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Show r.ui.il.iy AuK'i tZ)! m TIIK HKKAl.I), I'rovo, Utah. Page Policy Analysis Khadafy Differences Strain U.S. French Relations -- By E. MICHAEL MYERS PresWASHINGTON (UPI) - ident Francois Mitterrand says relations with the United States are back to normal, but there are bruised feelings about President Reagan's blunt tactics in prompting France to step into the conflict in Chad. Mitterrand complained about American pressure on France to intervene in its former colony to invasion. deter a Libyan-backe- d And when Reagan rushed two radar surveillance and control to called AWACS planes neighboring Sudan to monitor the invasion, the French presi - - dent said he learned of it in the newspaper. The White House heatedly rejected the charges of pressure and of not consulting with Mit- terrand. But the French did act, sending fighter aircraft and more than 2,000 soldiers to Chad to deter the southward drive of rebel leader Goukouni Weddeye, whois supported by Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy, and the AWACS were withdrawn last week. The dispute between Washington and Paris over Libya's radical leader is not settled, hut such tension between the two NATO allies is common. The United States and France have always had trouble communicating with each other. There are sensitive political and cultural feelings on both sides. Although they often have similar objectives, there are differences tactics. United States policy often seems to require bold action, or at least the appearance of being tough, in looking after its interin ests. The French cannot play that role. In Chad, American policy was Officials Hope to ZCMI Delay Israelis - U.S. LOS ANGELES (UPI) officials hope Israel's agreement to briefly delay its partial troop pullback in Lebanon will help prevent further fighting between Lebanese militias that could weaken the government of President Amin Gemayel. Officials traveling with President Reagan said no firm timetable has been proposed to Israel, but the United States feels more time is needed to end fighting between Lebanese Christian and Druze militias in the Shouf mountains east of Beirut, the area to be vacated by Israeli forces. "We want some time to get the whole picture into better focus," one senior administration official said Thursday. Another question the United States must resolve before Israel withdraws is whether the multinational peace-keepin-g force now deployed in Beirut will expand to provide security in the absence of Israeli forces, U.S. officials said. The multinational force is made up of Italian, French, American and British troops. In Israel, a spokesman for Prime Minister Menachem Begin said Israel wants its soldiers deployed along a more southerly line in Lebanon by Sept. 7 but would not object to a short delay. A senior Israeli official said the timing would depend on the success of efforts by U.S. Mideast envoy Robert McFarlane to help get Lebanese army troops deployed in the Shouf area. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens already has agreed to request that Israel keep its troops in the Shouf a few days longer than planned to smooth the Lebanese soldiers' entry into the area. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said it is premature for the United States to decide to see that Khadafy did not get away with unchecked aggression. Reagan considers Khadafy a real threat to Egypt and nearby African nations as well as an international terrorist. Mitterrand said he had no Khadafy and that he would have greater chances of a diplomatic solution hostility toward without the heavy American presence. But he also warned Khadafy that French soldiers would respond if attacked and worked for negotiations among the Chadians. "There is a difference in our emphasis toward Khadafy," a U.S. official said. "The French do not see him as a knighted statesmen. We tend to have a gloomy view he responds only to force. The French see that he might be amenable from time to time to reason." place American troops into Chad. He already faces congressional criticism over the extensive U.S. military exercises in Central America and there is 1W McNayght Synd.. 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Gemayel, whose army controls no territory beyond the capital, has requested an enlarged multinational force. Israel decided to pull back its forces in Lebanon earlier this summer to provide more defensible positions against guerrilla attacks, but said it will not completely withdraw until Syria also pulls out its forces. The continued presence of Israeli, Syrian and Palestinian troops in Lebanon has been one roadblock in the way of the Middle iiiiitiMiiifliMmiBiii'8',''1lfc'Mavrw States. growing concern U.S. Marines in Lebanon will be drawn into the civil fighting. Chad is a former French col Druze predicted more fighting -- to be the force on the ground to check the Libyan advance. One Western diplomat said since the Americans "did not have the assets themselves, they had to nudge the French into action" with the sudden dispatch of the two AWAC command posts. But Paris did not want a premature combat role, particularly one forced by the United But Reagan was not going to whether to expand the peace-keepin- g force as Israeli troops pull back, but acknowledged that McFarlane is discussing the matter with Italian officials in Rome. The Beirut government has not yet been able to reach an agreement with the Druze militias on a deployment of the Lebanese army in the Shouf and the leader of the launched last Sept. 1. Speakes said Reagan may use a speech today in San Diego or his regular radio address Saturday to note the first anniversary of his peace plan and assess the Middle East situation. wanted France ony and Reagan Cottonwood, Friday, September SiQ 2, 1:30-- 3 in p.m. EV2T.2 Fashion is held! 23 |