(Direct JTA Teletype Wire t The J h N • * JERUSALEM — T h e Soviet Union has offered to declare the Mediterranean and Middle East area as a nuclear free zone and to give guarantees that in the event of armed conflict it would consider the area as outside the Bounds for use of atomic wea- pons, it was disclosed here Tues- day. The text of the letter, which was handed to Foreign Minister Golda Meir by Soviet Envoy Mikhail Bodrov, was published by Kol Haam, the Communist organ. The Israel Foreign Office confirmed the receipt of the letter, but said it had not yet had time to study the contents. The Soviet note, as quoted byl Kol Haam, asserted that the United States and its allies were creating danger in a wide areal of the Mediterranean by accumu- lating there an "enormous quan- ity" of many missiles with "mil- lions of tons of nuclear explo- sives." It said that the introduction NATO warships armed with nuclear weapons in the area I would force the "peace loving nations" to direct retaliatory means into the areas of move- - went- of submarines and the shores of NATO countries and other countries which have placed at the disposal of the NATO powers areas for either temporary or permanent es- tablislmient of nuclear bases. The Soviet note warned that there was a danger that nuclear weapons would, through the "fault of NATO leaders," reach the gates of Jerusalem, the Vati- can and Mecca. The note reject- ed the arguments of the United States and its NATO allies that the establishment of United States atomic submarine bases was intended only to preserve peace. The note insisted that the all matters affecting the na- purpose of such reployments was tion's security. On the issue provocative" and a preparation of government policy regarding for a "sudden anti-Soviet attack." the German scientists employ- To ensure the security of the ed by Egypt, for the develop- area the note proposed that the ment of nonconventional wea- entire area be declared a nuclear pons aimed at Israel's destruc- free area and expressed the tion, the party took a moderate Soviet Union rediness to grant, position. It rejected those cri- together with the Western pow- tics of the government who ers, guarantees that if military protest against all government conflict broke out the area would actions onsuch issues. At the be considered out of bounds for same time, the convention crit- nuclear weapons use. The note icized. the government for expressed the hope that Israel limiting parliamentary debate would study the Soviet attitude. on such issues. * * In other resolutions, the party TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A resolu- called for increased immigration, tion calling upon both the United tighter liaison between Israel and States and the Soviet Union to Jewish communities abroad, give Israel "proper guarantees" strengthening of education, and for its security was adopted here strengthening of the Zionist at the closing session of Israel's movement. The delegates elected Liberal Party convention. The a 560-member council from party met here for six days in which the executive committee the first convention held since its will be chosen. Younger mem- formation. bers of the party objected to the The Liberals also voted a large size of the council, but demand on the government were outvoted. The Liberals re- that it form in the parliament elected Pinhas Rosen and Peretz a "supreme security council" Bernstein as co-presidents. Rosen which would be consulted on is former Minister of Justice. " KAPLAN BROS. NEW YORK, (JTA) — After spending about a month in South and Central America, where he addressed numerous gatherings and was honored by the Jewish communities, Moshe Sharett, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive, arrived here to confer—together with Arieh Pincus, Jewish Agency treas- urer—on urgent matters with leaders of the Jewish Agency executive, as well as with lead- ers of the United Jewish Ap- peal and the Jewish Agency, Inc. He also will address a number of UJA dinner meet- ings in New York and will help in the UJA campaign. Sharett's visits to Panama and Guatemala City were the last stops on his extensive tour of South America, covering Argen- tina, Uruguay and Brazil. 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ALL 'ITEMS PURCHASED HERE ENGRAVED FREE! • Anti-Semitism Is Rampant in Toronto TORONTO, (JTA)—A three- week spate of anti-Semitic van- dalism continued here as a Jew- ish organizational center and a Jewish-owned shop in a Toronto suburb were smeared with swas- tikas. Targets of the vandals were the Borochov Center, which houses a Yiddish-Hebrew School and kindergarten and various Zionist and other Jewish groups; and a Jewish-owned variety store several blocks away: On both buildings swastikas were smeared in black paint on the walls and doors. Earlier this month, swastikas and the slogan, "Jews die," were found smeared on two syna- gogues in downtown Toronto. Toronto Chief Chief of Police James Mackey assured a delega- tion representing the Canadian Jewish Congress—Bnai Br i t h Community Relations Committe that the police were giving the incidents their complete atten- tion. The delegation consisted of Sydney M. Harris, national chair- man of the committee, and J. S. 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The only such weapons known to exist there are the missiles of the United States Sixth Fleet. The proposal was interpreted here as having nothing to do with any construction of nuclear weapons in the Middle East or any other Mediterranean coun- tries. Sharett Completes S. American Tour 3 - THE DETROI T JEWISH Soviet Proposes Mid-East Be Atom Free Zone: U.S. Says Plan Aimed at 6th Fleet