The World - News from April 9, 1986

Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III accused the Soviet Union of involvement with terrorists and also said that Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat must be held responsible for international terrorist acts. Justice Department officials said that Meese’s talk to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a major lobby, was the first time he had specifically named the Soviet Union or Arafat in connection with terrorism. Meese also repeated Reagan Administration charges that Libya and Nicaragua are “active sponsors and supporters of terrorism.”