DATE=3/4/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-227607
TITLE=ISRAEL / MOSSAD (S ONLY)
BYLINE=MARK LAVIE
DATELINE=TEL AVIV
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER HAS CHOSEN A NEW DIRECTOR FOR 
ISRAEL'S SECRET SERVICE, THE MOSSAD, TO REPLACE THE DIRECTOR WHO 
RESIGNED AFTER A SERIES OF INTELLIGENCE MISTAKES.  MARK LAVIE 
REPORTS FROM TEL AVIV...

TEXT: THE NEW DIRECTOR OF ISRAEL'S MOSSAD SECRET SERVICE IS 
EFRAIM HALEVY.  HE SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE ISRAELI SPY 
AGENCY AND IS NOW ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO THE EUROPEAN UNION.  

THE APPOINTMENT SHOULD PLEASE JORDAN'S KING HUSSEIN, WHO STILL IS
ANGRY AFTER THE BUNGLED MOSSAD ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST A 
PALESTINIAN LEADER IN JORDAN LAST SEPTEMBER.  KING HUSSEIN SAID 
THERE WOULD BE  NO  SECURITY COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL UNTIL THE 
HEAD OF THE MOSSAD RESIGNED.  

HE DID. AND HIS REPLACEMENT, MR. HALEVY, IS A REGULAR VISITOR TO 
KING HUSSEIN'S PALACE.  MR. HALEVY, WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AS 
A MOSSAD AGENT, HELPED NEGOTIATE THE PEACE TREATY BETWEEN ISRAEL 
AND JORDAN.  

HIS JOB WILL BE TO REBUILD THE ONCE-BRILLIANT AGENCY, BATTERED BY
A STRING OF FAILURES THAT BECAME PUBLIC.  (SIGNED)

NEB/ML/JWH/KL

04-Mar-98 2:00 PM EST (1900 UTC)
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