Ponovno predvajanje sreda, 27. november 1985

NEWS SUMMARY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1985

Date: 28 November 1985

International Mikhail S. Gorbachev said his talks with President Reagan were a success and he declared that preparations for the next summit meeting should begin at once. The Soviet leader spoke in an 80-minute televised speech. [Page A1, Column 6.] The U.S. does not plan to modify its current negotiating proposals significantly before the Geneva arms talks convene again in January, Kenneth L. Adelman, the director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency said. [A3:1-3.]

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NEWS SUMMARY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985

Date: 27 November 1985

International A hijacking survivor has been called ''the chief of the hijackers'' of an Egyptair jet by several other survivors, according to a Maltese Government spokesman. He said the accused 20-year-old man was in satisfactory condition, had given his name as Omar Marzouki and claimed to be Tunisian. [Page A1, Column 6.] Egypt accused Libya of responsibility for the hijacking of the Egyptian airliner to Malta. [A10:1-3.]

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ISRAELI NEWSPAPERS NAME MAN WHO PURPORTEDLY RECRUITED AMERICAN SPY

Date: 27 November 1985

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

Thomas Friedman

Two leading Israeli newspapers today named Rafi Eitan, who was an adviser on terrorism to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, as the man who is purported to have recruited an American to spy for Israel. The American, Jonathan Jay Pollard, a civilian Navy employee, was arrested on espionage charges Thursday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The two newspapers, Haaretz and Yediot Ahronot, reported that an article in the Tuesday issue of The Washington Post was the source of their information. However, Mr. Eitan's name was not mentioned in The Post account. Referring to an Israeli who was purported to have been involved in the case, The Post described him only as an official who once worked for Mr. Begin on security matters.

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NBC Delays Cable Decision

Date: 28 November 1985

A spokesman for the National Broadcasting Company said the network would not decide until Jan. 31 whether to proceed with a proposed all-news cable television network. NBC had previously said that it would make a decision by mid-December.

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McEnroe Faces Press

Date: 27 November 1985

Heavy rains drenched Melbourne, washing out yesterday's matches in the Australian Open, so the action switched from the Kooyoong grass courts to the lobby of the Regency Hotel. There, John McEnroe salvaged a slow news day by exchanging words and then scuffling with a reporter and getting into a spitting match with a photographer, according to The Sun.

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SINGAPORE ACTION TROUBLING PRESS

Date: 28 November 1985

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

A recent apology to a Singapore court by the editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal for an editorial has raised some troubling journalistic questions, according to journalism and human rights organizations. In particular, the apology has touched off discussion on the appropriate response when a foreign court challenges the editorial freedom of a United States news organization publishing abroad. It has also focused scrutiny on the degree of press freedom in Singapore. On Nov. 19, Fred Zimmerman, editor and publisher of The Asian Wall Street Journal, apologized to the High Court in Singapore for any contempt of court caused by an editorial that appeared Oct. 17. The apology came at a hearing on contempt charges, prompted by the editorial, against The Asian Wall Street Journal and several other parties. The case is still pending.

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WORLD HUNGER PRIZES GIVEN

Date: 27 November 1985

Special to the New York Times

The fourth annual World Hunger Media Awards were presented tonight to 17 individuals and one group for publicizing the world hunger crisis. The awards, which were created by the singer Kenny Rogers and his wife, Marianne, in 1982, were presented by Mr. and Mrs. Rogers in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at a ceremony here tonight. Walter Cronkite was host at the ceremony.

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CUTBACKS TO ALTER FORM OF ANTIMISSILE PROGRAM

Date: 27 November 1985

By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times

Bill Keller

Congressional budget cuts have forced researchers in the antimissile program to focus on land-based lasers and killer rockets in the quest for a way to destroy attacking nuclear missiles, the director of the program said today. Lieut. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, the director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, told reporters that his office had decided to put less emphasis on more complex weapons, such as lasers based in space and high-powered electromagnetic guns, which the military refers to as ''rail guns,'' because Congress cut his office's budget request by $1 billion. General Abrahamson said that in narrowing the field his office had concentrated on programs that had shown the most early promise and those that could be developed most economically. The general said the choices were ''premature, I'm sure,'' but added, ''We didn't get the money that we needed.''

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ASCENDING 2D SUMMIT

Date: 27 November 1985

By Leslie H. Gelb, Special To the New York Times

Leslie Gelb

The general sense among Soviet and American officials is that it was easy for the two leaders to walk away from their first summit meeting with only handshakes and pledges to intensify the diplomatic process. But next time, the officials say, there must be real movement on the arms control front - or failure. ''The next summit here is going to be far less predictable than last week's Geneva summit,'' a White House official said. ''There will be more variables, and greater expectations.''

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U.S. IS STEPPING UP WATCH ON LIBYANS

Date: 27 November 1985

By Bernard Gwertzman, Special To the New York Times

Bernard Gwertzman

The United States has increased its aerial and electronic surveillance of Libya in recent days to monitor any military moves in the aftermath of the hijacking ordeal in Malta, Administration officials said today. The officials said that American forces in the area had been put on alert in case Libya and Egypt became involved in fighting as the result of the hijacking and the subsequent Egyptian storming of the plane. There was no direct American involvement in the rescue operation, which resulted in the death of most of the passengers and crew, the officials said. But one high official said, ''We are ready with our forces in the event something nasty occurs.'' Steps Taken by U.S. The officials said that on Sunday, before the Egyptian commando attack, the United States took a number of steps. They said these included: * Offering to send American counterterrorism forces, the Delta team, to Malta to help carry out the storming of the plane. The request was turned down by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.

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