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- 1997 Feb 17 (Creation)
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Item
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51pp
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Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator, and vice chairman of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Conference, Oct 1991, describing a meeting of Palestinians with James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State 1989-1992, in Jerusalem to discuss Palestinian participation in the peace process, and Jewish settlements in the occupied territories; planning of the Palestinian delegation for the Madrid Conference and Palestine National Council (PNC) support for their participation; events of the Madrid Conference and concurrent visits to Tunis and Algiers to meet with Yasir Arafat (Oct 1991), also the significance of wearing the kaffiyeh; effect of Israeli expulsion of 415 Hammas leaders to Lebanon on the PLO Israel talks in Washington, (Dec 1992), and pressures to resume these talks (Apr 1992); announcement of the Oslo Agreement and the signing ceremony in Washington (11 Sep 1993); negotiation of the Hebron Agreement involving Joel Singer and Dori Gold (May-Sep1996); meeting in Washington with President Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Arafat and Hussein, King of Jordan, concerning implementation of the Hebron Agreement (Sep/Oct 1996). Also comments on the role of King Hussein in negotiating mid 1998 date for further Israeli redeployment in the West Bank (1997). 51pp