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Friday, May 23, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
U.S. Tries to Mollify Arab Concern
Over Schlesinger's Oil Remarks
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Defense Secretary James R.
Schlesinger's warnings that
the United States "con-
ceivably" might employ
"military measures in re-
sponse" to another Arab oil
embargo engendered angry
reactions in Egypt and Jor-
dan which the White House
sought to mollify.
Schlesinger, who empha-
sized that U.S. military ac-
tion was "very improbable"
made almost identical re-
marks on the subject of an
Arab embargo in an inter-
view published in U.S. News
and World Report and on
the ABC television "Issues
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White House Press Secre-
tary Ron Nessen said Mon-
day that Schlesinger had
said no more than the posi-
tion outlined by President
Ford last year that the use
of force in the event of a new
Mideast oil crisis was theo-
retical and could not even be
considered unless the indus-
trialized nations were at the
point of "strangulation."
Ford also said at the time
that the threat of a new oil
embargo could create a
stalemate in the Middle
East peace process.
An Egyptian "gov-
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Premier Yitzhak Rabin de-
clared that the government
fully intended to complete
200 civilian housing units at
Ophira, the Israeli name
given to Sharm el-Sheikh,
the strategic outpost on the
southeastern tip of the Sinai
peninsula.
The question was raised
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But there was apparent
concern in official circles
here that the Defense Secre-
tary's remarks could affect
the meeting between Presi-
dent Ford and Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat in
Salzburg, Austria June 1-2.
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described Schlesinger as
saber-rattling, and a Jor-
danian newspaper in Am-
man said his remarks con-
tributed to Israel's
"arrogance." The White
House response did not go
beyond the assertion that
Schlesinger was simply
stating what Ford had
said months ago.
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after Housing Minister
Avraham Ofer questioned
the wisdom of establishing a
civilian settlement there.
Ofer observed that Moses
had striven to take the Jew-
ish people away from the
Sinai wilderness.
Sharm el-Sheikh remains
a potential obstacle to an
eventual peace settlement
with Egypt. The Egyptians
are not considered likely to
renounce their claim to the
spot and the Israelis are
expected to insist on retain-
ing a military presence
there because it commands
the Straits of Tiran linking
the Gulf of Aqaba with the
Red Sea.
Meanwhile, Defense
Minister Shimon Peres
assured the Egyptians that
they had nothing to fear
from Israel when the Suez
Canal is reopened offi-
cially next month.
"Once the canal is opened,
Israel will surely do what-
ever it can to ensure that
navigation will be free with-
out any disturbances or
threats," Peres said.
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Is the Munich massacre of
Sept. 5-6, 1972 being forgot-
ten? Is the Arab crime com-
mitted then during the
Olympic Games being rele-
gated to a mere incident?
Not if Serge Groussard
can help it; not if the tre-
mendous task he achieved in
gathering all the facts in his
impressive work, "The
Blood of Israel: The Massa-
cre of the Israeli Athletes:
The Olympics, 1972" will be
treated as it deserves.
Published by William
Morrow & Co. in a transla-
tion from the French by
Harold J. Salemson, "The
Blood of Israel" is a chal-
lenge to all fair-minded ath-
letes, to all who would keep
sports on a high level of fair-
ness, and to the conscience
of the civilized world, to
keep in mind the atrocity
that occurred in Munich and
to pledge not permit its re-
currence.
Groussard's is an hour-
by-hour, day-by-day ac-
count of all that had oc-
curred. It is a record of the
reactions by the German
authorities, of the impact
the brutalities had on the
Israelis, of the sense of
shock upon the world's
public opinion.
Of vital importance for re-
tention of the memory of
what had occurred, in the
interest of pinning the
crime where it belongs and
in the interest of prevention
of its reptition, the chroni-
cling of the events as they
relate not only to Israel and
the Arabs but also the blun-
ders by the Germans and
the failure of the Arab
states to repudiate the inhu-
manity of it all.
The German reaction and
eventual blunders, the Ar-
abs' indifference, the horror
that accompanied the bes-
mirching of the most hon-
ored factor in sportsman-
ship — the author relates to
them with a keen under-
standing of the details and
the backgrounds while pri-
marily detailing the events
in a fashion that assures
historicity for the occurr-
ences.
A brilliant work comm-
ences with recognition of
the salanah — the danger
that marked the event.
There were blunders, but
primarily there was the in-
humanity of it all and the
flaunting of the basics of
fair play.
"The Blood of Israel"
cried out to the world in
1972; the title of the tre-
mendously important his-
torical analysis of what
had occurred echoes tb-
events of the Munich tra ;
edy. Serge Groussard re-
vives an interest in the
crime and his book under
that title serves as a re-
newed challenge to a
guilty world.
It is a work that should be
in the hands of every lover
of good sportsmanship as a
guide for action to prevent
recurrence of bestialities.
—P.S.
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Race Walker Won't Look Back
NEW YORK — Dr. Shaul
Ladany, Israel's 39-year old
race walking champion may
not be competing at the
Montreal Olympics in 1976
— not because of the Mun-
ich massacre which he
barely escaped at the 1972
Olympics, but because his
favorite event will not be
held in Montreal.
Dr. Ladany, who is living
in New York while teaching
operations management
and research as a visiting
professor at Temple Univer-
sity in Philadelphia, special-
izes in the 50-kilometer
walk (30 miles).
He finished 19th in that
event at the Munich Olym-
pic Games. But in Mon-
treal only the 20-kilometer
walk (12 miles) will be
held, and Dr. Ladany does
not know if he can re-train
himself in just one year to
be "a sprinter."
Dr. Ladany said Israel
will send her best athletes
to Montreal, "But it won't
be the same type of joy that
it used to be."
Although he escaped the
Munich massacre, Dr. La-
dany lives with a constant
reminder. Several months
after the 1972 Olympics he
received a threatening let-
ter, and still does not pub-
lish his address and tele-
phone number.
He said he believes the
world has forgotten the
significance of the trag-
edy, and that Israel should
not have pulled the re-
maining members of her
1972 team out of the Olym-
pic competitor because it
gave the terrorists a vic-
tory.
But he says Israel's ath-
letes will compete without
fear.
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He has stayed competitive
between teaching assign-
ments, winning the U.S.
100-kilometer (60 miles) ti-
tle last summer and the
U.S. 75-kilometer race in
April.
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Bias in England
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NEW YORK (ZINS) —
Anthony Stanton, president
of the General Zionist Or-
ganization in London at a
meeting of the ZOA's na-
tional executive committee,
observed that there is little
anti-Semitism in England
despite the efforts of the
Arab students enrolled in
British universities, who are
very active anti-Israel pro-
pagandists. The British
spokesman believed that
there were some chances for
aliya to Israel but that it
would never be on a mass
basis.
The General Zionist Or-
ganization has attracted
prominent Jewish personal-
ities and is mostly engaged
in educational and informa-
tional services.
Dr. Shaul Ladany walking in New York.
Soviets Attend Rally in Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
three-member Soviet dele-
gation, in Israel under the
auspices of the Israel-Soviet
Union Friendship League,
attended a mass rally com-
memorating the 30th anni-
versary of the defeat of Naz-
ism.
Mrs. Marina Tchechen-
ieva, the group's leader, told
the meeting that the USSR
was interested in reaching a
just Mideast peace that
would guarantee the sover-
eignty and independence of
all the nations and peoples
in the area, including Israel
and the Palestinians.
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