Anglo-American Plan of Seizing Arab Installations Would Risk Soviet Intervention, Experts Say
LONDON (ZINS) — The
conservative London Econo-
mist reports that a joint
consultation by officials of
the British Foreign Office
and the Pentagon has pro-
duced a contingency p l an
2 U•S. Aircraft
Carriers Going
to Israel Soon
SAN FRANCISCO (ZINS)-
Israel is scheduled to receive
two American aircraft car-
riers, according to a story
carried by Defense and For-
eign Affairs Daily, a Cali-
fornia-based publication. The
carriers are said to be of the
ton class capable of
hing 20 large heli-
copters.
The report emphasizes that
the carriers could be used not
only for aircraft, but alSo for
the transport of parachutists.
Both vessels are of World
War II vintage but reported
to be in first-class condition.
They are now being reno-
vated, and will soon be ready
for delivery.
Payment for the ship s
would be covered by the
$2,200,000,000 arms assistance
for Israel recently enacted
into law by Congress.
Addition of these two car-
riers to Israel's fleet would
significantly shift the military
balance of power in the Mid-
dle East in Israel's-favor, the
report said.
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calling for a military take-
over of Persian Gulf oil in-
stallations if the Arab pe-
troleum embargo continue in
force much longer.
According to the Econo-
mist, military advisers have
concluded that the takeover
could be accomplished with-
out serious difficulty by de-
ployment of American para-
chutists stationed in southern
Italy and by their British
counterparts based in Cy-
prus. Little resistance is ex-
pected from Arab forces in
the area.
Saudi Arabia is dedefend-
ed by an army of 36,000
men and an air force of 70
planes; Kuwait has 8,000
troops; Bahrein 1,100; and
Abu Dhabi 8,000. Military
experts estimate that a force
of 2,000 dropped by para-
chute under protective air
cover could seize and hold
the major oil fields in these
lands.
The proposed action entails
two possible risks: a military
reaction by the Soviet Union
and sabotage and destruc-
tion of the oil fields by the
Arabs.
Opinion is divided as to
what the Kremlin might do
with some observers predict-
ing a violent outburst from
Moscow but no active armed
intervention. Most experts
believe that the danger of
Arab sabotage would be
negligible.
In Tokyo Monday, Saudi
Arabian Oil Minister Ahmed
Zaki Yamani warned Japan
and European countries not
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to go to the Feb. 11 Wash-
ington meeting proposed by
President Nixon, if the meet-
ing is intended to seek a
confrontation with the oil-
producing nations.
Jack Anderson, in his syn-
dicated column, has accused
the Arabian-American Oil
Co. of using wasteful produc-
tion methods and secretly
encouraging Saudi Arabia to
increase oil prices.
He suggested that the Sen-
ate use its subpena power to
obtain date, including records
of all ARAMCO meetings with
Saudi oil minister, Yamani.
ARAMCO is comprised of
Exxon, Mobile, Standard of
California and Texaco.
(With the rising cost of oil
bringing increased revenue
Friday, February 1, 1974-3
to oil-producing n a ti on s,
American bankers, business-
men and other officials fore-
see a situation in which
ownership of U.S. properties
may be transferred to those
nations.
Eventually, the dollars be-
ing banked by Arab nations
will go into investment, much
of it in the U.S., according
to the Christian Science
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Monitor's Harry Ellis.
One concern expressed by
Arabs is the "belief that the
U.S. economy is 'controlled'
by Jews, who would be
hostile to large-scale invest-
ment in the U.S.," Ellis
said.)
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