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This Clinton Presidential Library folder of NSC cables, filed under "Flying Saucer or UFO" and covering January to September 1997, holds several cables plus a withdrawal sheet listing three redacted items. A Tel Aviv embassy media report notes an Israeli cartoon about a January 5 UFO alert. An FBIS translation reports that a Colombian helicopter landed in Rubio, Venezuela, prompting UFO speculation. A DoD briefing transcript quotes Kenneth Bacon saying a CIA study found no evidence of UFOs, and an FBIS summary covers Cuban radio claims about the 1947 New Mexico crash.
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## SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION TURNS OUT TO BE RIGHT. SO RIGHT IN FACT THAT IT IS NOW NETANYAHU THAT HAS TO BEG FOR A MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN ... THIS IS A CRYING SHAME ... WE'RE REDUCED TO WATCH NETANYAHU AND 'READ HIS LIPS' THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE CONCESSIONS TO ARAFAT AND THAT ISRAEL WOULD NOT SET A DATE FOR THE NEXT PULLBACKS." ## V. "ARAFAT TAKES HIS TIME" HA'ARETZ ANALYST AKIVA ELDAR OPINED (1/8): "CHAIRMAN ARAFAT'S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THE CHANGES IN THE OSLO ACCORD PROPOSED BY NETANYAHU ILLUSTRATES THE DISTANCE THE TWO LEADERS HAVE YET TO TRAVEL BEFORE THEY FEEL THEY CAN LIVE WITH E ## ACH OTHER'S CONCESSIONS. ARAFAT'S RESTRAINED REACTION TO LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING INCIDENT IN HEBRON IS ANOTHER INDICATION OF HOW WELL HE CONTROLS THE SITUATION. FOR NOW, ARAFAT IS CONTENT WITH SCORING POINTS WITH THE AMERICANS AND WITH GETTING PRESIDENT CLINTON TO DEEPEN HIS COMMITMENT TO THE OSLO ACCORD ... WHEN HE FEELS THAT ANOTHER ERUPTION WOULD SERVE HIS INTERESTS, HE WILL FIND A NEW TEMPLE MOUNT TUNNEL OR ANOTHER ISRAELI SHOOTER." VI. "WALK TALL!" NATIONALIST HATZOFE EDITORIALIZED (1/8): "DIPLOMATIC CONSTRAINTS AT TIMES AFFECT NON-DIPLOMATIC MATTERS. HOWEVER, THE HEBRON NEGOTIATIONS ARE NO REASON FOR FREEZING JEWISH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR, FOR THAT MATTER, PUTTING UP WITH ILLEGAL ARAB BUILDING DRIVES. ISRAEL'S WAVERING ON THIS TWIN ISSUE MIGHT VERY WELL ENCOURAGE THE OTHER SIDE TO TRY TO STOP OUR LEGITIMATE EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL. THE GOI SHOULD PURSUE ITS STATED POLICY OF EXPANDING JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA, SAMARIA AND EAST JERUSALEM - AND DO IT OPENLY FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE." ## VII. "FIXING OSLO" INDEPENDENT JERUSALEM POST EDITORIALIZED (1/8): "IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE PERSON WHO OPENED UP THE ISSUE OF THE DATE OF FINAL REDEPLOYMENT DURING THE HEBRON NEGOTIATIONS WAS NOT ... NETANYAHU BUT YASSER ARAFAT. HE IS THE ONE INSISTING THAT ISRAEL COMMIT TO DATES. ONCE A NEGOTIATION OVER DATES HAS BEGUN, IT MAKES SENSE TO PICK A DATE THAT IS HEALTHIEST FOR THE PROCESS AS A WHOLE. THE FACT THAT THE U.S. IS REPORTEDLY PROPOSING A COMPROMISE DATE INDICATES THAT IT MIGHT AGREE WITH THIS UNCLAS SECTION 05 OF 05 TEL AVIV 000222 USIA STATE PASS BIB
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 48 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.