But this year, as part of an autonomy plan drafted by the Sandinista Government, the name is expected to change.

Mr. Alatas said today that these "specific conditions" would be taken into account in any autonomy plan.

If Mr. Bush's initiative fails, Israel should put such an autonomy plan into effect temporarily.

José Bono, the former defense minister, resigned in April after repeatedly denouncing the autonomy plan.

The Israelis have not presented their own version of such an autonomy plan.

And he would like to see the Israelis dust off the earlier autonomy plan and present it to the Palestinians.

"I believe almost everything in the autonomy plan is still relevant and applicable."

The attack came two days before a territorial election on a new autonomy plan for the archipelago.

He said he prefered the five-year autonomy plan agreed to at the 1978 Camp David talks.

"We need this as a countermeasure to any autonomy plan," he said.