European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3palestinians at talks plan to seek Independent state tied to Jordan Madrid Spain apr a senior palestinian official tuesday revealed what his delegation will demand at the Middle East peace conference an Independent palestinian state that would later join a confederation with Jordan Faisal Husseini who Heads the a guidance committee overseeing the palestinian delegation said he expected this status to be preceded by an interim period of autonomy. Meanwhile a Palestine liberation organization official and Arab diplomatic sources said a Plo delegation led by an adviser to chairman Yasser Arafat were to arrive tuesday in Madrid to set up an operations room to Monitor the conference. Asked what he hoped the palestinians will achieve at the conference Husseini said a autonomy for an interim period that will move us palestinians from a people under occupation to a people with full Independence and a palestinian Independent state that will later join in a confederation with it was the first time the palestinians who Are participating in the conference in a joint delegation with Jordan spelled out their demands. Israel rejects the idea of an Independent palestinian state but agrees to a form of palestinian confederation with Jordan. Israel has battled to keep the Plo which it regards As a terrorist organization out of the conference. The imminent arrival of Plo officials in mall it a ii t r \ 1 in it 1 i i is did was expected to trigger israeli protests. A Plo official said the arriving Plo delegation would include Nabil Shaath an adviser to Arafat and Mahmoud Darwish a member of the plots executive committee. The Plo official who declined to be named said the two men and an unspecified number of colleagues Are Only visiting the Plo office in Madrid and will have no Contact with the palestinian delegation. But Arab diplomatic sources said the Plo officials would Monitor the conference. The sources who Are helping with arrangements for the conference said the Plo officials will not be staying at the Victoria hotel where the palestinian jordanian delegation is residing. But they would not comment on whether the Plo officials will make any contacts with the palestinian delegation to the conference. Asked if the delegation or the guidance committee will have any Contact with the Plo Husseini replied a you know we Are working within the understanding we have reached within the he stressed that the palestinian delegation to the conference which is led by Haider Abdul Shafi will not violate the terms of the agreement under which the palestinians Are taking part. A we will make All our work within the understanding we agreed upon with those responsible for the conference a Husseini said. He said the palestinian and jordanian delegations had spent the past few hours a preparing ourselves better. Everything is going on All asked if the palestinian demands for an Independent state in confederation with Jordan was coordinated with the Plo Husseini said a yes. There is full understanding about our duty and what we Are doing a we will make All our work within the understanding we agreed upon with those responsible for the Faisal Husseini senior palestinian official Madrid pressed by journalistic horde by Louis j. Salome Cox news service Madrid Spain a this hustling prosperous City of almost 5 million has conducted its share of political extravaganzas in recent years but nothing rivals this weeks Middle East peace conference. A this has been the worst thing in be Ever seen a Rafael Rodriquez Ponga said monday As he supervised the distribution of accreditation badges to 4,600 journalists from throughout the world. The journalists Are pouring in to report on a relative handful of Arab and israeli leaders making history just by showing up and sitting in be been in this Job seven years and with Only one week to prepare i be never seen anything like this a Rafael Rodriquez Ponga supervisor of press accreditation together. The largely rhetorical conference is to begin today and end about noon Friday. But the conference is scheduled to evolve next weekend into bilateral talks in Madrid Between Lebanon Syria and a joint delegation of jordanians and palestinians and Israel. The conference also sponsored by the soviet Union is designed to Start arabs and israelis talking in an Effort to end 43 years of open conflict. Rodriquez Ponga a ranking official at the government spokesman so ministry and his staff had barely a week to accredit the record number of visiting journalists. Rodriquez Ponga noted that Madrid has played Host to two european summits in recent months a visit by soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev last year and a visit by then president Reagan six years ago. In neither instance was the preparation time so Brief and the event so Large he said. But this week Madrid receives both president Bush and Gorbachev plus the arabs israelis officials of the United nations and the european Community. A a in be been in this Job seven years a Rod Riquez Ponga said a and with Only one week to prepare in be never seen anything like the special Center where the press a along with representatives of participating nations and pertinent political bodies a will gather resembled a construction site monday. . Officials toured their offices and the Center which were still marvels of disorder filled with new furniture and unplugged television sets. Technicians worked to wire and equip television and radio studios and a huge room was filled with 504 new typewriters sitting on 504 new tables which were lighted by 1,008 flexible desk lamps. The Basic Cost of preparing the press Center will be paid by the United states. Radio and television networks pay the exclusive costs of wiring and equipping their own studios. But the United states will pay to rent All the desks tables and typewriters said a . Official who asked not to be quoted by name. The Spanish government which next year will play Host to the huge celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus Landing in America is providing the exhibition Hall Complex and the people to staff it. Spain is providing Street Security As police on horseback mingle with armoured vehicles at strategic Points. The government in Madrid supplies the bulk of Security around the press Center and at the Royal Palace where the conference participants will meet. They have sharpshooters posted on the roof of the Palace and armoured personnel carriers Are stationed around the building. Anti terrorist forces Are positioned in and around its gardens. Each delegation also provides its own Security. There is no shortage of special Security officers with tiny earphones and German shepherds with noses As sensitive As the earphones. The approximately 800 . Journalists Are outnumbered Only by the 1,400 spaniards Rodriquez Ponga said. About 200 italian journalists Are accredited along with 100 to 200 each from Japan Israel England France and Germany. About 100 journalists Are Here from All the Arab countries combined he said along with about 50 from the soviet Union. Few journalists Are attending from South America and none from Africa apart from the Arab countries there. A few journalists Are registered from China Pakistan India and Malaysia but none from the rest of Asia. Site of peace conference location of the Royal Palace amp Senate pressroom for the conference % \ opera theater a Quot a a our Udy it Almudena Jordan source Elmundo a
