PLO denies attendance of Faisal Husseini, Hanan Ashrawi at PNC Meeting in Algiers, a claim repeated by Ashrawi from her hotel in London. (MEM 9/27)
Syrian FM al-Sharaa tells Secy. of State Baker that Syria will not participate in talks on regional issues which will follow the opening sessions of a proposed peace conference unless Israel withdraws from the Golan Heights. (NYT 10/11)
Bassam Abu Sharif, spokesman for Chmn. Arafat, indicates Saudi Arabia will free funds earned by 5% tax imposed on Palestinians working in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia had frozen the funds as a result of PLO's stance in Gulf war. (AFP 9/26 in FBIS 9/27)
Israeli army announces arrest of 463 PFLP activists over the past several weeks. Israeli television calls it the largest campaign of arrests ever mounted against PFLP in o.t. (MEM 9/27)