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(ORIG REUTER Z10IG11I1198 (801) (TEXT) REUTER 1911 R169R AI111)ZQTCYNIYC AM-PERES PERES DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS NEW YORK, NOV 1I, REUTER - ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHIMON PERES MET TODAY WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD PERES. ON A FIVE-DAY TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES OECLINED TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON HIS TALKS WITH MURPHY, OENYING THAT ANY SPECIFIC NEW PEACE PLANS WERE MENTIONED. EFFECTIVE, *" PERES TOLD REPORTERS. *"BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT FOR THE PROCESS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE YOU MUST MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF THE PEACE PROCESS." HE REFUSED TO TALK AROUT THE CASE b6 b7C STATES USED ISRAEL AS A CHANNEL TO SELL ARMS TO IRAN IN A BID TO WIN FREEDOM FOR U.S. HOSTAGES IN LEBANON. MURPHY. WHO IS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NEAR EASTERN ON TODAY"S DISCUSSIONS.