Rogers Defends U.S. Position on M.E.
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study was made by the State De-
partment's intelligence and re-
search branch at the bidding of
the policy and coordinating staff.
The study suggested that with-
holdifig arms supplies from Israel
or the Arabs would not dissuade
them from acting as they feel
necessary in using force. It point-
ed out that alternative sources of
arms exist abroad and that Israel
is able to provide much of its
needs from its own arms industry.
The study referred to the French
arms embargo against Israel im-
posed during the June 1967 Six-
Day War, which had no effect on
Israel as a deterrent to military
action and gained France only a
slight improvement in its relations
with the Arabs.
The existence of the State De-
partment study was disclosed in-
advertently when Secretary of
State William P. Rogers remarked
on a CBS interview, without direct
reference to Israel, that "We have
had a study made of how many
times we have been able to influ-
ence the policy of another govern-
ment by withholding military aid,
and we find that it has not been
successful in any degree." Rogers
denied that the U.S. was consider-
ing the suspension of arms ship-
ments to Israel as a means of
pressuring Israel to accept U.S.
proposals that it withdraw from
the occupied Arab territories.
Secretary of State Rogers
vigorously defended America's
latest proposals for a Middle
East settlement and indicated
displeasure with Israel's assess-
ment of them as tantamount to
"appeasement" of the Arabs.
Rogers devoted much of his
first major news conference in
four months to the Middle East
crisis. He said he could under-
stand Israel's concern but added
that Americans must conduct their
policy in the best interests of the
United States. He said the U.S.
recommendations, which would
have Israel withdraw from almost
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all of the occupied Arab territories
in return for a binding peace com-
mitment from the Arabs, was
"fair" and "entirely consistent"
with the United Nations Security
Council's resolution of Nov. 22,
1967, which provided the "frame-
work" for peace. He rejected the
notion that the U.S. was seeking
to impose a settlement in the re-
gion and said that final negotia-
tions would be left to the Israelis
and Arabs.
M.E. Conclave Proposed
for All Jewish Organizations
NEW YORK (JTA)—A call for
an emergency conference of all
major American Jewish organiza-
tions to deal with Mid East develop-
ments was issued by the United
Synagogue of America, the congre-
gational arm of Conservative
Jewry. A conference was urged by
Jacob Stein, president of the
United Synagogue, and Rabbi Ber-
nard . Segal, executive director.
A Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish Organiza-
tions delegation met with Secre-
tary Rogers for more than two
hours and emerged from it still
"deeply concerned."
Soviet Rejection of Proposal
Considered Par for Course
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Soviet
Union's apparent rejection of the
United States plan for an Israeli-
Egyptian peace arrangement was
viewed by Israelis as confirmation
of Israel's conviction that the So-
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Brandeis University, will deliver
the guest address at the 48th an-
nual national conference of the
American ORT Federation, it
was announced by Dr. William
Haber, the organization's presi-
dent. More than 750 delegates
representing more than 90,000
ORT members across the coun-
try are expected at the confer-
ence at the Hotel Americana,
New York, Jan. 24.25.
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viets do not really want a Middle
East settlement. The U.S. plan
was submitted to the Soviets pri-
vately last Oct. 28 and disclosed
by Secretary of State William P.
Rogers in a speech on Dec. 9.
Israeli diplomatic sources con-
tended that the latest U.S. pro-
posals had failed to change the
Soviet position, citing the State
Department announcement that So-
viet envoy Anatoly Dobrynin had
delivered the Soviet government's
reply to Rogers and that a "pre-
liminary review" indicated that it
was "not a constructive response
to our Oct. 28 formulations." The
American proposal called for an
Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai
Peninsula to the pre-June 1967
boundaries in return for a binding
Egyptian. commitment to peace
with Israel. The Israeli sources
said that the Soviet reply confirm-
ed Israel's unswerving contention
that the U.S. proposals, which Is-
rael regards as inimical to its
security and future bargaining
position, have not created a
"change of heart" on the part of
the Soviets, or anyone else. The
U.S. plan has been rejected by the
Arabs as well as by Israel, lead-
ing Israel to reiterate that a
change can be effected only by
direct Israeli-Arab talks.
The Soviets have never accepted
the Rhodes principle as a frame-
work for new Arab-Israeli nego-
tiations, but they have not exclud-
ed it until now. The Israelis said
that the Soviet reply to the U.S.
proposals was a reversal of Mos-
cow's previous position in talks
with the representatives of the
U.S., Britain and France in New
York. They saw it as acquiescence
to pressure from the Arabs who
declared at the Arab summit
meeting in Khartoum in 1967 that
they would never negotiate with
Israel.
Israel's ambassador to the U.S..
Gen. Itzhak Rabin, returned to
Washington last week. He was
called home to participate in an
emergency session of the cabinet
to discuss the latest U.S. position.
His parting remark at the airport
was "we shall overcome." Gen.
Rabin told newsmen that he dis-
agreed with Secretary of State
Rogers' claim that American po-
licy does not jeopardize Israel's
vital interests. However, the am-
bassador said he did agree with
the secretary's assertion that there
was no link between Israel-U.S.
differences in policy and Israel's
request for more American mili-
tary equipment and economic aid.
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