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Reagan News Session To Be Broadcast Live

Date: 17 May 1983

President Reagan's news conference, scheduled for tonight at 8 P.M. Eastern time, will be televised live by CBS, NBC, ABC and the Cable News Network. Some local affiliates of the Public Broadcasting Service may carry the half-hour news conference, either live or later on tape. Channel 13 in New York City, for example, has scheduled the conference for 11:30 P.M. The conference will also be broadcast live by radio stations WCBS-AM, WINS and WOR in New York.

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News Summary; WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1983

Date: 18 May 1983

International A confidential U.S.-Israeli accord was signed in Washington and Jerusalem, according to Israeli and Reagan Administration officials. The agreement, they said, recognizes that despite the Israeli-Lebanese security accord, Israel has the right to retaliate against terrorist attacks from Lebanon and that Israel may delay withdrawing its forces from Lebanon until the forces of Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization also withdraw. (Page A1, Column 1.) An Israeli-Lebanese agreement was signed in ceremonies in both countries. The security agreement is designed to lead to a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon and a continuing Israeli involvement in policing southern Lebanon. (A16:1-4.)

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PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MATTERS

Date: 18 May 1983

Following is a transcript of President Reagan's news conference last night in Washington, as recorded by The New York Times: OPENING STATEMENT Good evening. I have a statement. I'm gratified that bipartisan consensus on arms control is emerging from the recommendations of the Scowcroft Commission. Their report combined into one package three of our top-priority goals: modernization, deterrence and arms control. And I'm integrating their arms control recommendations into our START proposals. I will also support their proposal to develop a small single-warhead missile for more stable deterrence in the future.

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News Analysis

Date: 18 May 1983

By Thomas L. Friedman, Special To the New York Times

Thomas Friedman

For all its historic significance and for all the smiles and handshakes of the negotiators, the signing of the Israeli-Lebanese withdrawal agreement seems to have been cause for little real rejoicing in either Israel or Lebanon. Usually the signing of an agreement between two nations marks a clarification of their relations and the beginning of a new, clearly defined era. Today's signing ceremonies here and in Qiryat Shemona, an Israeli border town,ushered in a new era, but it is one dominated by a sense of uncertainty about the future in Lebanon, Israel and the Arab world. This is not to take anything away from the accord itself, which both sides hailed today as a scrupulously fair compromise hammered out with the help of the United States. Ink on Paper In theory, the agreement solves everything between Israel and Lebanon. But in reality - for the time being - it solves nothing. Unless Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization agree to conclude similar withdrawal arrangements, the Israeli-Lebanese accord will remain nothing but ink on paper.

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News Summary; TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1983

Date: 17 May 1983

International The Lebanese-Israeli accord, which is to be signed by both countries today, places strict and detailed limits on the deployment of Lebanese military personnel and weapons in southern Lebanon. Only two Lebanese Army brigades with a total of 8,682 soldiers may be stationed there with the equipment the troops normally carry. No antiaircraft or ground-to-sea missiles and no military radar that can search Israeli territory will be allowed. (Page A1, Column 4.) George P. Shultz was urged to return to the Middle East as soon as possible to help Lebanon negotiate a withdrawal of Syrian forces. The appeal to the Secretary of State was made by President Amin Gemayel during an interview in Beirut. (A1:5.)

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Wall St. Journal Editor

Date: 17 May 1983

Dow Jones & Company said yesterday that Norman Pearlstine will become managing editor of The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 1. Mr. Pearlstine, 40 years old, will succeed Laurence G. O'Donnell, 47, who will become an associate editor of The Journal and other Dow Jones publications, the company said. Mr. Pearlstine will be in charge of all day-to-day news gathering and reporting operations. Currently editor and publisher of The Wall Street Journal/Europe, which began publication in January, he had previously been the national news editor for The Journal's United States edition. Before joining The Journal he was an executive editor at Forbes magazine.

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South African Invitation

Date: 17 May 1983

Dr. Danie Craven, the president of the South African Rugby Board, has invited 80 to 90 overseas rugby writers at a cost of $446,000 to an ''international media congress'' in South Africa in August.

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Election Delays E.E.C. Meeting

Date: 18 May 1983

Special to the New York Times

Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany announced today that the next semiannual meeting of leaders of European Economic Community countries, scheduled for Stuttgart June 6-7, was being put off to June 17-19 because of the British elections on June 9. Mr. Kohl, who was meeting here with President Francois Mitterrand, said at a news conference that it was difficult for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to be present at the orginally scheduled time because of the election campaign, and the presence of a British leader was considered indispensable to the success of the meeting. The Chancellor depicted the Common Market as being in a ''critical phase'' because of economic difficulties and disputes about finances.

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HARVARD'S RUSSIAN STUDY UNIT STARTS A $5 MILLION CAMPAIGN

Date: 17 May 1983

Special to the New York Times

Harvard University announced the start today of a $5 million drive to upgrade its 35-year-old Russian Research Center, one of the nation's major institutes sponsoring teaching and research on the Soviet Union. Arthur A. Hartman, United States Ambassador in Moscow, attended the news conference announcing the drive, and called ''the tremendous gap in historical knowledge'' and lack of ''continuity in theory'' in attitudes toward the Soviet Union ''one of the serious defects in American foreign policy.'' Both the Ambassador and Harvard officials said the money raised would allow the training of academic and nonacademic specialists needed by government, business and news organizations dealing with the Soviet Union.

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GULF ARABS TRYING TO END WAR AND OIL SPILL

Date: 18 May 1983

Reuters

Two Persian Gulf officials said to be carrying a peace plan arrived in Iraq tonight from Iran in an effort to persuade the warring countries to cap Iranian oil wells polluting the Persian Gulf. The Bahrain-based Gulf News Agency quoted one of the envoys, the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Sheik Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, as saying on arrival in Baghdad that the trip was to end the crisis caused by the pollution from offshore oil wells damaged in the fighting. ''We will discuss all aspects of this matter, politically, technically and other issues relating to it,'' he said. It was reported in Kuwait on Monday that Sheik Sabah and the United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Rashid Abdullah al-Nuaimi, would also present a plan to end the war, which began in September 1981.

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