Arab Diplomatic Moves May Reduce Support for the PLO
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Is-
rael will adopt a "wait and
see." approach to Jordan's
dramatic announcement Sun-
day of its suspension of par-
ticipation in current Mideast
peace moves. Sources in
Jerusalem said that this was
by no means Jordan's last
word—nor was the Egypt-
Syria-PLO declaration of
Cairo Saturday necessarily
Sadat's last word on the
Palestinian representation
problem.
The Cairo declaration —
which led to Jordan's sus-
pension of participation in. all
Geneva-connected moves —
acknowledged the PLO as
the "sole legitimate" repre-
sentative of the Palestinians,
implying that not only those
Palestinians living in the
West Bank, but even those
who form some 60 per cent
of the East Bank population
in Jordan should see them-
selves as represented by the
PLO.
Jordan sees its Hashemite
king and mixed Hashemite-
Palestinian government as
duly representing all the Pal-
estinians living in pre-1967
Jordan on both sides of the
river.
Israeli analysts cite three
possible motives behind the
Jordanian "freeze":
• To bring pressure on
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and
Syria to soften their support
for the PLO in advance of
the crucial end-of-October
Arab summit;
• To pressure the U.S.,
and through the U.S., Israel,
to launch an Israel-Jordan
negotiation as the next peace
stage; and
• To clearly stress the
ultimate decision that both
the Arabs and Israel must
make — deciding between
Jordan and the PLO.
The sources added that if
no change in the general
Arab position were forthcom-
ing before or at the Arab
Israel and Egypt Expenditures
Highest in World for Defense
LONDON (JTA) — Israel's
and Egypt's military outlays
are the highest in the world
in relation to their gross na-
tional product, according to
the "Military Balance, 1974-
75," an annual publication of
the International Institute of
Strategic Studies.
The report said Israel's
defense budget of $3.5 billion
for the fiscal year 1974-75
makes Israel's per capita out-
lay for weapons the highest
in the world and more than
four times that of the United
States, which is second high-
est.
Defense expenditures in the
Middle East reflect the "very
heavy costs" of the Yom. Kip-
pur War and the increasing
costs of weapons.
Israel's military spending
amounts to almost half of
its GNP, estimated for 1973
at $8.7 billion. Egypt's mili-
tary budget of $3.1 billion
amounts to almost a third of
the Egyptian GNP, estimat-
ed at $8.4 billion for 1973.
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The report also said that
6—Friday, Sept. 27, 1974
Saudi Arabia military expen-
ditures have increased 700
per cent in the last four
years. Saudi Arabia's defense
estimates for 1974-75 amount
to $1.8 billion.
The average defense share
of the GNP in the Arab coun-
tries is 9.5 per cent, com-
pared with three per cent
in the NATO countries, ac-
cording to the report.
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The spokesman said the
war had demonstrated im-
provement of defense cap-
abilities and an erosion in the
importance of aircraft and
armored vehicles.
The manpower of Israel's
armed forces is estimated
by the institute at 33,500 reg-
ular soldiers and a total of
400,000 irr full mobilization.
Israel's air force personnel
was reported to number 15,-
000 regulars, 1,000 conscripts
and a total of 20,000 in full
mobilization. The total num-
ber of Israel's combat planes
is given as 446.
Egypt's armed forces are
reported to-total 32,000 with
about 500,000 reservists.
Egypt's air force numbers
568 combat planes and 28,-
000 men. Syria's total armed
forces number 137,500 men.
The Syrian Air Force has
300 planes and 10,000 men,
the institute said.
No US-PLO
Meeting at UN
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A
U.S. state department spokes-
man said an official meeting
between the United States
and the Palestine Liberation
Organization delegations at
the United Nations General
Assembly session in New
York "is not logical." Spokes-
man John King made the
comment while declaring
that the department had "no
substantive comment" on the
Syrian-Egyptian-PLO accord
reached Saturday in Cairo
and Jordan's objections to it.
King pointed out the PLO
does not represent a govern-
ment. The Palestine issue is
on the UN General Assembly
agenda, he added, but no
resolution or proposal exists
.for the US "to do anything."
He said the U.S. did not
oppose the placement of the
Palestinian question on the
agenda but neither did the
U.S. vote for it. King de-
clined to discuss Jordan's
statement that it would boy-
cott Arab discussions on the
Middle East pending deci-
sions at an Arab summit con-
ference in Morocco on Oct.
26.
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the West Bank. There has
been for some time, these it's time to change directions.
sources pointed out, a con-
siderable body of opinion in
Amman — not yet including
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the king — which held that
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the West Bank was more a
burden than an advantage to
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The contrary argument, of
course, is that leaving the
West Bank to the PLO would
create a neighbor which
would constantly seek to
overthrow the Hashemites in
Amman too.
The Israeli analysts say
the Arabs may now want to
postpone the debate on the
Palestine issue until after
their October summit in
order to gain a greater mea-
sure of unity.
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