31.   Arafat told the weekly he did not oppose a partial Israeli pullback from West Bank towns.

32.   Arafat apparently intended to underscore that he wanted the talks to concentrate on his demand for a substantial Israeli pullback on the West Bank.

33.   Arafat said final details of an Israeli military pullback would be worked out by a joint committee.

34.   Arafat also told the Egyptian weekly al-Mussawar that he did not oppose a partial Israeli pullback from West Bank towns.

35.   Arafat told the U.S. envoy the Israeli pullback was merely cosmetic, Erekat said.

36.   Arafat was demanding an Israeli pullback and approval of an international fact-finding mission.

37.   Arafat, on the other hand, reportedly was insisting that the Israeli pullback being negotiated be followed by another one.

38.   At issue were U.S. calls for new Israeli pullbacks from the West Bank, broken up into stages, with withdrawals being made in exchange for specific Palestinian actions.

39.   Both the Israeli and Palestinian cabinets approved the accords on Hebron and a three-staged Israeli pullback from West Bank rural areas late Wednesday night.

40.   But Foley said the administration preferred that an Israeli pullback be part of an overall settlement.