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ID# 220277 THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET INCOMING CO 074 DATE RECEIVED: MARCH 13, 1991 NAME OF CORRESPONDENT: MS. MIRIAM FEDERBUSH SUBJECT: URGES THE PRESIDENT TO DEFEND THE RIGHT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMELAND OF ISRAEL AS HE WORKS TOWARD A PEACE SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST ACTION DISPOSITION ROUTE TO: ACT DATE TYPE C COMPLETED OFFICE/AGENCY (STAFF NAME) CODE YY/MM/DD RESP D YY/MM/DD KATHY JEAVONS ORG 91/03/13 ( 91164114 REFERRAL NOTE: laaDos A 9116414 NANC 1C9/103/27 REFERRAL NOTE: / / / / REFERRAL NOTE: / / / / REFERRAL NOTE: / / / / REFERRAL NOTE: COMMENTS: ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENTS: MEDIA:L INDIVIDUAL CODES: 4800 4400 PL MAIL USER CODES: (A) (B) (C) *ACTION CODES: *DISPOSITION *OUTGOING * * * *CORRESPONDENCE: * *A-APPROPRIATE ACTION *A-ANSWERED TYPE RESP=INITIALS * *C-COMMENT/RECOM *B-NON-SPEC-REFERRAL * OF SIGNER * *D-DRAFT RESPONSE *C-COMPLETED * CODE = A * *F-FURNISH FACT SHEET *S-SUSPENDED * COMPLETED = DATE OF * *I-INFO COPY/NO ACT NEC* * OUTGOING * *R-DIRECT REPLY W/COPY * * * *S-FOR-SIGNATURE * * * *X-INTERIM REPLY * * * REFER QUESTIONS AND ROUTING UPDATES TO CENTRAL REFERENCE (ROOM 75, OEOB) EXT-2590 KEEP THIS WORKSHEET ATTACHED TO THE ORIGINAL INCOMING LETTER AT ALL TIMES AND SEND COMPLETED RECORD TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT. UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF STATE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT TRANSMITTAL FORM S/S 9104968 Date March 27, 1991 FOR: Mr. William F. Sittmann Executive Secretary National Security Council Staff The White House REFERENCE: To: President Bush From: Miriam Federbush Date: March 5, 1991 Subject: Urges that the President assure the peace and stability of a defensible Israel WH Referral Dated: March 21, 1991 NSCS ID# (if any) : 220277 The attached item was sent directly to the Department of State. ACTION TAKEN: A draft reply is attached. A draft reply will be forwarded. A translation is attached. An information copy of a direct reply is attached. X We believe no response is necessary for the reason cited below. The Department of State has no objection to the proposed travel. Other (see remarks). REMARKS: Since it is unlikely that any response consistent with US policy would be positively received by the correspondent, we recommend that no response be made to this letter. Director Secretariat Staff UNCLASSIFIED 9104968 T I I VISIT FOUSE GIFICE PFFFPPAI MARCH 21, 1991 TC: DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTION REQUESTED: ACTION DESCRIPTION (F INCONING: II: 22027 MEDIA: IFSSER, DATEI NAFCH 5, 1991 TC: PRESIDENT BUSH FFCI : MS. MIRIAM FEDERBUSE FORGRARY NATIONAL PRESIDEM FLUMAH VONED CF ANERICA : ILLI 11121 III YORK N 30003 SUBJECT: URCES THE PRESSDENT TO DEFEND THE RICHT CF THE SERISH PEOPLE IC LIVE IN THEIR FONF)AM () ISRAH AS 11 WORKS TOWARD In PEACE 11 ' } MIDE FAST FROM ACTION if RESENVIAL -- IF REQUIRED ACTION HAS NOT BEEN SARPY WITHIN S [A]5 (F HOME, FIBASI SHIPPEN THE UNITISIONED AT 456-7486. FRTUIN W.CRESHEET AND COPY ( } RESEONSE (C) PRAFT) IC: AGENCY } C C N S1, THE VETTL 1019), 20500 SAID DIFECTOR (.F AGENCY LIAISON CORRESPONDENO) 220277 7"D2 TMUNAH WOMEN OF 9104968 AMERICA Seven Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 (212) 564-9045, (800) 225-5528 Gladys Baruch National President Joanons March 5, 1991 President George Bush The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President, The United States now has a truly historic opportunity to encourage peace treaties among all the states in the Middle East. Israel is a tiny country in 17 1/2 percent of Palestine. There can be no stability in the Middle East if Israel is weakened territorial- wise. Many American Jews have settled in the West Bank. They form a stable buffer for the security of Israel. They are also an assurance that any Arab autonomy in the West Bank will not be abused toward aggression and war. We must put an end to the persecution of the Jewish people. First with pogroms in Russia, then the murder of more than one million Jewish children in the Holocaust, and now the Anti-Zionism that aims at a weak and defenseless Jewish people by denying Israel the land it controls for its basic defense in the West Bank. The Arab Nations deserve the twenty-one states that it has, and we have just finished a war to defend one of them. The Jewish people also deserve to live in their own tiny, ancient, homeland of Israel. Maybe, now, when America and our allies will go to the peace table, our President should defend the Israeli cause as he has defended a just Arab cause. Maybe it was by Divine Providence that Mr. Bush was elected to assure the peace and stability of a defensible Israel, with the West Bank, and that Israel will have peace with its neighbors and contribute to the security of the United States and to the health and progress of the world. Sincerely yours, Miriam Federbush Miriam Federbush Honorary National President MF/jw