March 31, 1992

Labor Party holds first-ever primary elections to determine who will run on the party's slate in upcoming elections. Success of younger "doves" surprises observers, as they must now run on slate headed by recently chosen "hawkish" party leader, Yitzhak Rabin [see 2/191. (MM 3/31, 4/1, 4/2)

EC "troika" arrives in Syria for talks with Syrian leaders about the upcoming multilateral economic talks and other issues, even though Syria has declared it will not attend the multilateral talks. (Radio Monte Carlo 4/1 in FBIS 4/2)