Eb n Pleads for Peace in M. E., Justice for USSR Jews
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"It is not necessary," he said,
"to formulate new or special
principles for peace and security,
in the Middle East. Nothing is re-
quired beyond the precise applica-
tion of charter principles which
enjoin respect for the sovereignty
of states and the abstention from
the use or threat of force against
their integrity and independence."
"In these circumstances I deem
it useful to summarize my gov-
ernment's policy for the advance-
ment of peace and security in the
Middle East as well as our vision
of the region's future.
"We hold that Israel and each
Middle Eastern state have an
absolute right to maintain their
sovereignty and integrity im-
mune from the threat or use of
force. We stand for the precise
and reciprocal application of
charter principles and of exist-
ing agreements. We make no
claim against the integrity or
the independence of other states.
We have no concern with the na-
ture of their regimes. We as-
sume that different social and
political systems, different atti-
tudes to traditional culture, are
destined to co-exist in the Middle
East, as in other parts of the
world. What is needed is the
consolidation, not the destruc-
tion, of existing elements of sta-
bility in the Middle East.
"If our neighbors refuse us rec-
ognition and contact, we shall pur-
sue our national development and
international vocation as best we
can, and with strong prospect of
success. While peace is not an in-
dispensable condition of our exist-
ence, we hold it to be a high aim
fraught with equal benefit to our
neighbors and to us. A peace set-
tlement, freely and directly nego-
tiated, would inaugurate a new
and glorious chapter to Middle
Eastern history. It would open up
communications across our re-
gion, expose it to the fruitful inter-
change of commerce and ideas,
unite its sovereign states in great
enterprises of development, lib-
erate them all from sterile and
bitter controversy and lift from
their shoulders the crushing load
of an armament race.
"Indeed, the negotiation of an
agreement on arms limitation
might be the first step leading to
a more stable co-existence. Only
by establishing peaceful and sta-
ble conditions amongst themselves
can the states of the Middle East
keep the area free from external
intervention, such as invariably
arises wherever tension grows.
"All the residual problems
left behind by the war launched
against Israel 18 years ago, in-
cluding those created by move-
ments of population in both di-
. rections between Israel and the
Arab states, could be solved in
an atmosphere of bilateral, re-
gional and international cooper-
ation. Thus, in full respect of
existing sovereignities, and of
the region's creative diversity,
an entirely new story never told
before would unfold across the
Eastern Mediterranean.
"In our conception the aim of
statesmanship in the Middle East
is not to change the character of
structure of existing states but to
change the relations between
them. What we seek for ourselves
we respect for others. We respect
the desire of all Middle Eastern
states, Arab or non-Arab, to main-
tain their lawful soverignty in
peace, refusing all domination or
hegemony, whether from outside
the region or from within. The
principles of separate nationhood,
free from domination or hegem-
ony, are enshrined in the United
Nations Charter and in the armi-
stice agreements. We are confi-
dent that the destiny of the Middle
East lies in the ' pluralism and
diversity of its sovereignties, its
cultures and its social sytems. In
such conditions the East Mediter-
32 Friday, October 7, 1966
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ranean area, at which Europe, developed countries, declaring that j its report to the UN member states now, in order not to endanger
Asia and Africa converge, would the goals of the current UN "de- today, the PCC stated that the the mission, which is considered
be ripe for a new emergence of velopment decade," now at its time was not ripe for undertaking here as having great potential pol-
human vitality."
half-way mark "have not been the mandate mentioned in last itical significance.
Eban told the assembly "co- attained or even approached."
year resolution. Authoritative
Only four members of a sched-
existence means more than mere
sources on the Israeli delegation uled 13-member Soviet delegation
He endorsed the "Two Chinas"
abstention from conflict. Inter-
here said, in answer to inquiries, have to take part in an internat-
principles being advocated here,
national solidarity is composed of under which Communist China
the PCC report was "realistic."
ional electronics convention at Tel
countless links that transcend na-
On the diplomatic front, Israel's Aviv, convention sponsors report-
would be admitted but the Chi-
tional frontiers." Such links, he
Foreign Minister Eban conferred ed. Representatives of the organ-
ang Kai Shek government on
said, include those that "unite re-
with Anrei Gromyko, Foreign Min- izing committee waited vainly for
Fomosa would also continue to
ligious, ethnic and cultural com-
ister of the Soviet Union, and Ro- several hours at Lydda Airport
hold UN membership.
munities in their devotion to a
He reiterated Israel's previously- mania's Foreign Minister Corn- for the Soviet delegation. Only
common experience and common voiced policies for U.N. intensifi- elia Manescu. Previously, he had later were airport officials ably
faith. There is not much meaning cation of "its presence upon the met with Adam Rapacki, Foreign to tell the committee represents:
to the idea of co-existence unless illegal regime in Rhodesia," Minister of Poland.
tives that four members of th(
the world is increasingly open to South Africa's forfeiture of its See Eban-Gromyko Talk
Soviet delegation arrived earlier
the constructive expression of mandate over South West Africa, Aiding Israeli-USSR Relations
in the day and were driven away
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Political in three automobiles belonging to
these affinities." Alluding then, independence for Portuguese-run
circles
here
said
that
Israel
For-
pointedly, toward the situation of Mozambique and Angola, and
the Soviet Embassy.
the Jews in the Soviet Union, he "condemnation of apartheid" in eign Minister Abba Eban's meet- Soviet Union Reported
declared: South Africa. In this connection, ing with Soviet Foreign Minister Deploying Heavily-Armed,
"Of special significance to my he stated, "Israel's solidarity with Andrei Gromyko, at the United Mediterranean Fleet
Africa on this question is deter- Nations, has served to clarify re-
people are the links which unite
LONDON (JTA) — The Soviet
the Jewish comunities of the mined by the memories that our lations between the two countries. Union was reported for the first
people carry with them across The two reportedly found certain time today to have a powerful,
world in common pride and de-
votion and above all in tragic generations of martyrdom and points of agreement when discus- permanent fleet in the Mediter-
sing Middle Eastern affairs.
discrimination."
memory. This year I was able
ranean Sea, operating in the area
It was said here that the meet- of the American Sixth Fleet and
In urging greater aid to under-
on Polish soil, to visit the scene
developed lands, and the role that ing was far more cordial than had based in Egyptian ports. The Sun-
of the extermination of six mil-
could be played in such projects been expected, especially since day Telegraph, disclosing the pres-
lion of our people by the Nazis.
I saw the mountains of womens by small nations, Eban referred Gromyko, in reply to an Eban ence of the Soviet vessels in Med-
hair shorn from the bodies of to Isarel's sharing of its skills comment, disclaimed any know- iterranean waters, reported that
and know-how with other count- ledge of Moscow's decision to can- the fleet included cruisers and deS-
executed victims and the piles
cel the Israel Philharmonic Or- troyers armed with guided mis-
tries. He told the assembly:
of children's shoes torn from
"Our own national experience chestra's scheduled tour of the siles, submarines, electronic in-
their feet before they were com-
mitted to the furnace. The gov- in the past eight years illustrates USSR. Moreover, Gromyko ex- telligence trawlers and support
this fact. Since 1958, 1755 Israel plained that such a step, about ships.
ernments and peoples of Eu-
experts have placed themselves which he personally knew nothing,
rope, and especially of Eastern
Vice Admiral William Ellis, for-
at the service of development pro- should be interpreted as anti-Is- mer commander of the U.S. Sixth
Europe, who witnessed and ex-
perienced the horrors inflicted jects in developing countries in raeli, and further expressed Rus- Fleet, now chief of staff of the
by Nazism, are our partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and sia's intention to support peace NATO Supreme Allied Command-
the memory of these fearful Mediterranean and Middle Eastern and relaxation of tensions in the er in the Atlantic, said, according
to the newspaper, that the Soviet
acts. We should not forget that States. Simultaneously, 9186 train- Middle East.
In a related development, it was Union has built up its Mediterran-
ees from states in four continents
the United Nations itself was
originally an anti-Nazi coalition have studied development proc- revealed that a five-man Hista- ean fleet "very quickly" over the
charged with the duty of pre- esses in Israeli courses and insti- drut delegation secretly left for past three years. He also disclosed
tutions, mainly in agriculture, ir- the USSR to tour Russian trade that the Soviet destroyers were
venting any recurrence of the
most fearful anguish that had rigation, rural planning, youth union institutions at the invitation equipped with surface-to-surface
ever befallen any family of the training, health teaching, admin- of Soviet labor leaders. The visit or anti-ship missiles which neither
istration, engineering and higher started several days ago and had the American nor British navies
human race.
"It is inevitable that Jewish education. International confer- been a well-guarded secret until have in service.
communities who witnessed and ences have met on our soil to com-
survived this assault feel a more mit development problems to joint
profound need to express their examination by leading experts
mutual solidarity. The wounds of and leaders of states. This is, of
war have not yet been healed. course, a modest contribution to a
Countless families have been sepa- vast problem. But it illustrates
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can Jewish leader that neo-Nazis
to The Jewish News)
rated and dispersed across differ- what can be attempted in inten-
in
Austria were an infinitely small
sified
cooperation
and
exchange
WASHINGTON—Immediate ac-
ent countries and continents, and
minority who posed no danger to
still cherish the hope of reunion, of experience amongst small coun- tion "to halt the spread of ultra- democracy.)
there is a natural longing of these tries in any early or intermed- rightist a n d neo-Nazi influence
within Austria" was urged by a
communities to join together in iate stage of development."
Eban had previously urged group of American Jewish Con-
the expression and further devel-
Thant by cable to acept re-elec- gress officials at a meeting here
opment of the spiritual heritage
tion to the secretary-generalship. Tuesday with Dr. Ernest Lemberg-
which lies at the root of their iden-
At their first personal conference
er, Austria's ambassador to the
tity. These impulses have led to
United States.
here, since the current session
an international interest in the
of the General Assembly opened,
right of Jewish communities every-
Dr. Joachim Prinz, chairman of
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Eban reiterated his plea that the AJCongress commission on in-
to The Jewish News)
where freely to develop their spe-
Thant accept re-election, pegg-
TEL AVIV—The Israeli Organi-
cific culture.
ternational affairs, told Dr. Lem-
ing his request particularly to berger that "the impact of extrem- zation of Partisans and Fighters
"Thus men of good will and pro-
the Vietnam situation.
ist influence in Austria has become against the Nazis issued a state-
gressive outlook who throughout
The Eban-Thant session lasted too pronounced to be disregarded, ment Wednesday warning of the
the world recognize the historic
role of the USSR in crushing the a half hour, during which time and instances of Austria's vulner- need for vigilance against a resurg-
Nazi perpetrators of the Jewish the conference also discussed Af- ability to Nazi reinfection have be- ence of neo-Nazism following the
tragedy in Europe, have expressed rican problems. They left for a come too glaring to dismiss." The release of two of the major Nati
a natural desire to see the largest later meeting a discussion of Mid- meeting was held in the Austrian war criminals from Spandau prison.
in Berlin.
Jewish community in Europe en- dle East problems in general and, Embassy here.
Baldur von Schirach, leader of
abled to have access to its own specifically, the issue of the Arab
He also told the envoy that
particular heritage and to make refugees which is to be debated
Austria's political parties and the Nazi Youth Movement, and
contact with others who share it by the assembly's special political
national leaders had failed to bert Speer, Hitler's minister for"'
throughout the world. In a Europe committee.
admit Austria's past, "atone for armaments, were released last Fri-
In addition to the coming dis-
increasingly open to movement be-
anti-Semitic excesses and create day after completing 20-year terms
tween its Eastern and Western cussion of the refugee issue with a new national mood invulner- for their Nazi careers.
parts. in a world in which barriers Thant, the Israeli foreign minister
able to Nazi teachings."
The partisan group noted that
are falling and international con- is scheduled to go into that matter
He proposed new efforts to keep a wave of sympathy had been ex-
tacts are being multiplied, the also with Dr. Max Jakobson, Fin- former Nazis "from further infil- pressed for the two freed Nazis
renewal of contact between kin- land's permanent representative trating the public life" of Austria, and warned that many former
dred communities will become a here, who is this year's chairman a speed-up in Austria's "lax pros- Nazi leaders still are unpunished
natural corrollary of peaceful co- of the Assembly committee that ecution of Nazi war criminals," a for their part in the slaughter of
will debate the refugee question. sharp upward revision of Austria's European Jewry.
existence."
Other issues discussed by Mr. Jakobson is a Jew.
"token" restitution payments to
They also urged the West Ger-
The Palestine Conciliation Corn- surviving victims of Nazism and a
Eban included the following:
man government to exert maxi-
mission, which was instructed in major overhaul of Austria's edu-
He expressed the "ardent"
mum efforts to find and bring
a resolution adopted by the Gen- cational programs "to deal objec-
hope that Secretary General U
to trial "thousands" of Nazi war
Thant will accept reelection to eral Assembly last year to press tively with Austria's past and pre-
criminals still escaping arrest
for implementation of a clause in pare students to participate
his office.
and trial.
He voiced a hope that the Gen- an old 1948 resolution, interpreted effectively in a democratic society."
In a related development, a me-
eral Assembly will make further by the Arab states as calling for
(Josef Klaus, the Austrian chan- morial meeting for the Jews mur-
progress toward the formulation Israeli admission of the Arab ref- cellor, told Philip Hoffman, chair- dered in the Vilna Ghetto de-
and proclamation of human rights, ugees, reported that now is not man of the board of governors of manded a new trial for Franz
endorsing the move toward ap- the right time for initiating any the American Jewish Committee, Matter, who was held responsible
pointment of a United Nations new political endeavors toward here Wednesday that his govern- for the extermination of Vilna
HMigh Commissioner for Human settlement of "the Palestine Ques- ment fought every form of anti- Jewry. The meeting decided to
tion."
Rights.
Semitism in Austria open or hid- erect a monument to Vilna Jews
Last year's measure had re- den.
He called for a more strenuous
in the form of a library where
eforts, both by the big powers and ferred to the controversial Article
(Hoffman is now on a tour of the cultural values of that Jewry
the smaller nations, to make a II of the 1948 draft which, Israel Europe to evaluate the effects of would be presented. A world
reality of plans for aiding under- has always maintained, gives the the second Vatican Council on organization to establish such a
Arab refugee no "right" for "re- Christian-Jewish relations.
library was announced at the
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(The chancellor told the Anieri- meeting.
Action to Halt Austrian Neo-Nazism
Pressed by AJCongress Officials
Fascism Revival
Warned on Release
of 2 Hitler Aides