Hussein Coming to Washington for Visit;
State Department Sees M.E. as 'Powder Keg'
He said that the essential element
of a Big Four agreement on a new
UN military presence in the Mid
East would be that it could be
withdrawn oRly upon the request
of an appropriate UN body.
The previous UN peace-keeping
Eban told the conference that force, stationed in the Sinai and
Israel would never be bound by a Gaza Strip after the 1956 Arab-
Four Power decision to impose Israel war, was withdrawn by
peace. "National suicide," he said, U Thant at the request of Egypt
"is not an international obliga- in May 1967, a move considered
tion."
to have been a major factor in
Secretary of State William P. precipating the Six-Day War.
Rogers sent a telegram to Rabbi
In Washington, White House
Schacter, which said, "Like you spokesman Ronald Ziegler an-
my, colleagues and I are deeply nounced that King Hussein of Jor-
concerned about the situation dan will come to Washington April
which continues to prevail in the 8 and remain for two days as the
Middle East. Let me assure you personal and official guest of Pres-
that we are exploring every pos- I ident Nixon.
sible means of helping Ambassa-
The Hussein trip was described
dor (Gunnar V.) Jarring in his as a "state visit." It was pointed
task of promoting agreement of out that the visits of Eban to
the terms of the just and lasting Washington this month did not fall
peace envisaged by the Security into this category. Eban came on
Council's Nov. 22, 1967 resolution. ; Israel's initiative and not in re-
We know the deep interest of your ; sponse to an invitation originated
member organizations in the by the Unted States government.
search for Middle East peace and
State Department officials said
are always glad to receive your , Monday that they did not share
counsel."
the view of Eban that there was
Earlier, the United States am- 1 no real crisis threatening the
bassador to the United Nations, outbreak of a general Arab-
Israeli war. They said the
Charles W. Yost, indicated that the
United States remained convinc-
Big Four powers may consider
stationing a new, stronger UN ed that a "powder-keg" situation
exists, and voiced concern over
peace-keeping force in the Mid
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the U.S., Britain, France and
Russia only if their purpose is
"to promote a dialogue and an
agreed settlement between the
parties."
Israeli and Egyptian "escala-
tion."
The officials referred to Israel's
newly announced "search and de-
stroy" policy in which pre-emptive
strikes are made against terrorist
bases and to the Suez situation. In
the officials' view, this new stra-
tegy increases the risk of general
war and complicates U.S. diplo-
macy on the eve of Hussein's
visit to Washington.
Egyptian artillery barrages
across the Suez Canal were also
condemned as an "escalation"
bringing closer the specter of gen-
eral conflict. Officials said Egypt
was employing the same philo-
sophy that underlies the "search
and destroy" air attacks. Egypt
has claimed that its shelling is a
form of "preventive" action to
forestall Israeli "aggressive" pre-
parations along the canal.
To reinforce their argument that
the Mid East was on the brink of
open warfare, officials cited a
statement submitted March 19 by
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird
to the Senate Armed Services
Committee. Secretary Laird said
that "in the Middle East the al-
most daily clashes indicate that
the Arab-Israeli conflict verges on
an active state of war, with the
imminent threat of expansion.
This situation is complicated by
the continuing flow of Soviet arms
East when they meet here to dis-
cuss the Mid East problem.
Yost spoke in reply to questions
at a luncheon of the UN Corre-
spondents Association to which he
came directly following a meeting
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
who attacked the airliner was shot
with Eban.
to The Jewish News)
by Rahamim.
The U.S. ambassador indicated
ZURICH Yoram Perez, the 25-
He departed by air for Tel Aviv
that America favored such 5 force year-old pilot trainee who was after a hearing. Swiss officials
and believed it would provide suf- I wounded in the Arab terrorist at- withheld information pending re-
Israeli Pilot Trainee Dies of Wounds
From Terrorist Attack in Zurich
ficient military security for Israel. ' tack on an El Al airliner here last
Feb. 18, died in the hospital Tues-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS day after a "sudden worsening of
his condition." Perez was hit in the
24—Friday, March 28, 1969
abdomen by two bullets, but after
an emergency operation doctors
felt confident that he would re-
cover. The Israeli consul general
said his body would be flown to
Israel Wednesday.
Charges against the three sur-
viving Palestinian terrorists will
be changed from attempted mur-
der to murder. The terrorists, two
men and a woman, are being held
in pre-trial custody. They were
IT STICKS TO THE
members of the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine. A
SPAGHETTI
spokesman for the prosecutor's
office said that Perez' death "will
of course affect the criminal pro-
cedure" against them.
Perez' wife Lea and parents
were at his bedside. They accom-
panied his coffin to Israel. He also
is survived by a 5-year-old daugh-
ter.
Swiss legal authorities released
on $24,000 bail Israeli security
agent Mordechai Rahamim, who
had been held since the terrorist
attack here. One of the four Arabs
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Unbalanced Budget
Is Faced in Israel
(Direct JTA Teletype wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM—Israel will resort
to deficit financing to maintain the
country's economic growth while
keeping prices stable even though
it means an unbalanced budget, it
was disclosed here.
The Knesset gave a final read-
ing Tuesday to the budget for the
next fiscal year which amounts to
more than $2,300,000,000. The sum
was about $140,000,000 higher than
the budget originally proposed two
months ago.
The increase was attributed to
rising defense costs and an in-
crease in anticipated immigra-
tion. The treasury will make up
the difference between income and
expenditures through loans and
advances from the Bank of Israel.
The new fiscal year starts April 1.
lease of an official statement later.
They said Rahamim had been held
because of an investigation which
sought to determine whether the
terrorist had surrendered to air-
port police before he was shot.
The Israel government guaran-
teed Switzerland that the agent
would be returned if charges were
brought against him.
to their Arab clients.
The defense secretary cautioned
that "the Soviets are increasing
their naval capabilities in the
Mediterranean, as well as increas-
ing their involvement in Middle
East affairs."
The department feels that ade-
quate assurances have been given
to Israel that any Big Four form-
ula would take into account Is-
rael's security. It was deemed
unlikely that the talks would be
joined by the four nations until the
Nixon - Hussein discussions were
held.
Ziegler said that the President
and King Hussein would review all
aspects of American-Jordan rela-
tions. He said he knew of no plan-
ned visits by other Arab leaders
nor by Mrs. Golda Meir, the new
Israeli premier.
Mr. Nixon met with King Hus-
sein in 1959 when he served as
vice president. The Jordanian
ruler made an official visit to
the U.S. in 1964 to see then
President Johnson. He made two
private visits here in 1967.
It was reported from London
that the Soviet Army newspaper
Red Star charged that Israel was
bent on frustrating Middle East
peace efforts and was planning to
trigger a new war. The paper
claimed that the successors to the
late Premier Levi Eshkol "not only
remain loyal to the old goals of his
government but are using the
same means to achieve them—
methods aimed at frustrating any
efforts for a peaceful settlement of
the Middle East conflict, the arms
race and armed provocations."
According to Red Star, Israel "Is
ready to unleash another big War
in the Middle East to achieve its
expansionist goals."
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of exaction.
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