De Gaulle Stalls on Arms Deal With Iraq
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He indignantly denied charges
by Gen. Barzani, leader of the
Kurdish nationalists in Iraq, that
the French arms might be used on
the Kurds. On the question of a
Middle East settlement, President
Aref said "we demand first of all.
the unconditional withdrawal of the
Israelis from territories occupied
last June 5, and we are in full
agreement with Gen. de Gaulle's
condemnation of Israel's expan-
sionism."
t d
(The Daily Telegraph
in London that President Aref
made a futile last-minute attempt
to have Gen. de Gaulle delete a
passage from his speech saying
that a Middle East settlement must
include a permanent peace with Is-
rael and free navigation in the
Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba.
Gen. de Gaulle made the speech at
a reception Thursday honoring
President Aref at the Paris City
Hall. According to the Telegraph,
Gen. de Gaulle was believed to
have offered Iraq not only Mirage
jets, as well as tanks and tactical
missiles but French support for
Arab policies in a package deal for
a "just peace" to include the re-
drawing of frontiers by an inter-1
national commission and Israel's !
withdrawal from occupied terri-
tory. )
President Aref used the recep-
tion in his honor as the occasion
for a speech bitterly assailing Is-
rael and Zionism. The reception
was boycotted by many prominent
Frenchmen who had been invited,
as was a luncheon given in Aref's
honor by the Paris municipal cor-
poration. On that occasion too, the
Iraqi leader assailed Israel and
warned that "Zionist pressure"
might paralyze the United Nations.
(The Times of London reported
from Paris that there is no ques-
tion of the 50 Mirage jets ordered
by Israel before the June war be-
ing diverted to Iraq but said there
is nothing to prevent Iraq from
placing orders of her own. It point-
ed out that jet planes ordered now
would not be ready for delivery
for 18 months, by which time the
French embargo on arms deliveries
to the Middle East would probably
be lifted.)
Gen. Itzhak Rabin, former Is-
raeli chief of staff and ambas-
sador-designate to the United
States, arrived here on vacation
before taking up his duties in
Washington. In an interview with
the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
he expressed the hope that
Franco-Israeli relations would be
improved. He said that "in any
case, we cannot forget that
France aided us greatly for many
years."
Commenting on reports that
France would sell Mirage aircraft
to Iraq although delivery of these
planes to Israel has been embar-
goed, Gen. Rabin commented that
Iraq participated in the war against
Israel last June and the first Is-
raeli plane to be shot down was
brought down by the Iraqi forces.
Growing dissent over French
policies in the Middle East was
voiced here Tuesday. The Com-
mittee of Intellectuals for a Ne-
gotiated Solution to the Middle
East Problem, issued a statement
accusing France of trying to re-
establish its imperialistic role
in that area. The International
League Against Racism protested
against "the likelihood of French I plied with a speech praising French
Policy in the Middle East and de-
arms deliveries to Iraq."
Andre Francois-Poncet. former . nouncing "Zionist propaganda."
French ambassador and high com-
Gen. Barzani has urged Presi-
missioner to Germany. wrote in ' dent de Gaulle not to go through
Figaro that "Gen. de Gaulle's with the reported $160.800,000
peace plans for the Middle East arms deal with President Aref.
are not satisfactory. We cannot to- The Kurdish leader told de Gaulle
day, any more than yesterday, con- that the supply of arms to Iraq by
vince ourselves that Israel is France would "only encourage new
guilty of barbarous aggression." destruction and massacres" of
(President Aref of Iraq may Kurds, Le Monde reported. The
have left France without a corn- Iraqi army and air force have
mitment for the Mirage jet planes been deployed for ten years or
and other armaments he so ardent- more in an attempt to crush the
lv sought in his talks with Gen. de Kurdish autonomy movement.
Gaulle, but he did get French ver-
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hal support of the Arab demand
for unconditional Israeli with- Arabs Rejecting Tito's
drawal from occupied territories, New Proposals for Midwest
the Times of London reported. I Solution, London Reports
"In the French view," the paper LONDON (JTA) — The Times
said, "the important thing is that of London reported that the Arabs
the visit has served to strengthen are turning a cold shoulder to
the hands of France in the Arab Marshal Tito's peace plans for the
Middle East which Israel has al-
countries."
(The Times referred to the ready categorically rejected. The
Yugoslavian president has report-
joint communique issued by de
edly been pressing for a revised
Gaulle and Aref on the latter's
version of proposals rejected by
departure Saturday which stress.
the United Nations last June. They
ed that there can be no settle-
called for Israel's unconditional
ment of the Middle East dispute
withdrawal to the pre-June 5. 1967
without prior evacuation of Is-
rael forces to the pre-June 5, boundaries in return for a declara-
tion of non-belligerency by the
1967 boundaries. "-Talks on the
exploitation of the Roumelia oil- Arabs.
fields (in Iraq) by a French
The Tito plan now reportedly
company and on the purchase of advocates the establishment of de-
Mirage planes by Iraq will go
militarized zones and freedom of
on between the two countries,"
shipping, which is "too much to
the Times said. "Some commen-
swallow" for most Arab commen-
tators feel that these two issues
tators, The Times said. Earlier
are linked.")
this week, the Israel Foreign Minis-
President de Gaulle proposed try charged that Marshal Tito was
that the United Nations draw the interfering with the efforts of duly
permanent boundaries in the Mid- constituted agencies and emissaries
dle East. He made the suggestion of the United Nations to find a
in the course of a speech at the peaceful solution to the Middle
reception honoring Aref, who re- East crisis.
priest Calls Israel 'Faithful Guardian'
of Holy Places in United Jerusalem
BALTIMORE (JTA) — A promi-1 pendent state. Israel, Rev. Flan-
nent Roman Catholic priest who is I nery said, deserved the support of
author of several books on the his "fellow Christians."
Middle East, has supported Israel's
creation of a united Jerusalem and British Prime Minister
expressed confidence that "Israel
would be a faithful guardian of all Says Policy Unchanged
holy places" there.
by Eshkol-Kosygin Talks
Rev. Edward H. Flannery, of
LONDON (JTA) — Prime Minis-
Seton Hall University, referred to ter Harold Wilson indicated in the
the recent Israeli law promising House of Commons that his meet-
protection for and free access to ing with Israel Prime Minister
the sanctuaries of all faiths in Levi Eshkol last month and sub-
Jerusalem. In an address before sequently with Soviet Premier
150 clergymen meeting at the Alexei Kosy g i n, wrought no I
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, changes in British policy in the
he contrasted this with the "con- Middle East.
The prime minister was asked by
tempt shown to Jews by the Jor-
danian government" which barred Raymond Fletcher, Labor MP, if
them from their holy places during he intended to discuss changes in
Jordan's occupation of East Jeru- British Middle East policy with
President Johnson in light of his
salem.
He also noted the past sins of talks with Eshkol and Kosygin.
Christendom against the Jews Wilson replied in writing that Brit-
and remarked, "one can ap-
ish policy stands on the Security
Council's Nov. 22, 1967 resolution
preciate the spirit of reconcilia-
and that he so informed the Israeli
tion embodied in this law."
Rev. Flannery is executive di- and Soviet leaders when he met
rector of the recently established with them.
He reiterated the principles em-
Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Re-
lations of the American Bishops bodied in that resolution, namely
Committee for Ecumenical and In- withdrawal of Israeli forces from
terreligious Affairs. He is co-di- occupied territories, the termina-
state of belligerency and
rector of the Institute of Judaeo- tion of
Christian Studies at the Catholic acknowledgement of the right of
every state in the area to security
university.
He said that Israel was not the within recognized boundaries.
"Her Majesty's government
aggressor in last June's Six-Day
War but that the Arabs had been sponsored this resolution and re-
provocative in their actions during mains fully committed to it," the
Israel's entire tenure as an inde- prime minister said.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, February 16, 1968
Dayan to Receive Schechter Award
NEW YORK—Gen. Moshe Dayan ing of the Israeli destroyer, Elath,
has agreed to accept the Solomon Dayan was prevented from coming
Schechter Award from the United to this country.
Synagogue of America, congrega-
tional body of Conservative Juda-
ism, at a dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria, Feb. 25.
/
This will be Dayan's only ap-
pearance at a major public func-
tion other than a series of fund-
raising events f or t he United
Jewish Appeal and his last official
function in this country prior to ,
meetings in Washington, D.C.
Henry N. Rapaport, Scarsdale,1
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