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USSR Makes Issue of New Pipeline
Sett. Fulbright's Pro-Nasser Line
Creates Stir in Senatorial Ranks
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told the Arabs that the pro-
jected pipeline was not impor-
tant to Israel but was merely
a vital part of an aggressive
Israeli design.
Israel, which now has an oil
pipeline from its Gulf of Akaba
port of Eilat to the Haifa re-
fineries on the Mediterranean
coast, is building a 16-inch pipe-
line which would be able to
carry enough crude oil to per-
mit the Haifa refineries to work
at full capacity and meet the
country's domestic fuel require-
ments.
The pipeline was com-
menced originally to circum-
vent the Arab anti-Israel
boycott which seeks to cut
off all oil supplies from Is-
rael. Formerly, Israel had to
buy crude oil at a consider-
able cost from Venezuela be-
cause supplies from nearby
sources to the East could not
be transited through the Suez
Canal. The pipeline permitted
Israel to buy crude oil in a
more favorable market, carry
it by tanker to Eilat and
transport it from there to
Haifa through the pipeline.
The Moscow Radio stressed
that the Israeli pipeline was
"the first in the Arab East out-
side the supervision of the
Arab countries." It said that
the Arabs had been able to halt
British and French support of
Israel against Egypt during the
Sinai campaign by severing oil
supplies to Western Europe.
Today, Moscow said, Israel is
"trying to snatch this strong
defensive weapon from the
hands of the Arabs" and was,
in effect, creating an alternate
oil route for the West to frus-
trate the Arab defense.
The Moscow propagandists
tied their attack on the Israeli
pipeline to charges that Israel
was preparing the groundwork
for "coming aggressions against
the Arabs." They asserted that
"the voices demanding a repeti-
tion of the aggression against
the Arabs have recently become
louder in Israel," and added
that "Moshe Dayan, former
Chief of Staff, is one of those
voices."
The broadcast warned the
Arabs that while the United
States Government is again
"flirting with Arab nationalism
and attempting to be a friend
of the Arabs," it was, at the
same time, encouraging Israeli
"aggressive circles" to. frighten
the Arabs into following poli-
cies desired by the West.
The Moscow radio, broad-
casting an article from the offi-
cial Soviet government organ
"Izvestia," bit t e r l y attacked
Israel and claimed that the
Israeli Government "is doing
its best to drag the country into
military hell."
The "Izvestia" article, as sum-
marized by the Moscow radio,
is especially bitter against Is-
rael's Pr e m i e r David Ben-
Gurion. It charges him with
"stubbornly pursuing" a pro-
NATO policy and "consistently
risking the possibility of a war
with the Arab states." •
JTA reports from the
United Nations that Israel
took directly to the Security
Council its grievances over re-
cent United Arab Republic
violations of the principle of
freedom of passage through
the Suez Canol, and has pro-
tested against mail seizures.
In two separate actions, Aug.
21 and 23, Egyptian authori-
ties seized shipments from
Australia to Israel, carried
through the Suez on Nor-
wegian vessels, consisting of
meteorological equipment and
parcel post mail.
Yosef Tekoah, Israel's acting
permanent UN representative
here, sent a long letter to
Armand Berard, of France, this
month's president of the Coun-
cil, accusing the UAR' of "con-
tinued acts of piracy" which,
according to the Israeli, place
Egypt "in open challenge to the
world community" and consti-
tute a "constant threat to peace"
in the Middle East.
The open complaint to the
Council was made by the Israel
representative a f t e r many
months of discussions of the
Israel complaints on the level
of "quiet diplomacy."
• Tekoah's letter to M. Berard,
which asked that the grievance
be circulated to all members of
the United Nations, included
the Inge Toft case.
Senate' Debates Aid to Nasser;
Egypt Assailed for Anti-Israel
Blockade on Shipping
WASHINGTON, ( J T A ) —
Chairman J. W. Fulbright of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee praised the Nasser
regime's operation of the Suez
Canal but drew opposition from
other Senators who attacked
Egyptian discrimination against
Israeli shipping.
Sen. Fulbright, A r k a n s a s
Democrat, lauded the Nasser
government for its operation of
the Canal. He said it was now
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This is the route of the first oil pipeline in the Middle East not
subject to Arab rule. It occasioned the renewed Moscow attacks
on Israel. The pipe runs from the Gulf of Aqaba, on the Red
Sea, to Haifa, Israel's Medeiterranean port. Construction will
begin soon on Israel's new 16-inch pipe. Baron Edmond de
Rothschild of France is one of the promoters of the new Israel
pipeline.,
being run "efficiently." Sen.
Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania Re-
publican, interjected that the
Canal might be operating "effi-
cently, but so was Hitler's
government."
Senator Fulbright thought
that a loan should be made
available through the World
Bank to "encourage" President
Nasser of the United Arab Re-
public because of his resump-
tion of relations with Jordan
and other steps. He thought
such large loans might help re-
concile the Arabs to the con-
tinued existance of the State of
Israel.
While he deplored the inter-
ruption of legitimate traffic in
the Suez Canal, Sen. Fulbright
thought "affirmative steps," in-
cluding loans, should be taken
to support the UAR in the in-
terest of U.S. foreign policy. He
hoped it would facilitate a solu-
tion ultimately of Arab-Israel
differences.
Senator Scot t told the
Senate he differed with Sena-
tor Fulbright because the
Suez Canal was not now be-
ing operated "legally." He
said Nasser acted in the Inge
Toft case in violation of an
international convention,
United Nations principles and
the cause of Near Eastern
peace. He questioned the wis-
dom of a World Bank loan
to the United Arab Republic.
Addressing Senator Fulbright,
Senator Scott said that, as long
as Nasser refuses Israeli com-
mercial transit in the Canal, he
would not spend his time prais-
ing Nasser for bringing peace
to the Near East.
When. Sen. Scott mentioned
that 25 members of the Senate
wrote the State Department
on June 24 about the anti-
Israel blockade of Suez, Sen.
Fulbright raised a question
of politics. Sen. Scott, in a
heated exchange, said it was
not an issue of "politics" or
"partisanship" but one of
Israel's fundamental rights.
Senator K e n n e t h Keating,
New York Republican, associ-
ated himself with Sen. .Scott.
He attacked Nasser's "uncon-
scionable" actions against Israel
through the Suez blockade.
Senator Keating told the
Senate no loan should be made
by the World Bank to Nasser
unless he opens the Canal to
all nations, no matter how "ef-
ficiently" he might operate the
Canal otherwise. If any loan is
to be granted, said Sen. Keat-
ing, the Canal must be a
thoroughly international water-
way.
State Department sources
welcomed the speech by Sena-
tor Fulbright, which was seen
as a counterweight to pro-
Israel efforts to block a pend-
ing World Bank loan to the
UAR to improve the Canal.
World Bank sources previous-
ly revealed the- Bank had been
given no official indication of
The U.S. Government view of
the UAR's anti-Israel tactics in
the Suez Canal. The Bank is
moving ahead with the pro-
posed loan, with a final decision
anticipated within four weeks.
The UAR Finance Minister is
expected in Washington then,
to participate in a meeting of
the Bank's board of governors.
The Bank acknowledged, with
no comment, a letter from 13
Congressmen—including Martha
Griffith of Michigan—who op-
posed the loan. The Congress-
men held that the loan might
"appear to condone" the UAR's
anti-Israel blockade.
State Department sour c es
said that Bank authorities are
aware that the expression of the
Congressmen does not neces-
sarily reflect the Department's
own view. The Department has
also made this clear in Cairo,
where the UAR had voiced a
protest against the Congres-
sional expression.
Three Republican Senators
asked Secretary of State
Christian Herter to obtain
firm guarantees of free tran-
sit for Israel shipping in the
Suez Canal, before the United
States approves a World Bank
loan to the United Arab Re-
public for Canal improve-
ment.
The Senators were Jacob K.
Javits, of New York, Keating,
and Scott all Republicans
They reminded Secretary Her-
ter of a letter from Assistant
Secretary of State Macomber,
on July 3, in which Macomber
said the U.S. executive direc-
tor of the World Bank was
aware of developments involv-
ing Israel in the Suez Canal
issue.
In light of this, the Senators
noted that the Bank is moving
forward with consideration of
a loan to the UAR.
Representative Seymour Hal-
pern, New York Republican, al-
so addressed a letter to Secre-
tary Herter asking him to
consider the views of 13 mem-
bers of the .House Banking and
Currency Committee on the is-
sue of a World Bank loan to
the United Arab Republic to
improve the Suez Canal. The
Congressmen voiced opposition
to the loan because of the
UAR's anti-Israel blockade of
the Canal.
Milton Friedman, chief of
the JTA Washington Bureau,
reports that World Bank in-
formants were inclined to dis-
count the significance of a let-
ter from 13 members of the
House Banking and Currency
Committee—including Congress-
woman Martha Griffiths of De-
troit—asking the Bank to re-
frain from making the loan to
the UAR until the UAR recog-
nized Israel's rights to freedom
to passage. They said the letter
should have been addressed to
Robert B. Anderson, U.S. Sec-
retary of the Treasury, rather
than to Eugene R. Black, Presi-
dent of the World Bank. Secre-
tary Anderson, it was pointed
out, is in charge of American
relations with the Bank, and the
Bank looked to the Adminis-
tration, rather than to Congress,
for advice.
The State Department is gen-
erally _believed to be in favor
of the loan to Nasser because
of improvements in American
relations with the Nasser
regime.
In their letter to Black, the
13 Congressmen stressed that
the Suez Canal should be open
to all nations. "Instead," they
pointed out, "it is being used
as a weapon in relations be-
tween the UAR and the State
of Israel." The barring of the
Inge Toft from transit be-
cause the ship carried Israeli
cargo was cited as "the most
recent of a long series of il-
legal actions which violate the
Constantinople Cony en ti o n
and the Unit e d Nations
Security Council decision.
As long as the Suez Canal "is
being used for belligerent ac-
tion" by the UAR, said the sig-
natories, "we -are deeply dis-
turbed that an international
agency is considering a loan to
improve and enlarge it."
The Congressional communi-
cation pointed out that "Nas-
ser's violent declaration threat-
ening to exterminate Israel im-
plies that he will bar Israel
shipping whenever he wants to.
His own statement on July 22
shows that he is disturbed by
Israel's growing trade with
Asia and Africa and that he in-
tends to block it."
A belief was expressed that
the international committee
should not provide the UAR
with finances for Canal im-
provement "lest it appear to
condone a clear violation of
international decision, an in-
tolerable aggression by one
nation against a neighbor." The
members of Congress insisted
that no "money be used to
finance an international artery
until it is recognized as such
without limitation or restric-
tion."
The International Bank for
Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, known as the World Bank,
was urged to abstain from mak-
ing a projected $40,000,000 loan
to the United Arab Republic
for the improvement of the
Suez Canal as long as this Arab
country is using the Canal as
a political weapon "to strangle
the economy of Israel," by Rep.
Emanuel Celler, chairman of
the House Judiciary Committee.
He said the issue "is whether
the right of passage (through
international commitments of
the Suez Canal) can be arbit-
rarily- violated, and whether
such violation shall be en-
couraged by the granting of the
pending loan." Rep. Celler cited
the seizure by the UAR of mail
and scientific equipment from
ships bound for Israel. He said
this act could not be tolerated
by adherents of international
law.
(The New York Times quoted
a spokesman for the Bank as
asserting that "neither the
management of the Bank nor
the board of directors has made
any decision on the loan. We
may make the loan or we may
not:")
Israel Won't Tolerate
Nasser's Blockad.., Golda
Meir Warns; Blames UN
TEL AVIV, (JTA—There can
be no peace if the United Na-
tions permits "flagrant attacks"
by one member of the 'UN
against another, and "Israel has
no intention to tolerate" such a
situation, Mrs. Golda Meir,
Israel's Foreign Minister, de-
clared while discussing Israel's
grievance against United Arab
Republic interference with ship-
ping through the Suez Canal.
Mrs. Meir made the statement
in an address at a Mapai Party
election rally here tonight.
Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion was scheduled to ad-
dress the rally also, delivering
the first election address since
his return from a Fr en c h
Riviera vacation.
Recalling UAR interference
with shipping to and from Israel
through the Suez Canal, Mrs.
Meir said: "One cannot ask
Israel to tolorate such attacks
and, at the same time, tell her
she cannot exercise the right of
self-defense because such an
exercise of right would mean
war."
"In the face of Egypt's non-
stop aggression since we estab-
lished our State," continued the
Foreign Minister, " and especi-
ally in regard to the closing of
the Suez Canal to Israeli ship-
ping of cargoes, Israel has exer-
cised patience; even more pa-
tience than anybody could have
expected."
Jordan Fights Nasser and
Jeruslem's ExMufti for
Arab Supremacy
LONDON,(JTA) — The deci-
sion announced several days
ago by King Hussein of Jordan
to convoke an Arab states "sum-
mit meeting" in the Jordanian-
held Old City of Jerusalem is a
phase in the fight for Arab
supremacy between young Hus-
sein, United Arab Republic,
President Gamel Abdel Nasser
and Haj Amin el?Hussein, ex-
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, ac-
cording to the press here.
King Hussein is anxious to
show both Nasser and the
Grand Mufti that he is "master
of his own house" and that the
West Bank of the Jordan, now
under his jurisdiction, will re-
main part of Jordan, the Times
of London declared in a dis-
patch from Beirut.