Mr. President. on two recent occasions. I have spoken on the floor of my concern about the possibility that the PLOs Yasser Arafat might seek a visa to come to the United States to attend a scheduled United Nations Security Council Meeting on the Middle East. On May 21 I wrote to Secretary Shultz. urging that he issue instructions to all relevant State Department officials that any Arafat visa request be denied. I have just received a reply from the Secretary. dated May 29. which I would like to share with the Senate. In that reply. Secretary Shultz indicates that there has been no Arafat visa application so far. nor is there any firm indication that one will be forthcoming. While noting that he cannot make any final. legal decision on an application until one actually is presented. the Secretary does say: I have no desire to see Arafat in the United States. Should he apply for a visa. his application will receive my most severe scrutiny. We share a common desire that Arafat should not come to the United States.