Rep. Ford: U.S. Must Cut Its Dependency
on Arab Oil or Risk Possible Blackmail
12—Friday, May 25, 1973
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BOSTON (JTA) — House such as those in the North It was her second public tained in a joint communique
warning to Egypt in little issued at the close of talks
Minority Leader Gerald R. Sea and Canada.
here between Chancellor
The Israeli diplomat made more than a week.
Ford warned Sunday night
She voiced a similar warn- Willy Brandt and Soviet Com-
that the United States must these remarks at a luncheon
reduce its dependency on the honoring him and Mrs. Eban ing while addressing Hebrew munist Party Secretary Leo-
Arab states for oil or risk given by the American Com- University students in Jeru- nid I. Brezhnev.
the possibility of Arab eco- mittee for Israels' 25th anni- salem 'May 6.
The foreign ministry, mean-
nomic "blackmail" attempts versary. He noted, too, that
Observers here are specu- while, quashed rumors that
against American foreign the U.S. policy of assuring lating that the cabinet may Brandt had postponed his
'Israel that it will remain seriously believe that Presi- visit to Israel, scheduled for
policy in the Middle East.
In an address to a Zionist strong and of trying to main- dent Anwar Sadat of Egypt next month, until sometime
Organization of America din- tain a balance of power in will soon make good his next fall. The rumors were
attributed to a misunder-
ner at the Statler Hilton here, the Mid East has not changed threats of war.
Egyptian Foreign Minister standing stemming from re-
obrd said "there have been in any way, Eban said that
threats from various Arab the U.S. continues to oppose Mohammad Hassan el Zay- marks by West German For-
sources that we must aban- an imposed solution in the yat said on a West German eign Minister Walter Scheel
television interview that at a press conference in
don Israel if the oil is to Mid East.
However, later in the day, Egypt would not negotiate Cairo.
flow.
Scheel was reported to
"It is my conviction that in an address to Israeli per- with Israel until it has with-
we must not permit any re- sonnel at the Israel Consulate drawn from all the occupied have said that the chancel-
lor's visit to Israel was ex-
gime in the Middle East to General, he noted that no one territories.
have Uncle Sam over a bar- can predict whether or not
Asked whether there would pected "to take place some
rel of oil. We cannot afford there will be a change in be war, now that political time this year, possibly in the
to pay the first installment American policy five or six and diplomatic possibilities autumn." Newsmen were puz-
of such blackmail. If we open years from now but that no were exhausted, Zayyat said: zled as the dates of Brandt's
ourselves to blackmail, we change is foreseen within the "We are in a state of war. _visit were announced some
will never know the timing next few years.
We fight every day. We pay time ago.
In his address to the Amer- daily for armaments. We
or extent of future extor-
The foreign ministry con-
ican Committee, the foreign shall not sit with the Is- firmed that the trip would
tions," he said.
The 12-term Michigan con- minister stressed that Israel raelis. They will not dictate take place June 7-11.
gressman spoke at a dinner wants to enter the quarter- conditions to us."
At his Cairo news confer-
of the ZOA New England Re- century of history by con-
Zayyat did not reply when ence, Scheel said he wanted
gion at which Mr. and Mrs. ducting a dialogue with its asked what the UN could do. to "repeat that there are no
Milton C. Borenstein of Bos- neighbors. "I believe that But he insisted that Cairo special relations between
ton were presented the orga- there is a slow but percepti- could not leave the coming West Germany and Israel."
nization's Louis D. Brandeis ble change in the attitude of generation with what he He said that "West Germany
Award for their "lifelong Arabs toward Israel," he told termed an occupied Egypt. has good relations of a spe-
service to the Jewish com- the more than 100 congress-
An Israel Foreign Ministry cial character" with Israel
munity and the state of men, personalities and Jew- spokesman said that there and also good relations with
ish leaders who were active was absolutely no foundation the Arab states. He said Is-
Israel."
Governor in sponsoring Israel's 25th to press reports that Presi- rael was not trying to influ-
Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent also was anniversary year. "The Ar- 4ent Anwar Sadat of Egypt ence West Germany and that
cited as the ZOA regions abs must be liberated from has agreed to proximity West Germany would not
the imaginary poetry that talks with Israel on reopen- permit anyone to exert in-
"Man of the Year."
Declaring that the United Israel is a strange body in ing the Suez Canal without' fluence.
States "must be no more de- the Middle East," he said.
prior conditions.
Israel Rejects Arab Proposal
Referring to the forthcom-
pendent than absolutely nec-
He noted that Israel an- to Revive Jarring Mission
ing
talks
in
Washington
be-
essary on foreign energy
nounced on Feb. 2, 1972, that
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Is-
sources," Ford called for the tween President Nnxon and it was ready to enter proxim- rael- has rejected a new pro-
accelerated development of Soviet Communist Party ity talks with Egypt without posal to revive the Jarring
American "oil and natural Secretary Leonid I. Brezh- conditions. That position still mission, informed sources
gas potentialities, along with nev, Eban said that Israel is stands, the spokesman said. said here.
nuclear, solar and non-fossil not apprehensive of those
The sources said that the
West Germany, USSR
fuels." These, he said, are summit talks. "Egypt cannot Pledge to Support Steps
proposal
was made by the
"vital to U.S. national secur- help Russia with its econom-
Arab delegates to the Secur-
ic problems, but the United Toward Mid East Peace
ity."
BONN '(JTA) — West Ger- ity Council who suggested a
Ford urged President Nixon States can," he said.
many
and the Soviet Union three - member consultative
Returning
to
the
so-called.
to discuss the sale of Soviet
expressed
concern over con- committee to assist Ambas-
arms to Syria and the Sov- energy crisis, he observed tinuing dangerous tensions in sador Gunnar V. Jarring in
that
the
Arabs
need
to
sell
iets' "widespread harass-
renewed efforts to promote
ment" of Jews seeking to their oil more than the U.S. the Middle East and pledged a 'peace settlement in the
to
support
all
efforts
toward
emigrate to Israel during his needs to buy it. "The Arabs achieving a just and lasting Middle East.
scheduled meeting in June have no other consumers," peace within the framework
The Israeli view is that the
with Soviet Communist Party Eban said, "while the U.S. of the Security Council's Arab plan to set up a consul-
Secretary Leonid I. Brezh- can find other sources from
tative body would alter Dr.
which to buy oil," such as Resolution 242.
'nev.
The statement was con- Jarring's mandate.
Iran.
In addition, Ford said that
(Eban thus repeated the
the USSR's temporary sus-
pension of the "education statement he made in Detroit
tax" on Jews who wish to at the Israel Bond dinner in
leave the USSR "does not by honor of Louis Berry, May
itself resolve this compelling 14).
human problem." He said he 'U.S. Feels Israel Able
would like Mr. Nixon "to ob- to Handle Egypt Alone'
TEL AVIV (ZINS)—Itzhak
tain from Mr. Brezhnev a
response that will amount to Rabin, Israel's former am-
bassador to the U.S., said
deeds rather than words."
Ford said that President here that America will main-
Nixon should bring up "the tain a "hands-off" policy in
recent transfer of French the event Egypt starts a new
military jet aircraft to Egypt war against Israel. Rabin
from Libya" in his scheduled also expressed the belief that
May 31-June 1 meeting in Washington would not toler-
Iceland with French Presi- ate intervention by any other
world power, thereby assur-
dent Georges Pompidou.
"I feel that this misuse of ing that the conflict — if it
French arms violates the comes—would remain a re-
spirit of our historic coopera- gional dispute with the ad-
tion with France," he said. versaries being compelled to
Israeli Foreign Minister work -out their own solution.
According to Rabin, the
Abba Eban charged Monday
that talk of an energy crisis American authorities, while
MICHIGAN'S LARGEST
adversely affecting the pol- not dismissing •adat's war
BUICK - OPEL - HONDA
icy of the United States in threats as a mere bluff, are
the Middle East is tanta- nevertheless convinced that
INVENTORY
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mount to "hypochondriacal Israel is fully capable of
crushing any Arab onslaught
talk of defeatism."
He reaffirmed that there is within a matter of hours.
Premier Golda Meir on
no change in U.S. policy
toward Israel or the Middle May 16 warned Egypt again
East as a result of the so- of dire consequences for it-
called oil shortage and stated self should Cairo renew hos-
that the U.S. and other West- tilities against Israel.
Mrs. Meir spoke at a pub-
ern nations would be able to
ACROSS FROM TEL-TWELVE MALL
exploit other sources of en- lic rally celebrating the 90th
ergy and new oil deposits anniversary of Ness Ziona.
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