U.S. to Send Part of Shipment
of Jets Sought by Israel
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the next few weeks to try to get
negotiations started." the secre-
tary of state said. A State Depart-
ment spokesman said last Friday
that its reappraisal of the Middle
East balance of power has been
virtually completed. The reapprais-
al was ordered by President Nixon
in April when the presence of
Soviet pilots and SAM-3 anti-air-
craft missiles in Egypt was con-
firmed.
Diplomatic circles in Jerusa-
lem said they attached special
importance to Rogers' state-
ment on the grave concern with
which Washington regards the
Soviet operational activity in
Egypt and welcomed "the air of
urgency and seriousness' ex•
pressed by Rogers regarding
Israel's request for additional
aircraft.
There was ground for increased
hope that Washington's urgent re-
consideration of Israel's request.
which was announced at the end
of April, would reach a positive
conclusion as soon as possible, it
was stated.
Israeli diplomatic circles at the
same time seemed apprehensive
regarding Rogers' statement that
the U.S. would take new initiatives
in the next two or three weeks to
try to reopen negotiations for a
settlement of the Middle East
conflict.
Israel had no information as to
the steps which the U.S. intends
to take in this direction, it was
stressed, adding that Israel's posi-
tion regarding the need for negoti-
ations with the Arab states was
well known.
It was noted here that Rogers
expressed the U.S. desire that
Soviet military activity in Egypt
should be halted and that no addi-
tional Soviet personnel should be
dispatched to the Middle East. The
also noted that Rogers' announce-
diplomatic circles in the capital
ment, that a decision on Israel's
request for additional planes could
be expected soon, should be seen
in the context of the principle that
it was in the American interest to
assure Israel's independence and
sovereignty.
This was in line with Rogers'
statement of March 23 and Presi-
dent Nixon's statement May 8
which provided the background for
Foreign Minister Abba Eban's
talks in Washington on May 22.
U.S. Senators com-
Several
mented on Rogers' announce-
ment that the administration was
going to sell 65 of the 125 planes
she requested.
Sen. Charles Goodell. Republi-
can of New York. said that "some-
thing is clearly better than noth-
ing." but he hopes that the entire
number of 125 planes would be
forthcoming. Sen. Stuart Syming-
ton, Democrat of Missouri and one
of the 10 Senators who led the
Senate into getting 75 signatures
on a letter to Rogers asking for
the planes. had no official com-
ment, but aides in his office said
he was happy he had been able
to do something and he was
"happy a small effort had been
made to respond to the need. -
Republican leader Ilugh Scott of
Pennsylvania . said he was "en-
couraged," but was not going to
"This is a step in the right direc-
stop fighting for all the planes.
lion," Scott said.
Sen. Vance Hartke, Democrat
of Indiana. said he was "Pleased
that action is finally being taken
in this area, even though the num-
ber falls far short of what I feel
is necessary. All we want is for
Israel to have the means of main-
taining its on self-defense."
Soviet Union Warns That U.S. Aid
to Israel Will Increase
Russian Aid to Arabs
LONDON (JTA) — The Soviet
Union hinted strongly last Satur-
day that the delivery of additional
American aircraft to Israel would
lead to increased Russian aid to
the Arabs. The warning was con-
tained in an article by Tass, the
official Soviet news agency. which
accused the U.S. of using the
resumed American-Soviet bilateral
talks on the Mid East as a means
to "blackmail" Moscow to re-
move its forces from Egypt.
The Tass article, signed by
Yevgeny Primaki. said "Some
people in America would like to
use these contacts as a political
screen to camouflage their at-
tempts to delay a political settle-
ment of the Middle East conflict."
It accused the American press
of threatening the immediate sale
of 125 Phantom and Skyhawk
fighter-bombers to Israel if the
USSR does not make concessions
to the American side in the talks.
The bilateral discussions were
resumed Tuesday after a six-week
hiatus when Secretary of State
William P. Rogers met with Soviet
Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin.
"Don't those who try to black- E
mail the Soviet Union understand
that this method has never
worked?" the Tass article asked.
"As to the threat to provide
Israel with additional planes,
the United States is not the only
state on which the balance of
military forces in the Middle
East depends." Tass warned.
The article said the Soviet Union
"has given support and will con
tinue giving support to the just
struggle of Arab countries for the
liquidation of the aftremath of
the Middle East aggression." It
noted that "It is becoming more •
evident that the Israeli Air Force
cannot intrude freely into the
inland areas of the United Arab
Republic." The article made no
mention of Israel's claim that •
Soviet pilots have taken over the
defense of central Egypt but it
accused Premier Golda Meir of
spreading "undisguised lies" in
order to secure more U.S. aid.
Israel accused the Soviet Union
of preventing the restoration of
the cease fire in the Suez Canal
zone. According to a policy back-
ground paper issued by the Israel
Embassy in Washington, direct
Soviet military aid promised to
President Nasser on his secret
visit to Moscow last January, per-
mitted him to escalate his de-
clared war of attrition against
Israel at a point when he might
have found it advantegeous to opt
for restoration of the cease fire.
The Israeli paper noted that
Nasser's war of attrition in the
canal zone was decisively stalled
at the end of July 1969, when the
Israel Air Force commenced its
response. There was a dramatic
drop in Israeli casualties, from
115 killed and wounded in July to
30 killed and wounded in Decem-
ber 1969.
However, with ''their rear eche-
lons safeguarded by Russian mis-
siles and pilots, their lines of sup-
ply secure and their military in-
stallations protected, the Egyption
armed forces were ready by mid-
April to resume their war with
renewed vigor." the policy back-
ground paper said.
Israeli casualties rose sharply,
from 39 killed and wounded in
January 1970 to 94 in May. "The
new military situation along the
canal was soon attended by in-
creased military activity on
every other border," the paper
noted.
"There could be a cease fire
on the canal today and perhaps a
transition toward a process of
peace-making were it not for the
simple fact that the Soviet Union
considers it to be in its self- in-
terest to forment Arab-Israel war
rather than work for Arab-Israel
peace. -
Town and Country
I am in love with this green
earth; the face of town and coun-
try; the unspeakable rural soli-
tudes, and the sweet security of the
streets. —Charles Lamb.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6 — Friday, June 12, 1970
Claim to Israel
Called Central
Issue in Mid East
MEMORY
How is it that our memory is
good enough to retain the least
triviality that happens to us, and
The validity of the Jewish claim
to Israel, the right of the Jew yet not good enough to recollect
to exist in his own land, is viewed how often we have told it to the
as the central issue in the Middle ' same person?—La Rochefoucauld.
East, according to Dr. Yaacov
Herzog. Director-General of Is-
rael's Prime Minister's Office.
Dr. Herzog spoke at a special
ceremony June 1, at Yeshiva
University, New York. where he
was presented the University's
Mordecai Ben David Award. He
was originally scheduled to receive
the award at Commencement June '
18, but pressing matters in Israel
prompted a rescheduling of the
event.
Dr. Herzog said ISrael faces
a siege not only in physical terms,
but also one of thought. He said ,
the thought was that of Israel's
right to exist, and called it a
challenge to the right of the
Jewish state to live in indepen-1
dence, dignity and equality among!
the world's family of nations.
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