MIDEAST . . . ARAB BOYCOTT MAY BE HISTORY

Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in Morocco for a first-ever economic summit between Israel and Arab states, said the Arab League may lift the 43-year-oldeconomic boycott of Israelnext spring. "There is growing recognition" that the boycott is "really a relic of the past and ought to be consigned to the history books," Christopher said. Saudi Arabia and five Persian Gulf emirates led the way in September by deciding to stop discriminating against companies that do business with Israel.