  We examine the possibility that the xi(2230) meson is a member of the Pomeron
trajectory. A method of connecting the xi --> p pbar decay width and the pp
cross sections through the Pomeron residue function is presented. We have used
a relativistic, singularity-free form factor to make the analytic continuation
of the residue function between crossed channels. We predict that if the
xi(2230) meson is a Pomeron, then it should have a xi --> p pbar decay width of
about 2 MeV.
