top fund-raiser in Beirut.
. Oubedi, the columnists said, signed a thank you note, written in Arabic on the stationery of
the PLO's U.N. office and addressed to the "Palestinian Committee in the State of Virginia!" ■ >■ .
Terzi also admitted, the columnists said, that the PLO fund drive rc^ached into many states but that money for the PLO was scarce.
Funsetti acknowle<l^ed as '^Correct" that the PLO received the 94,984. The Dei»rtmeht's statement said the ;u;S. lyfission to U.N. brought the the ■U.N. Secretariate's aitteh^cHi and the U.S. Mission itsielf reviewed this matter direcUy''iwth Terzi.
According to flie statement^ the y.s: officials told Ter2i:^fund-raising is not an appri^riate part of the functions of the PLO observer office or its members." and that in the future iii^ "incidents of this nature" the U.S. would be "obliged to take ap-. propriate measures," vk
Funseth said he would i>refer not .to define, the measures, pending what may take place in the future.
TEL AVIV HAGA
'ARAFAT FAVORS NEGOTIATIONS'
—NEW YORK — Leader of the Palestine 'Liberation Organization," Yassir Arafat, declared at a meeting with his advisors that he must ptepare to negotiate with Israel about the establishment of a Palestinian State in its Western part The Baltimore Sun, in publishing the story, also noted that Arafat emphasized that this is the only position Open for the solution of the PaJestiae problem. He expressed the feeling that such an approach by the PLO, would have the support of the Arab countries, Soviet Union, United States and Western Europe.
1.. u . . j..^ . . •■"^ ^ •.fecMit civli defence driO, wUch Included a staged enemy attack on Qty HaO. Defence Mfaibter Shimon Feres, Chief of Staff Mordechat Gnr and'Mayor Sbkmo Lahat
watched part of the exeidse.
Dutch J e w ' b e t r a y e d own peoBiIe' to Nazis
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(Jeraulem Pott)
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ABISTERDAM Research by Holland's State Institute for War Documeritation shows that Dr. Friedrich Weinreb, 66, a con-.troversial Jewish author who now lives in Switzerland, betrayed Jews to the Nazis during the Second World War.
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The-institute's, findings ha^ve reopened! wai* wounds among the Dutch Jewish community, reduced to some 30,000 from its ii9i40 total of 140,000 by Nazi depbrt-ation and murder during the Second World War. The findings
have also: revived cpntroversies among the general population. .
Lvov-borh Dr. Weinreb, who had lived in Hcrfland sihce^ the age of six, was freed after serving 3 i/2 years of a six-year sentence imposed by a Dutch court ih 1948 on charges ipf collaborating with the Nazi occupiiers.:
Supiported bir man^ people, he maintained^jiis innocence, claiming 'thai, he had.hoio^ jihe Nazis,, ttiereby saying hundreds of Jews
He wrote his memoirs in 1969 entitled, ''Collabbration and Resistance 1940-1945-An attempt to kill i Myth,^' in his defence.
But the State Institute's report said that, by "spying on his fellow prisoners on behalf of the German occupying forces" during the wai* and by "Betraying hidden Jews," Friedrich Weinreb was resppn-sible for the arrest df Il8 people by the Germans. Ofthese,70were killed. /
The report also said that he place thousands of Jews on so-called "Weinreb lists," with the promise that this would lead to their exchangeand arrival in the neutral countries of Portugal and Switzerland. However, the Jews on the lists were deported to concentration camps by the Nazis.
Dr. Weinrieb received 375,000 guilders (about $150,000) from Jews placed on the list. There were no <:ecbrds for the greater partofthis suin. •    i /
:: The report also stated that Dr. Weinreb's actions during; the Holocaust were worse, thaii the evidence produced by the prosecution at his court appearances in 1947 and 1948, when he was
.^jailed.""
.. The State Institute's report of nearly 1,700 pages, was produced after one of the most far-reaching Dutch investigations since the war. During six years of inquiries, ^ 600 witnesses were ques -tibned in Holland, Israel, the United States auid elsewhere.
The inquiries were ordered by the Dutch Justice Minister, in ^ew or the representa^ons of Dr.' Weinreb's supporter^ who sought his rehabilitation.
FORESEE ARAB MAJORITY
NEW YORK — In the ab-
sence of a mass migration to Israel, the Arabs will exceed the nuffll)er of Jews within the old borders by the year 2079. If Israel should remain in the admhiistered territories, the Arabs will exceed the number of Jews by the year 2043 according to a study published by the Library of IheAmericaiiCohgre^ study says that in die future' the Arabs will outnumber the Jews because, of fHek prdific i birthrate. These .findings are based onthe. assumption thatr :th& annual Aliyah to Israel; would number 25^000 olim'.j The study pointed out that' the rate' of departure from Israel to other countries is estimated to be from 8,000 to 17,000 annually.
DR. FRIEDRICH VneiNREB
Instead,, the report brought tp light matters which were unknown in the years immediately follow-ing the war. ,
Dr. Weinreb left Holland to live in Zurich about.seven years ago. He said that the report was "all defamation."
Thie investigators of the State Institute for War Documentation wereD. Giltay Veth, a retired judge, and A.J. van der Leeuw, a historian. JCNS.
JEW AND MOSLEM pray slde-by-slde fai Mechpela Cave fai Tomb of Patriarchs In Hebn>n<.'The Tomb of the Patriarchs, a m^or shrine for bothi Jews and Moslems, was re-opened to the public recently after being idf^ed since Yom Klppor when reUglooa artlliacts were desecrated. ' (Jerosalem Post)
TEL AViy—"The afternoon paper 'Ma'ariv' declares that leading Israeli economists have ascertained that a large number : of Jews in the United States trade with Arab countries. Among the material^ sold to them are different electronic instruments. Many of these Jews "continue to support Israel while at the'/ same time transfering knowledge and development to Arab ^ "lands."     ■ ■
Some of these Jews are sure that their trade with Arabf lands.will ultimately lesson Arab's hatred of Israel. 'Ma'ariv' however, states that the matter causes great uiirest within the competent circles of Israel. The newspaper ihentionis at the same time that an American company which is drilling for oilin the vicinity of the Suez C^ual, has accepted the Arab boycott principle against Israel. A number of Jewish community leaders; have an important share in:this.company.
GOLDMANNSEES VENEZUELA AS PEACEMAKER
NEW YORK -r Commenting on his recent visit to Caracas, Dr. Nahiun Goldmann, presi'dent of World Jewish Congress,.praised the friendly relations existing between the Jewish community of: Venezuela and the government of that country.
He expressed the view that the government of Venezuelav whicfaj he said, maintains excellent relations with both Israel and the Arab countries, could play an important and constructive role in bringing about a peace settle^ ment in the Middle East.
Goldn^ann was received by the President of Venezuela, Carlos Andre& Perez. He:met also with Dr. Gonzalo Barrios, President of the Venezuelan Congress; and Dr. Rafael daldera, the former President of Venezuela. 'The discussions on es^ch occasion' covered a broad range of Jewish interests.
During his stay in Caracas, Coldmann addressed a banquet in his. honor by the Confederation of Jewish Ai^sociations and a public meeting organized by the Zionist Federation.
Sol Kanee, of 'Winnipeg; WJC treasurier, yjoined Goldmann \for part of his stay in Caracas. Ka:nee ; was on his w^ back to Canada from visits to Buenos Aires and Santiago.