State
Dept.
Reiterates
U.
S.
Pledge
Opposing
,
Counter Diversion' of Jordan Waters by Arabs
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
WASHINGTON — The United
States government has pledged de-
\--- -,finitely that it would oppose Arab
,) projects for "counter diversion"
of the Jordan River waters "if it
appeared that the Arab riparian
states combined were offtaking
waters in excess of the combined
allocations to the Arab states speci-
fied in the 1955 plan," it was re-
vealed here Tuesday by the office
of the U.S. Senator Kenneth B.
Keating (N.Y., Rep.).
Keating made public the govern-
ment's pledge contained in a let-
ter to him from Assistant Secre-
tary of State Frederick G. Dutton.
The Dutton letter was in re-
sponse to one sent to him by the
Senator asking for clarification of
the government's stand on the
Jordan River waters issue. "I
would appreciate knowing," Sen.
Keating had written, "whether the
government of the United States
regards Israel's present water di-
> version program as consistent with
the 1955 unified plan for the Jor-
dan River Valley, whether the
government of the United States
approves and supports Israel's ctu•-
rent efforts for utilization of the
Jordan waters and whether the
governmest of the United States
would take action to prevent other
Middle Eastern states from frus-
trating this plan either militarily
or by other diversion efforts."
The Senator recalled that the
unified water plan of 1955 had
been worked out by the late Eric
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Johnston as a special U.S. emis-
sary. That plan had been agreed
to by the riparian states involved
—Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria
—but had later been rejected by
the Arab states for political rea-
sons.
Dutton's Statement
In his reply, Dutton wrote to
Sen. Keating:
"You asked specifically whether
we regard Israel's present water
diversion program as consistent
with the 1955 unified plan. At a
news briefing on May 6 a Depart-
ment of State spokesman who was
asked this question replied public-
ly, "We have been informed by
the government of Israel that its
use of the waters from the Jordan
Valley will be within the alloca-
tions of the unified plan. We have
every reason to believe that this
statement is true as regards the
present Israel project and we
therefore support Israel's current
efforts. In addition, as the Presi-
dent stated in the joint communi-
que of June 2 on the occasion of
Israel Prime Minister Eshkol's
visit, the United States and Israel
will undertake joint studies on
problems of desalting water as part
of the effort being undertaken to
solve the problem of scarcity of
water and hope for rapid progress
toward large scale desalting in
Israel.
"With regard to your question
as to whether the United States
would take action to prevent other
Middle Eastern states from frus-
trating this plan militarily, a long-
standing principle of U.S. policy cess of the combined allocations
U.S. opposition would of course de-
in the Near East is our opposition to the Arab states specified in the pend
to aggression. This policy was ex- 1955 plan. The form of any such vailing upon the circumstances pre-
at that time."
pressed in the late President Ken-
nedy's statement of May 8, 1963,
in which he made it unmistakably
clear that we oppose the use or
threat of force. He also said that
in the event of direct or indirect
aggression we would support appro-
priate courses of action in the
United Nations or on our own to
put a stop to such aggression."
"As stated in the joint commu-
nique during Prime Minister Esh-
kol's visit, President Johnson spe-
cifically reiterated this statement
of U.S. policy. In the event that
other Middle Eastern states at-
tempt to frustrate the Israeli plan
by other counter-diversion proj-
ects, the United States would op-
pose such projects if it appeared
that the Arab riparian states com-
bined were offtaking water in ex-
World Parley Planned
for Community Leaders
JERUSALEM( JTA )—The ple-
nary session of the Jewish Agency
executive, currently meeting here,
decided to convene a conference
of leaders of Jewish communities
and organizations from all over
the world, on the eve of the next
World Zionist Congress, to be held
in Jerusalem before the end of
1964.
KOEPPLINGER'S
"Be not afraid or dismayed by
reason of this great multitude; for
the battle is not yours, but God's."
II Chronicles 20:15.
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INSIST ON KOEPPLINGER'S QUALITY BUNS
DIFFERENT TEXTURE—TASTES DELICIOUS
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 17, 1964
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