American Military Aid to Belligerent Arabs Goes On
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are still under active training at
Fort Sill Artillery Base, Okla.,
Aberdeen Proving Grounds (ord-
nance) and Fort Benning (in-
fantry and parachute troop cen-
ter). Two Iraqis are being trained
in aviation tactics at Keesler
Field. Miss.
Other Arab trainees here at
American expense include 65
from Saudi Arabia, 151 from
Morocco, 15 from Libya, 6 from
Lebanon, 12 from Sudan and 7
from Tunisia.
loans to subsidize U.S. arms
after time to peddle similar
shipments to Arab states.
stories, such as the alleged bomb-
Rep. Halpern said that "without
ing of a hospital in El Arish, etc.
"These stories were not only re- the knowledge and consent of the
pudiated by the government of public or Congress, the administra-
(The Christialn Science Moni• Israel, but the International Com- tion acted covertly to finance arms
for said President Nasser of
mittee of the Red Cross which for Arab forces that resulted in
Egypt was reported to have set
examined the area was unable the death of Israelis in the recent
roughly two months as a period
Soviet-backed attempt to liquidate
to find a shred of truth in them.
of waiting and preparation dur-
Israel." He said this caused a
- Hundreds of foreign newspaper-
ing which diplomacy must be
men covered unimpeded the Sinai "cridihility gap" of "enormous di-
tried to obtain Israel's with-
area, during and after the recent mensions" because over $2,000,-
drawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
hostilities. No one could report 000,000 in secret arms loans were
In a dispatch datelined Nicosia.
stories of mistreatment of the made by the government bank to
Cyprus, the newspaper said that
civilian population or prisoners of various nations.
The Defense Department said no
"independent information com-
He said: "It is shocking that the
war.
Arabs had been expelled despite
ing out of Egypt suggests that
"Egypt has been trying to dis- taxpayers, without their knowl-
the changes in policy by the gov-
President Nasser would prefer
seminate any and all kinds of edge, were paying for jets and
ernments they represent. It said,
not to fight a big battle with
stories likely to encourage hate tanks shipped to Arabs who openly
however, that requests in future
Israel again during his term of
and war. The government of Israel avowed that the'>e arms would be
office as president.")
for training of additional officers
is certain that neither falsehoods used against Israel."
from nations that had severed re-
Apparently unresolved was the nor hate can bring this area closer
Rep, Halpern said - the admin-
lations with this country will not question whether the UN observ- to the peace which not only the istration displayed "contempt and
be honored in the foreseeable ers would have a marine arm as , people of Israel but also the peo- mistrust" for the American public
future.
well and would patrol the canal ple of Egypt deserve."
in seeking "an ill-advised pursuit
State Department sources said itself. Israel has used small boats
(In Aden, it was reported that of Arab favor that achieved noth-
the training of Arabs should con- on the canal in the Port Tewfik Egyptian aircraft dropped gas ' ing tangible but the death of scores
tinue on grounds that it would area and has warned that if the ' bombs on the town of Hajjah in of Israelis killed by U.S. weapons."
strengthen American influence Egyptians attempt to deny the northwest Yemen Saturday, killing
The Republicans on the commit-
with the Arabs. Army officials said canal to Israel vessels, Israel will 50 persons.)
tee, with the exception of Rep.
training was continuing and Arabs not permit Egyptian craft to sail
(British intelligence sources said Chester Mize, of Kansas, de-
were being given access to tech-
on the waterway.
earlier this month that 45 persons nounced the secrecy cloaking the
nical data at the request of the
The young Israeli naval officer were killed July 2 when two' ban's role in the Arab arms build-
Stale Department.
who commanded one of the vessels Egyptian bombers supporting up. They are seeking to recall a
The continuation of this training in the Israeli "fleet" on the canal Yemen's republican regime drop- bill extending the life of the bank
was disclosed on the House floor told correspondents that the big ; ped high-explosive and gas bombs , for five years and increasing its
by Rep. Bob Wilson, California weekend battle broke out when on Bani Sahm village.)
operating authority by $9 500 000 -
Republican. a member of the Egyptian gunners attacked his and
000. The Republicans asked the
Official sources Wednesday
House Armed Services Committee. other Israeli-flagged boats as they
denied American press reports , committee to recall the bill for
He asserted that the practice moved along Salt Lake and the
reconsideration in light of this
that Soviet - made MIG-21 jet
jeopardized American security Suez Canal. His vessel, he said,
week's disclosures .
planes captured by Israel in the
since the nations the Arab trainees was at times not more than 50
Several Democrats on the com-
June war have been flown to the
represented were collaborating yards from the Egyptian positions
mittee, probably enough to give
United States for intelligence
with the Communist bloc through ; on the west bank of the canal.
dissenters a majority, expressed
evaluations.
Israel charged at the UN that
the Unified Arab Command. He
The sources said that no planes agreement on the secret arms
Algerian troops joined, along
said technical data was being
or other captured Arab military financing complaints.
with Egyptian forces, in viola-
transmitted by the Arabs to Com-
But Chairman Wright Patman,
equipment had been sent to the
tions of the cease-fire in the
munist military technicians and
United States or any other country. Texas Democrat, said critics gave
thus could jeopardize American
Suez Canal fighting on July 15.
"great
comfort to our Communist
Justice Minister Yak
Sha-
forces in Viet Nam.
The complaint was made by Am-
enemies" indicating that the ad-
piro
reported
to
the
Knesset
Walworth Barbour, American bassador Gideon Rafael, in a note
Tuesday that Lt. Gen. Odd Bull ministration should have flexible
Ambassador to Israel. returned to to Secretary-General U Thant. The
would be permitted to use Gov- discretion in dispensing arms to
Washington for consultations with envoy said that "according to
ernment House as headquarters the Arabs and others.
the State Department on American- press reports, Algerian troops took
Testimony before the House
for the observers' organizations
Israel relations in connection with part, alongside the United Arab
Banking Committee disclosed in
being set up along the Israeli-
pending issues, U.S. officials dis- Republic forces, in the Suez Canal
Washington
that huge secret loans
Arab cease-fire li nes.
closed. They said that Barbour sector, on July 15, in violations of
will spend a week in Washington
in consultations on the Arab refu-
gee problem, the West Bank of the
Jordan. the status of Jerusalem.
and similar matters.
The State Department was said
to desire that these issues be kept
fluid and negotiable. A main aim
of U.S. diplomacy was said to be
the reestablishment of diplomatic
relations with the Arab states and
an effort to prevent what Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk has
termed a "polarization" in which
the Russians gained ground with
the Arabs.
At the UN, Abdul Rahman
Pazhwak of Afghanistan, the
General Assembly president,
said there were prospects, "how-
ever slight," of agreement on a
draft resolution to deal with the
Arab-Israeli situation. He set
July 20 as the deadline for
Middle East deliberations.
Israel will support the candidacy
Corneliu Manescu, foreign
minister of Romania, for the
presidency of the next regular ',
session of the United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly in September, it
was learned from Israeli delega-
tion sources. The U.S. also is
supporting the Romanian's candi-
dacy.
The first United Nations obser-
vation posts were established Mon-
day morning on both banks of the
Suez Canal. A last-minute hitch in
the arrangements was overcome ,
and the posts became operative at ;
6 a.m. local time (Noon, NY time).
Eight observers, members of the
old United Nations Truce Super-
vision Organization, were sent in
by Lt. Gen. Odd Bull who will be
responsible for the cease-fire ob-
servation force as the secretary-
general's personal representative.
Four are based at Kantara on the
eastern (Israeli) side of the canal,
and four at Ismailia on the Egyp-
tian side. Gen. Bull has asked for
25 more observers to bring the
force up to 33. (At United Nations
headquarters
In New York a
of
32—Friday, July 21, 1967
spokesman said "substantial
agreement" had been reached in
talks with Egypt and Israel on the
nationalities of the observers to
he selected )
the cease-fire." The envoy added
that the Israel government "takes
an extremely grave view of this
situation."
"The participation of Algerian
armed forces in the recent out-
break of hostilities shows that the
government of Algeria does not
regard itself as bound by the
cease-fire resolution and that the
Government of the U.A.R. is per-
mitting its territory to be used by
Algerian armed forces for the pur-
pose of conducting hostile acts
against Israel in violation of the
Security Council's cease-fire reso-
lution."
Israel informed Thant that it
would cooperate with the United
Nations Relief and Works
Agency in aiding the return of
residents to the occupied West
Bank area of Jordan as well as
in the possibility of the exten-
sion of the return date for Arab
refugees.
(In response to Thant's charge
that Israelis looted UNEF stores in
the Gaza Strip, Israel said that ,
looters are being severely punished
and that orders have been given
to prevent pillage and stealth.)
Regarding the return date,
Gideon Rafael, the permanent Is-
raeli representative, said in his
note to Thant that "the latest date
for the submission of applications
to return has been extended to
August 10, 1967." He said "every
effort will be made to expedite
the return of the refugees." In
this connection, he informed Thant
that conversations have been pro,
ceeding with the representatives
of the International Red Cross re-
garding the assistance which the
Red Cross could render.
A spokesman for the Embassy
of Israel stated this week:
"Egyptian sources during the
last few days have been trying to
revile Israel by spreading stories
of the 'inhumane' behavior of
Israeli troops during the hostilities
in Sinai. During the last few days ,
Egypt has been attempting time
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
An agreement on use of the
building, formerly a no-man's
land between Israeli and Jordanian
held areas of Jerusalem, was the
headquarters of the UN truce
supervision organization.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
criticized the Soviet Union Wed-
nesday for the major resupply
of arms to Arab states in recent
weeks but implied that Moscow
might have some effect in in-
fluencing the Arabs to moderate
their refusal to accept the per-
manent existence of Israel.
Rusk told a press conference
in Washington that Russia
agreed with the United States on
Israel's basic right to exist and
he supposed this was a matter
of "some consequence."
He added, however, that the gov-
ernments of some Arab states
could not at present survive if they
made any move. towards reconcil-
iation with Israel. He indicated
that Israel had a legitimate inte-
rest in trying to secure peaceful
relations with her neighbors.
Rusk took Russia to task for
major munitions shipments to the
Arabs after the cease-fire. He said
this new arms flow created a prob-
lem of security not only for Israel
but for other Arab countries not
receiving as much military aid.
He said that there should be some
understanding between suppliers
of arms and recipients "to put
some ceiling on the arms race in
the Middle East."
Rusk renewed the appeal, first
expressed by President Johnson
on June 19, as one of the five
principles of a Middle East settle-
ment, for an agreement by all na-
tions supplying arms to the Middle
East to report the amounts to the
UN.
Rep. Seymour Halpern, New
Republican, and 12 other
Republican members of the
House banking and currency
committee, said Wednesday that
they are attempting to redraft
the legislation authorizing the
renewal of the U.S. Export-
Import Bank to prevent secret
York
took place Monday when Israel
handed over 500 Syrian soldiers
and one El Fatah guerrilla and
received three bodies and one
Israeli pilot. The guerrilla had
been sentenced- to life imprison-
ment by an Israeli court.
The bodies were handed over
in coffins. One was of an Israeli
youth who disappeared two years
ago while searching for botanical
specimens near the Syrian border.
The Syrians denied for the en-
tire two years any knowledge of
the youth's whereabouts. The
other two dead were Israeli Air
Force pilots killed by the Syrians.
The three coffins were wrapped
in Israeli flags and placed in a
car while mthnbers of a burial
society recited Psalms. The pilot
was met by Air Force Commander
Mordechai Hod and sent home by
helicopter.
• • •
4 Planes Guarded Israel
on Ground During War
NEW YORK—Four planes were
left as a reserve to guard Israel
during the Israeli air offensive on
the first day of the Six-Day War,
CBS television said Tuesday night
in a special program.
Another eight planes went into
the air as a defensive screen, but
the entire remainder of the air
force was involved in the war,
said Brig. Gen. S. L. A. Marshall,
former military analyst for the
Detroit News who is now CBS
military consultant.
On the television special, "How
Israel Won the War," Marshall
said Israel deliberately planned
its air attack for a time when the
UN Security Council would be
to act rapidly.
unawkare of it and thus unable
• • •
French Mission in Cairo
Reports Offer of Aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON (JTA) — T h e
head of a French parliamentary
delegation currently visiting Cairo
was quoted in dispatches from the
had been given by the United Egyptian capital as asserting that
States Export-Import Bank to fi- the French Government had au-
nance arms purchases by the Arab thorized him to offer "all the aid
needed by Egypt to face the pres-
states.
Witnesses from the bank and ent circumstances."
William Jacson, the mission head,
from the State Department were
questioned by the committee in an said in Cairo that President de
attempt to elicit the details of the Gaulle was "'convinced that the
so-called "Country X" loans that UAR did not begin the aggression
helped pay for the Arab military and had no aggressive intentions
buildup. Witnesses said some but only wanted to declare its de-
funds were also made available to sire to aid Syria in any possible
(Israeli) aggression before the war
Israel for arms purchases.
The purpose of the bank is the started."
He said France had offered
granting of loans to facilitate
American exports. Yet the testi- Egypt a $1,000,000 cash loan plus
other
financial, technological and
mony today disclosed that almost
36 percent of about $1.5 billion medical aid. He also asserted that
France
would participate in proj-
loaned since 1963 had gone to help
countries buy munitions. The Bank ects to widen and deepen the Suez
refused to disclose the identities Canal, aid in oil and mineral pros-
of the Arab beneficiaries publicly pecting in Egypt and support
in
for "security reasons" and such Egyptian scientific research
loans were designated "Country
X" loans.
• • •
Expert Says Israel Should Hold
Gains Until Peace Is Negotiated
MELBOURNE (JTA)—A recog-
nized authority on international
law voiced support here of Israel's
determination to remain in occu-
pation of the conquered Arab terri-
tory until a peace settlement is
negotiated.
Dr. Julius Stone, Challis Profes-
sor of International Law at the
University of Sydney, told a sup-
port-for-Israel gathering here that
international law recognized the
principle that, where there is no
other requirement in a cease-fire,
the belligerents stay where they
are until a peace settlement is
negotiated and belligerents are not
required to return any occupied
territory until peace is established.
In another reference to the Mid-
dle East situation, Prof. Stone said
that assurances for free passage
through international waterways
must be an inseparable part of any
peace settlement.
500 Syrians Traded
for Israeli Pilot, 3 Bodies
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The first
Syrian-Israeli prisoner exchange
since the end of the June war
many areas.
A Communist bloc summit
conference that planned pro-
Arab and anti-Israel strategy has
just concluded in Budapest, ac-
cording to the Czechoslovakian
News Agency (C.T.K.).
The meeting was held with the
participation of Communist Chief
Leonid I. Brezhnev and Soviet Pre-
mier Alexei Kosygin. Attending
the sessions were President Tito
of Yugoslavia, Premier T o d o r
Z h ivk e v of Bulgaria, Premier
Jenoe Frock and Communist
Leader Janos Kadar of Hungary,
State Council Chairman Walter
Ulbricht of East Germany. Party
Leader Wladyslaw Gomulka and
Premier Joseph Cyrankiewicz of
Poland, and President Antonin
Novotny and Premier Joseph Len-
hart of Czechoslovakia.
The meeting ended with a dec-
laration that the conferees "demon-
strated their determination to
make fuller use of the appropriate
means according to the require-
ments of the struggle against ag-
gression and restoration of peace
in the Middle East." They also
discussed measures aimed at con-
solidating t h e defense of Arab
states and longterm economic co-
operation with the Arabs.
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