Soviet Role in Syria, Iraq and Egypt Explored (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) said to have become concerned by speaker, Anwar El-Sadat, visited JERUSALEM — Israeli officials the lack of contact in 1965, when the United States at the invitation were reported Tuesday to be giv- there was almost a constant stream of the U.S. administration. He was ing special attention to a report in of prominent visitors between the first member of the 12-man junta which overthrew the late a Lebanese newspaper to the ef- Cairo and Communist countries. The ice was broken in February King Farouk in 1952 to visit the fect that 2,000 Soviet technicians were aiding Syria in both civilian when Egypt's National Assembly United States. Meanwhile, Raymond A. Hare, and military programs. The Beirut assistant secretary of state for newspaper Lahayat also declared Near Eastern affairs, testified that there were few Communist Tuesday before the House For- Chinese experts in Syria, contrary eign Affairs Committee that the to reports earlier this year. Arab-Israel dispute "continues to The newspaper said that defy settlement." Syrian government offices were He said: 'Me past year wit- taffed with Russians, who were MEMPHIS—The American Jew- _xerting strong control over the ish Historical Society will hold its nessed no serious increases in ten- activities of the offices. Israeli ex- 64th annual meeting at the Shera- sion or outbreaks of violence be- perts indicated a belief that the ton-Peabody Hotel and Temple tween the parties, however, and states of the area are in- Syrian regime was continuing the Israel here, Saturday evening and most creasingly preoccupied with de- ties with the Soviet Union main- all day Sunday. velopment and other internal tained by the regime it toppled in Among the speakers will be Dr. problems." a coup recently and that the pres- Hare noted that attention in the ent regime was in direct contact Leon J. Obermayer, president of Middle East remained focused on with Moscow instead of working the society, and Dr. Thomas D. the Yemen situation, and that an through Cairo as the former Hafez Clark, chairman of the history de- agreement to settle that problem partment of the University of Ken- regime had done. has yet to be implemented, and The Soviet Union is expected tucky. declared: "Another source of con- to resume military assistance to At the dinner on Sunday eve- cern to which we continue to devote Iraq shortly, after having sus- ning, the main address will be de- considerable attention is the arms pended such aid a year and a livered by Dr. Howard Morley rivalry throughout the Near East." half ago because of the renewal Sachar, professor of history at The high official told the com- of fighting in that country with George Washington University, mittee: "It remains our policy to Kurdish tribesmeri, it was re- Washington, D.C., on "Objectivity support the independent integrity ported here Sunday. and Jewish Social Science." of all states in the area. We con- A Soviet military delegation is Among the papers that will be tinue to work with them in helping due in Baghdad next month, when presented on Sunday morning will bring about the conditions of stabil- new arms deliveries will be .dis- be "Lee Max Friedman: a bio- ity in which an enduring Middle cussed as well as political and graphic ProPile," by Frank L. Kozol East peace can be achieved, and military cooperation between the of Boston, corresponding secretary in aiding them to recognize Com- two countries. An Iraqi delegation of the Society. The late Mr. Fried- munist blandishments for what is also expected to visit Moscow. man, lawyer, historian, and bene- they are. Most of these nations It is generally believed here factor of the society, was a native have shown the will and ability to that the new Soviet deliveries will of Memphis, and served as presi- resist Communist penetration. By include MIG-21 aircraft and other dent of the Society for a number supplying selective economic as- sistance, we are making it possible modern equipment. of years. Meanwhile, in Washington, Rep. On Sunday evening, the Lee Max for many Near Eastern countries Leonard Farbstein, New York Friedman Award will be presented to register ' real economic growth Democrat, and a member of the by the Society to Dr. Maurice and, thereby, meet the aspirations House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jacobs of Philadelphia, in recogni- of their people for greater oppor- said he would demand "concrete tion of his distinguished service tunities and a higher standard of verification' of Egypt's reported in the field of American Jewish living." In London, March 17, heads of commitment not to increase cotton history. 12 Arab governments concluded acreage in the 1966-67 season. Mrs. Laurence Frank and Prof. He made the statement in con- Jacob Rader Marcus, director of a summit conference in Cairo nection with reports that the the American Jewish Archives, and with a statement voicing anxiety over American arms shipments Nasser regime informed the former president of the Society, to Israel and pledging Arab State Department that, in order also will receive citations. solidarity and non-alignment in to qualify for continued U.S. food fond affairs. aid it would restrict cotton prod- The premieres of the 12 Arab uction to allow for the growing Argentine Jewish Leaders of more food. The development Ask Aid to Flood Victims states unanimously adopted a reso- lution deploring arms shipments arose because of charges that by the United States or any other BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The Egypt was trading cotton for So- viet arms, with the United States DAIA, the representative organiza- country to Israel as "support of indirectly subsidizing such deals tion of Argentine Jewry, appealed Israeli aggression." They rejected by filling Egypt's food short- to all Jewish institutions and indi- the U. S. contention that a balance viduals to contribute generously to of power was necessary in the ages. Farbstein said Nasser had in the alleviate the sufferings of the vic- Near East to avert war. No mention was made of U. S. past violated agreements to re- tims of the recent heavy floods strict cotton production and in- in the northeastern part of the supplies of arms to Arab states, crease food production. The Con- country. The Buenos Aires Kehilla notably Jordan and Saudi Arabia. gressman said that an opportun- immediately sent a shipment of ity for review of the Egyptian per- 1,000 blankets to help the evacuees formance will come with renewal of the stricken areas. A shipment of 450 pounds of of the United State's food agree- ment, which is subject to renego- medical supplies arrived here by air March 17 from Tel Aviv as a tiation every six months. Farbstein said that, while he fa- contribution by the Israel govern- (Direct JTA Teletype Wire vored food for the hungry of ment to aid the Argentine flood to The Jewish News) Egypt, "it is absurd to indirectly victims. The shipment included JERUSALEM — The Israel Fi- subsidize the Egyptian capacity to vitamins, antibiotics, anti-yellow nance Ministry disclosed Tuesday barter for Soviet arms ,thus esca- fever vaccine and anti-snake ser- it had decided to place- in a frozen lating tensions and dangers in the um. account in the Bank of Israel the ear East." sums voluntarily renounced by He said that restriction of `Catching Up With Israel' Israel workers and professionals gyptian arms acquisitions would, TEL AVIV (ZINS) — 1965 was from their retroactive pay in- if it actually took place, have a one of the most prosperous years in creases as well as from some of salutory effect in the region. He Israel. their present pay. A popular move- added, however, that he would re- ment started in Israel from such In the months from January quest verification of the Egyptian voluntary renunciation as an anti- agriculture performance at the end through September last year, Is- inflation move. raelis bought 24,600 washing of each Six-month period. The ministry said such deposits The State Department declined machines, 47,000 electric refrigera- would be matched pound for tors and 44,700 radios. This inun- Tuesday to comment on reports pound by the government through from Caito that President John- dation of appliances is responsible cuts in its own expenditures. The son has informed Egyptian Pres- for the following joke making the decision followed pressures for ident Nasser, in a perSonal letter, rounds in Israel: such action by the Histadrut, Is- that he wants closer contacts An Israeli who returned from a rael's labor federation, and other with Egypt at the highest levels. visit to the United States was asked wage-earner groups. The decision The report said that, in this con- how he liked the Land of Colum- means, informed sources said, that nection, President Johnson was bus. To this h`e replied: "The a number of government depart- sending Secretary of State Dean United States is becoming more ments will have to cut their Rusk to Cairo to see Nasser. The and more like Israel: every Ameri- budgets still further. Cairo report said the Johnson letter can household has a refrigerator, was delivered to Nasser by U.S. just as in Israel. However, regard- Counting prenatal deaths, birth Ambassador Lucius Battle. ing washing machines, the United defects each year claim about According to the report, high States lags behind Israel. . . ." twice as many lives as cancer level contacts between Cairo and and almost three times as many Washington have been scant dur- Look not mournfully into the as stroke. Give to the March of ing the 14 years of the Nasser Past. It comes not -back again. Dimes and help the National regime with the only cabinet-level Wisely improve the Present. It is Foundation get ahead of the grow- visits having been made by John thine. Go forth to meet the sha- ing problem of birth defects. Foster Dulles, as secretary of state, dowy Future, without fear, and in 1954, and Luther Hodges, in 1962. with a manly heart.—Henry Wads- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The U.S. Embassy in Cairo was worth Longfellow (183. 9) Friday, March 25, 1966-35 National Parley of Historical Body Slated in Memphis Americans, Canadians in Israel Adopt Budget (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) HAIFA — The Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel concluded its annual convention here Tuesday with the adoption of a budget for the coming year total- ing 265,000 pounds ($88,000). David Breslau, assistant director of the Hillel Foundation at the Hebrew University, was elected president. In resolutions adopted at the convention, the delegates express- ed satisfaction with the improved efforts on the part of the Israel Government and the Jewish Agency to facilitate the immigration of po- tential settlers from the United States and Canada. The delegates urged that more emphasis be put on new specific techniques needed for immigration o e individuals and families rather than stress on collective immigra- tion which had been practiced in the past. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol pledged Monday that the Israeli government would view immigra- tion from Western countries as a matter of major policy. Addressing the conference, Eshkol said that suitable "housing, mortgages and other loans and help should be of- fered to Western immigrants with a maximum of understanding and a minimum of bureaucracy." If mistakes in this area have been made in the past, he declared, the government will nqt shirk from in- vestigating and rectifying them. Western immigrants, he de- clared, "are vitally needed here for their technical skills and cap- ital. We want them here as people with their democratic traditions and experience, their cultural re- sources and sense of national and civic responsibility." 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