Dear Editor

...Article 80 of the UN Charter, does permit Israeli settlements on the West Bank This land has not been international recognized as belonging to any country Jordan or Israel it is the still unallocated part of the originally mandated territory The opinion of our Secretary of State that Israel settlements are illegal is also moor rect because Jewish presence need not constitute ' belligerent occupation ' understood by the Hague and Geneva a Conventions...

...Despite Blum's contention too, the Jews' historical connection ' to the West Bank does not make that territory part of Israel {Both the Bible and the Koran allot the disputed area to the "Children of Israel," but this is not binding as part of international law) On the other hand...

...Of course, we can accept the disgrace of having him back in the White House if this was done in del en.nu...

...Pasadena, Calif George P Brockway Nationalism William korey provides a trenchant analysis of Soviet anti-Semitism in "Updating the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion"' (NL, January 29) However, I believe he has not taken into account an important social factor that is these days making itself felt on the Soviet political scene-namely, nationalism A resurgence of this tendency is not only causing concern at the State Department-where analysts are worried that Leonid I Brezhnev's successors will be more nationalistic and hence more belligerent in terms of foreign policy-but also among Soviet Jews Historically, whenever there has been what the Soviets look upon as a "rightward turn," the Jews have always gotten the worst of it For just as they were not considered German by the Germans, so are they not considered Russian by the Russians Many of the measures now being taken by the Kremlin bureaucracy can be better understood if this is kept in mind...

...The main question is whether we will learn anything from the defeat in Iran The situation there is only the latest example of our bankrupt foreign policy A corrupt, even vicious dictator in China, Greece, or Indochina calls himself anti-Communist So, we call him "ally," though he does nothing but deposit our aid in Switzerland While we pretend he is popular, the USSR nurtures opposition The rebels win, keep our arms, and hate the United States It's time for a more practical and moral foreign policy...

...New York City Richard H Shulman Loyalty Steven V Roberts' sympathetic portrait of Tip O'Neill and "The Politics of Loyalty" (NL, January 29) was admirable Few people these days are able to see the advantages of machine politics They automatically assume that a government not run by knee-jerk liberal reformers is authoritarian Well, I've lived in Chicago all my life, and can testily that this city works because the machine works You give them something, and they give you something in return...

...Has he shown understanding of what he did7 Has he even paid, out of his bookcarned millions, the income taxes he once acknowledged he owed...

...Arlington Va SIDNIY KORHY...

...On the other hand, if Nixon received his White House invitation in recognition of his services to the Republic, one wonders whether similar invitations have been issued to John Paton Davies Jr , John Service, and the other "China hands" who were driven from public service because they advocated the policy we are now pursuing These men were the prime targets in Nixon's 1950s campaigns against "twenty years of treason," and these campaigns helped poison our relations with China and make the present dramatics necessary...

...Yes (1) Pressed the Shah to reform (2) Avoided identifying the U S with him (3) Not exposed our own weakness with ineffectual shows of support...

...to the veiling Teng Hsiao-ping One would like lo know then if we are going to insist that Madame Mao be invited to stale dinners prominent Americans attend in Peking Alter all it was her husband at a time when he was said to be under her influenee, who was mainly responsible for the ie newal of relations Her present laic, morecovet is a legitimate conootn of humanilations ins...

...New York City Allen File Israel According to Yehuda Z Blum ("A Talk with Israel's New UN Ambassador," Gertrude Samuels, NL, December 18), the November 1947 UN Partition Resolution "was killed by the Arabs, in 1947 and 1948, when they invaded Israel and prevented it from being implemented When the British mandate terminated in May 1948, the resolution had already been overtaken by events " Actually, the Partition Resolution was only a recommendation made by the General Assembly The Security Council refused to enforce it and therefore it was not legally binding...

...Dear Editor Lesson of Iran Hans J. Morgenthau's New Leader articles usually contribute major insights to our political education Unfortunately, his analysis on the U S position with relation to Iran ("The Limits of Intelligence," NL, January 15) must have been based on early newspaper accounts These indicated that intelligence agencies could not have predicted the revolution, and that the U S could not have done anything about it More recent articles reveal that U S policy was to ignore the opposition, that a CIA official in Iran had forecasted strife, and that Israel had been warning us of impending trouble for half a year The United States simply refused to believe bad news...

...Chicago, III Frank Tyndale Resurrecting Nixon One is constantly amazed by the insensitivity of self-advertised moralists-one in particular How can it be forgotten that the evidence exists that would unquestionably have led to Richard Nixon's impeachment, conviction by the Senate, indictment by the Federal grand jury, and conviction in the Federal courts...

...Nixon is surely shameless, but President Carter should be ashamed...

...Could the US have done ' something...