European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday August 31,1986 Morocco Breaks off treaty with Libya Rabat Morocco a King Hassan ii said in Aletter released Friday that he is abrogating a 1984 treaty of Union with Libya because of col. Moa Margad Hafi s criticism of a meeting last month Between has san and israeli prime minister Shimon Peres. Hassan said in the letter written thursday to Gad Haft that the criticism contained in a joint libyan Syri an statement issued the Day before had reached the threshold of the  said it is not possible to express the bitterness that he and the moroccan people  libyan syrian statement published wednesday in Tripoli the libyan capital denounced the treason of franc a reference to Hassan s meeting july 22-23 in franc with  terms of the syrian libyan communique published. At the end of the visit of syrian presiden Hafez Al Assad to Libya do not allow our country to continue on the path of the Union of states instituted with your country Hassan said in the letter. Hassan became the Only Arab head of state outside Egypt to meet publicly with the head of the jewish nation. Libya and other hard line Arab states that oppose Israel have sharply criticized the franc meeting. The moroccan libyan treaty was signed aug. 13, 1984, in oujda Morocco and was described at the time As a move toward the eventual Union of the two North african  treaty was ratified by  in both coun tries and took effect the following sept. 1, the 15th anniversary of the coup that brought Qadhafi to Power. It was Qadhafi s seventh attempt to merge with Alarab or african nation. The late egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser first proposed a pan Arab Union and in 1958, Egypt and Syria joined to form the United Arab Republic the Union collapsed three years later but Qadhafi continued to push the idea after he came to a Uusi � i since then Qadhafi has announced mergers with Egypt Algeria Sudan Syria Chad and Tunisia but none materialized. His offer to unite with Malta also was n bul cd. Without taking into account the inconvenience real or suggested that our Union of states was Likely to generate we attached importance mainly. To its Posi Tive and constructive aspect in the Way it could notably serve As an example. To the whole of our Arab african Community which needs so much to Combine its forces to face the multiple challenges met internally and externally Hassan wrote  unfortunately happens that in this Field As Well As in others the threshold of the intolerable is attained the Monarch said. And it is alas what we Are compelled to note in this moment he wrote. Your declarations made it unfortunately  in a nationwide radio and television address explaining Lis action Hassan said Morocco had been Loyal to the Irit of the treaty  he criticized the countries u accused Morocco of treason for meeting with Peres. Rogers from Page 1 by ships. In other developments Friday Libya warned West european coun tries they will be the first to pay the Price if the United states attacks Libya again the official yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported from Tripoli. The warn ing was contained in Libya s state run Al Jamah Irya newspaper Tan Jug said. The state department said that United nations ambassador Vernon Walters will visit Canada and seven european countries on his forthcoming overseas trip to coordinate Allied strategy on dealing with Libya. Officials said Walters was to leave this weekend on visits to Belgium Canada France Italy Spain the Netherlands great Britain and West Germany. Sources said the Reagan admin Sta Tion convinced that it had succeeded ingesting its warning across to Libya authorized the aircraft Carrier Forrestal to steam for a port Call in Italy. The Carrier which just completed a joint exercise with Egypt in the easter Mediterranean originally was scheduled to pay a port visit to Haifa Israel this weekend. That visit was scrapped last week however and the ship ordered to resume patrols in the Central Mediterranean to the North of Libya. Those orders came As White House officials disclosed the United states had received indications Qadhafi might be planning to resume his sponsorship of terrorist attacks. Ali Teiki libyan ambassador to the United nations dismissed administration suggestions of new terrorist plots by Gad Haiti asked whether he thought the administration was trying to provoke Qadhafi he said Well i said in the past that this administration is using Libya As a scape Goat i think encouraged by the israelis certainly they would like to have certain amount of tension in the Region and from time to time i think they have to do it to justify the billions of dollars they Are giving each year to  in his meeting with reporters at the Pentagon Rogers said that Qadhafi needs to understand that he s not immune from being struck by any of the resources that the United states pos  by that i m not talking about land ing the marines on the shores of Tripoli. I m talking about the kinds of assets that we have that can reach targets inside Libya assets where you Don t have tout the platforms Over the targets. We be got the b-52s in the United  he denied that the deployment last week off a 11 bombers to England had anything to do with developments in Libya. But Rogers also said he would object at All if Qadhafi thought the bombers were being prepared for use against  he thinks it s related so much the better Rogers  declined to spell out details but said he believes Qadhafi is contemplating new terrorist strikes. I think that there is credible evidence that Qadhafi. Has put the word outland the guidance to Start again. I am sufficiently influenced by the information that s been made available to m to make our people in Western Europe certainly cognizant that they have to be very prudent in their  norwegian whalers confront Nimitz gov its Norway a the . Air Craft  Ai met by protest ing whalers inf feb riday As it sailed off the Nochi Pelago of Lofoten norwegian reported. 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