French Paying for Boycott of Israel

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president of the World Federation
of Bergen-Belsen Associations, an-
nounced the boycott on the locale
for the awarding of the cash prize
given to a writer for a work on
the Nazi terror. Those scheduled to
judge the works for the naming
of the prize winner are Saul Bel-
low, Alfred Kazin, Maurice Samu-
el, Primo Levi, George Steiner
and Andre Schwarz-Bart.
Israel Does not Request
Refund From France
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel
handed its first official note to the
French government on President
' de Gaulle's embargo on military
equipment and spare parts to Is-
rael on Monday. The note was pre-
sented to the French ambassador,
by Gideon Rafael, director-general
of the Israel Foreign Ministry. The
two conferred at the French Em-
bassy for about 45 minutes. The
note reportedly denounced the em-
bargo as a breach of faith by the
French government. It was learned
that the note made Israel's juridi-
cal position clear and reserved the
its right to take whatever action
was deemed necessary with re-
spect to the embargo. However,
Israel made no request at this
juncture for a refund of some $100,-
000,000 paid to France for em-
bargoed Mirage V jets, spare parts
and other equipment. Israel has de-
manded that France live up to its
contractual obligations and supply
the arms ordered.
It was learned that the French
ambassador, on his own initiative,
took the occasion of Rafael's visit
to acquaint him officially with
France's proposal for a four pow-
er conference on the Middle East.
R a f a el reportedly rejected the
French stand as prejudicial to the
mission of United Nations peace
envoy, Gunnar V. Jarring.
The Israel government approved
a visit to France by Menahem Be-
gin, leader of the Herut Party and
a minister without portfolio in the
cabinet. Begin will go to Paris
next week to attend a dinner in
honor of Gen. Pierre Koenig, for-
mer resistance leader and head
of the Franco-Israel Friendship
League. The government felt that
a refusal of the invitation would
be an affront to Israel's friends in
France.
President Charles de Gaulle's
embargo on military equipment
and spare parts to Israel will do
far greater damage to France's
economy than it will to Israel's
military capabilities, according to
assessments published here and
abroad. Yitzhak Ironi, director of
Israel's Military Industries, dis-
closed in a Jerusalem Post inter-
view that Israel was near self-
sufficiency in the production of
vital military equipment and spare
parts. Reports from Paris quoted
the managing director of France's
Dassault aircraft company as say-

Look Article
Describes End
of Bronx Area

Harry Kirschner, 86, the sole
surviving member of the Intervale
Jewish Center in South Bronx, is
the subject of a deeply moving
article in the current issue of Look
Magazine, entitled "The Disap-
pearing World of a New York
Jew."
In this article, Charles Mangel,
Look senior editor, describes how
the synagogue in which Herman
Wouk was Bar Mitzva has been
abandoned in the course of chang-
ing neighborhoods, how the Scrolls
have been desecrated, with the
86-year-old survivor being the only
one who cares for the synagogue,
hopelessly waiting a minyan.
The attitude of neighbors, the
tragic developments in the com-
munity, the total collapse of an
area that was formerly largely
populated by Jews—these and
other interesting details are given
in this revealing article.

ing that France's aircraft industry
stands to lose over $48,000,000 as
a direct result of the embargo.
(The first casualty of France's
aircraft manufacturing industry
has already been recorded in the
reported shutdown of the Dassault
plant at Martignas in the Gironde
region which employed 100 tech-
nicians and specialists. The plant
manufactured Mirage jets and
spare parts exclusively for Israel.
According to managing director
Mons Valliers, some 50 to 100
workers will be laid off at another
aircraft factory at Merignac, near
Bordeaux. He said the embargo
has endangered the jobs of some
3,000 aircraft workers all over
France, 1,800 of whom are em-
ployed by Dassault. He said an-
other aircraft firm likely to suf-
fer serious losses was Sud Avia-
tion which manufactures the Su-
per Frelon helicopters, which Is-
rael used in the Dec. 28 reprisal
raid on Beirut Airport, in a fac-
tory near Marseilles.)
Ironi said that all artillery used
by Israel, including tank guns and
jet fighter cannon, is made in Is-
rael with steel imported from Brit-
ain and the United States. He said
ammunition, ejector seat cartridg-
es, disposable jet fuel tanks, elec-
tronic equipment and propellents
for air-to-air rockets were also
made in Israel.
Prof. Moshe Arens, manager of
Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., said
the French embargo "will be a
blessing to us in the long run and
could prove fatal to France's air-
craft industry" which was built on
Israeli orders. He said two new
French fighter-bombers were not
put into production because Israel
decided against buying them.
(The Daily Telegraph said in
London that apart from the direct
loss of exports to Israel, French
heavy industries face a severe
drop in confidence among prospec-
tive foreign buyers who fear that
arbitrary, politically inspired em-
bargoes could be imposed on
them.)
Paris Confirms Military
Mission Going to Lebanon
PARIS (JTA)—The French gov-
ernment confirmed that a mission
of three officers was being sent to
Lebanon "to make an assessment
of the defense problems arising
out of the Beirut incident."
(The Israeli newspaper Maariv
said in a dispatch from Paris that
Palestinian saboteur organizations
have made contacts with French
authorities to get material aid
from France.)

The announcement of a French
mission to Lebanon heightened
speculation here that France was
prepared to render direct military
assistance to that country in the
event of another Israeli raid.
(A group of 100 French Jewish
leaders arrived in Jerusalem for
an eight-day visit in a demonstra-
tion of solidarity with Israel. They
included a number of fund-raising
leaders. The mission was headed
by Baron Guy de Rothschild and
is officially called the French Ker-
en Hayesod, the Unifie Juif de
France.)
State Department Sees
Little Merit in French
Proposal, May Dismiss It
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
State Department has indicated
that it sees little merit in the
French government proposal for a
Big Four ambassadors meeting in
the Security Council on the Middle
East crisis. Spokesman Robert J.
McCloskey said that Washington
would "study the proposal care-
fully" but noted that the United
States continued to believe that
primary efforts to achieve a "just
and lasting peace" called for in
the Security Council's Nov. 22,
1967 Mideast resolution should rest
with UN envoy Dr. Gunnar V. Jar-
ring.
Israelis Foreign Minister Abba
Eban has rejected the French pro-
posal and called for establishment
of peace through the "parties di-
rectly concerned."
Great Britain reportedly was
cool to the French plan. London
was said to believe that British
and French mediation is unneces-
sary, since it cannot be effective
unless Moscow and Washington
reach agreement on peace mea-
sures. UN Secretary General U
Thant has expressed strong sup-
port for the French proposal on
the condition that negotiations re-
main within the UN context. He
said Big Four talks in the Secur-
ity Council would help Dr. Jar-
ring's mission. Te opposes a sep-
arate Big Four initiative outside
the UN.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 24, 1969-5

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Hold Memorial for Poet

LOS ANGELES (JTA)—The Los
Angeles Pen Club held a Yiddish
literary evening here in memory
of the late Ezekiel Bronstone, a
Yiddish author and editor, who was
killed in an automobile accident
last month at the age of 70. Bron-
stone was the writer of 13 publish-
ed volumes of poetry and essays.
He was co-editor of the Yiddish
quarterly "Heshbon."

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