Big 3 Must Take M.E. Stand: Javits
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East war."
Noting that 17 years had passed
since the 1950 declaration by the
three powers, Sen. Davits said that
many countries in the region "have
come to believe that the three
Western powers would no longer
act in concert in the event of
crisis." He said that it was impor-
tant "to disabuse them of this idea.
Sen. Javits suggested that the three
Western nations could make "a
considerable contribution" to the
stability of the Middle East "by
clarifying and reaffirming their
commitments to maintain the se-
curity of the region."
In rejecting the New York Sen-
ator's earlier proposal for a
"great power conference," Doug-
las MacArthur H, Assistant Sec-
retary of State for Congressional
Relations, in a letter written at
the personal request of Rusk, ex-
pressed doubt that such a con-
ference stood any chance of suc-
cess. He said the Arabs would
oppose such a conference be-
cause of their refusal to recog-
nize Israel and their insistence
upon prior agreement by Israel
to readmit all the Arab refugees
who fled the country during the
1948 struggle. He said that the
Arab position on this question
"is widely supported by many
countries all over the world."
MacArthur rejected another sug-
gestion in Sen. Javits' first letter
calling for United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly action to resolVe
Israel-Arab differences as well as
proposals to expand the U.N. Emer-
gency Force. General Assembly ac-
tion would prove useless, Mac-
Arthur declared, because of
Israel's failure to implement the
UN resolution f o r repatriation
and compensation of Arab refu-
gees. The expansion of UNEF, he
said, would face difficulties be-
cause, among other reasons, "Israel
has refused to allow the UN
Emergency Force to enter its ter-
ritory."
Expressing doubt about General
Assembly action to deter Arab
terrorism, MacArthur declared: "It
seems to us unlikely that, in a
general discussion of the security
situation in the area, the necessary
two-thirds majority of the Assem-
bly members would support a
strong resolution against terrorism
without taking an even stronger
stand against retaliatory raids."
In his first letter, Sen. Javits
<:narged that the United Staes was
responding inadequately to the
terroristic "Palestine Liberation
Army." He noted the relaxation of
official opposition to distribution
of UN relief rations to terrorists.
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Syrian Tanks Destroyed
in New Svria-Israel Battle
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Syrian tank
gunners started shelling a tractor
cultivating a hitherto undisputed
field in the Tel Katzir area near
Lake Tiberias Monday after a
relatively quiet morning. It was the
sixth attack by Syrians in the area
since Jan. 1. Israeli casualties were
reported in the latest shooting.
Israeli tanks returned the fire
and destroyed two Syrian tanks
and damaged another, an Israeli
spokesman reported. The return
fire silenced the tanks, he said. In
another sector Syrians fired a
number of automatic bursts in cov-
ering Syrian penetrations into Is-
raeli territory in the area.
The tank battle began within two
minutes after the Syrian firing be-
gan at the tractor. Israeli tanks
were moved into position and open-
ed fire. One Syrian tank imme-
diately caught fire. Other Syrian
tanks joined the fray and the
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Israeli tank gunners trained fire
on them. Heavy black smoke
erupted from the tank positions
and later it was reported that an-
other Syrian tank had been de-
stroyed. Crews of two other tanks
were seen running from their tanks
after hits were scored on them.
Children of villages in the Tel
Katzir area remained in shelters
during the attack. The second inci-
dent involved small arms and auto-
matic fire in the Ashmora area in
the Huleh region. No casualties
were reported from that area. Fir-
ing subsided and both sides agreed
to a United Nations request for a
cease-fire.
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Eban Meet's With Gen. Bull
to Explain Defense Tactics
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Abba Eban, Is-
rael's foreign minister, met Monday
night in his office with Lt. Gen.
Odd Bull, chief of staff of the
United Nations Truce Supervision
Organization, and explained Is-
rael's defensive measures in the
northern area where the Syrians
have opened fire on border targets
six times since Jan. 1.
The foreign minister said Israel
had exercised self-restraint despite
the growing scale of Syrian attacks
but could not refrain from counter-
action when Israeli settlements
came under Syrian tank cannon
fire. Eban emphasized Israel's
desire for restoration of quiet on
the northern border but also stress-
ed that this depended on Syria's
abstaining from aggressive and
illegal acts such as those carried
out in the past two weeks against
Israel. Gen. Bull is expected to
report to UN Secretary General U
Thant soon on his talks with Eban.
Gen. Bull flew to Damascus
Wednesday in an effort to induce
Syrian authorities to end military
action on the Israeli border.
Prior to his departure, Syrians
fired automatic guns across the
border at Notera and Ashmora
Wednesday morning.
No casualties were reported in
the two new shootings Wednesday,
the eighth and ninth incidents since
Jan. 1. Israelis returned the fire.
(In his State of the Nation mes-
sage to Congress, Tuesday night,
President Johnson made this com-
ment on the situation in the Middle
East: In the Middle East the spirit
of regional co-operation for the
benefit of all, unfortunately, has
not yet taken hold. • An already
tortured peace is constantly
threatened. We shall try to use our
influence to increase the possibil-
ities of improved relations among
the nations of that region.
C C
*
to the Security Council Monday
night a second note of warning in
24 hours over the expanding scope
of Syrian attacks on Israel's bor-
der.
Joel Barrorni, Israel's acting
chief delegate, sent the letters to
Jose Mariaruda of Argentina, the
January president of the Security
Council. The second -letter cited
new tank attacks by Syria, report-
ing that two Syrian tanks were
knocked out in one of the clashes.
The first letter listed 19 exam-
ples of Syrian "aggression" be-
tween Dec. 10 and Jan. 8 which
Israel said were in "flagrant viola-
tion' of the Syrian-Israel armistice
agreement and "in defiance of a
commitment for an uncondtional
ceasefire pledged by the Syrian
government" on June 9, 1966. The
second letter noted that placement
of tanks along the frontier was
totally barred by the armistice
agreement.
Israel did not ask for a meeting
of the Security Council on the new
border violence.
U Thant attributed the clashes
between Syria and Israel in the
demilitarized border zone to the
rainy season when grass grows
and cultivation begins in this
zone.
Answering a question at his
press conference he said: "You will
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remember that this is a time of
the year when rains begin to fall
in the area, the grass grows and
cultivation starts. At this time of
year, whenever cultivation starts,
there are sporadic shootings and
incidents. So I would say that the
present phase in certain sections of
the demilitarized zone between Is-
rael and Syria, is more seasonal
than anything else."
Asked whether he still intended
to visit the Arab refugee camps,
Friday, January 13, 1967-5
U Thant replied that he had ac-
cepted an invitation of the Arab
states to visit the Middle East and
even to visit some refugee camps.
"The only thing is that I have not
been in a position so far to deter-
mine when I could visit the area,"
he said, "so my answer is: I have
accepted the invitation of the Arab
states to visit the area, and I am
looking forward to visiting at least
some of the refugee camps at the
earliest available opportunity."
Cemetery Workers' StrikeForces Jews to Dig Graves
NEW YORK (JTA) — Orthodox and medical coverage, pensions
Jewish families in the New York and vacations. Their weekly pay
area were forced to dig graves for now ranges from $108.50 and
their deceased because of a strike $118.50.
by a cemetry workers union.
The 1,700 strikers were members
of Cemetery Workers and Greens
Attendants Local 365 who rejected
Jan. 2 a proposed three-year con-
tract and threw picket lines around
13 Jewish cemeteries and 12 Cath-
olic and 14 nonsectarian burial
grounds.
State Mediation Board officials
conferred with both sides. The con-
tract, which was approved by
union officers, but not by the mem-
berships, would have given the
union members wage increases of
$5 weekly over each of the three
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Syria Asks Nasser's Aid
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
LONDON — Syria has asked
Egypt to send troops to the Syrian-
Israeli border under terms of the
Egyptian-Syrian pact signed in
Cairo last month, according to
press reports here Wednesday from
Bierut.
The Cairo press accused Israel
of preparing for an attack on
Syria and said that the Egyptian
army "will honor its commitments
under the Egyptian-Syrian military
pact, in the event of such hostil-
ities." In Baghdad, the Iraqi press
and radio asserted that the Iraqi
army was "fully prepared to stand
by Syria in the final liberation
battle for the Palestinian home-
land."
The Daily Telegraph declared
that it was believed in Israel that
Israeli-Syrian border troubles
could worsen following the intro-
duction of a new weapon by Syria.
This was a reference to a Russian
anti-tank missile which the Tele-
graph said was found almost in-
tact near Tel Katzir after the tank
duel Monday in which Israeli tank
gunners destroyed two S y r i an
tanks and damaged another.
Israel Sends 2nd Warning
to UN Over Syrian Attacks
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