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In 1972, Sadat drove out the 20,000 Soviet advisors then sta- tioned in Egypt and that single act marked a sharp deterioration in ties with Russia which have pro- You're Invited 20% Off •invitations •centerpieces •stationery Phyllis Billes 559-4343 ceeded fitfully ever since. The Egyptian President's speech, therefore, had a good deal of dramatic and demonstrative significance, but much less practical meaning according to these observers. Similarly dramatic and' exaggerated, the observers said, was Sadat's assertion that unless he received So- viet spare parts his arms would be "junk" within 18 months. First, the observers pointed out, Egypt is still getting Soviet spare parts and supplies, though ad- mittedly not in the same abundance as in past years. Secondly, Sadat and his aides are actively shopping around for weap- ons and Egypt is alto- gether unlikely to remain defenseless. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon said that there were grounds for hope the U.S. will sell no additional arms to Egypt in the "foreseeable future" beyond the six C-130 Hercules transport planes • fa • .a .• • • ■ re , ' 1976 FORDS 80 LIMITED EDITIONS - : ( to choose from) Elites • Torinos • Pintos •Mustangs ATTENTION These Limited Edition 1976 Fords Are All Gen. 7 uine Bargains. Some Have $137 Free Equipment — Some Have Been Lowered $200 In Price, Etc. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY AVIS FORD HAS A TREMENDOUS SELECTION • $ 60 " CASH BACK TO YOU ON ALL LIMITED EDITIONS (this offer good through March 31st) You Must Present This Ad To Qualify AVIS FORD Will Gladly Handle All Financing 354-3000 AVIS FORD y •)- •),. • •. • 1, , 9, • vantage in artillery and a five-to-one disadvantage in active manpower. Kissinger's statement about the sale not setting a precedent seemed to be 'con- tradicted earlier in the week by State Department spokesman Robert Funseth. Funseth said the C-130s were the only "specific" military equipment cur- rently being contemplated for sale to Egypt. He said, however, that the Administration talked to Congress and the Israelis about the "general catego- ries of kinds of military equipment that might be considered" for shipment to Egypt in a "future military relationship." Funseth could not con- firm recent press reports that categories of equip- ment under consideration for Egypt included radar, patrol boats, transport heli- copters and communica- tions equipment. At the Friday press con- ference Allon also referred to the American initiative to explore Arab attitudes to- ward end-of-war or non-bel- ligerence talks as the next step in Middle East diplo- macy. He said that as of his meeting -with Kissinger, Washington had received no reply from the Arab states. :`The ball is now in the Ar- abs' court," Allon said. Meanwhile, the likeli- hood that Ford would visit the Middle East in April faded. Asked if the Presi- dent planned a trip to that region before the end of 1976, White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen said no such trip was being planned at this moment. He said a trip to the Mid- dle East by the President would "depend on diplo- matic need" and such a de- termination will not be made before "at least a month." It was reported at the time of Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin's visit to Washington in January that Ford was considering a trip to the Middle East, most probably in April. * * Jewish Leaders to Meet With Ford on Proposed Plane Sale to Egypt AVIS FORD WILL GIVE 29200 Telegraph (at 12 Mile) about the C-130s. "We have no plans beyond the C-130s in U.S.' arrange- ments for sales of military equipment to Egypt," Kis- singer said. The decision to provide those aircraft "won't imply any prece- dent," he stressed, and "does not imply an obliga- tion" by Congress "to vote on anything else." When he was asked di- rectly if the arrangement would be a commercial one, Kissinger replied "no." He then added that the foreign military sales route "cer- tainly has the most feasibil- ity." Under present law, trans- fer of equipment to a for- eign power designated as military and costing over. $25 million is subject to Congressional veto. A com- mercial sale of military equipment is not yet within Congressional authority. Legislation to that effect is pending. The three Senators felt that a confrontation be- tween Congress and the Administration would be avoided and Egypt would still get its aircraft, if the deal were commercial through the Lockheed Air- craft Co. which manufac- tures them and therefore not subject to scrutiny by Congress under present legislation. As a military sale, Congress has a veto power. Rep. Morris Udall -(D- Ariz.) "denounced" as "senseless and unnecessary" the projected sale of mili- tary equipment to Egypt. Udall, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, said in a state- inent Friday that "the real issue" is not the transfer of six C-130 transport planes but whether "this action opens the door to the sale of other weapons" to Egypt. "There is no military threat to Egypt," he said, adding", "The greatest threat of peremptory military ac- tion is the threat to Israel." He noted that Israel already faces a three-to-one disad- * PLUS • announced by the Ford Ad- ministration. Allon expressed that view to reporters at Ben-Gurion Airport when he returned from his official visits to Mexico and Central Amer- ica and a one-day stop-over in Washington Friday where he conferred with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. Allon and Kissinger claimed Friday after a two- hour meeting at the State Department that there are "No specific" or "urgent" problems between their two governments. Allon strongly denied in Israel however, that his country had in any way agreed or acquiesced to the sale of the C-130s to Cairo. He said they estab- lished a dangerous prece- dent for Israel. Premier Yitzhak Rabin told the Knesset last week that his government would do its utmost to convince Washington to reconsider the C-130 deal. The Premier said, however, that Israel was less concerned with the specific item than with the precedent it established for a future arms relationship between the U.S. and Egypt. But, at the same Wash- ington press conference, Kissinger rejected a com- promise proposal advanced earlier in the week by three U.S. Senators regarding the sale of the six C-130 trans- port planes to Egypt. He said the C-130s will be provided to Egypt as a "foreign military sale" and not as a commercial ar- rangement as suggested to him by Sens. Jacob K. Javits (R-NJ), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Kissinger's disclosure of - the Administration's deci- sion came while he was standing alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon in the State Depart- ment lobby responding to questions about their meeting. Allon was not asked and had no comment ,• •,:, ,NEW YORK (JTA) — The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has asked for a meeting with President Ford to personally present its opposition to the sale of six C-130 transport planes to Egypt. Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, chairman of the Presidents Conference, in disclosing the request at a press conference today said the meeting will probably be held at the White House within the next 10 days. Schindler said the mem- ber- organizations in the Presidents Conference have already been in touch with members of Congress, church and -labor leaders, black spokesmen, veterans organizations and others to mobilize- opposition to the sale. He said all of the can- didates for the Presidency have been asked to state their views. The proposed sale of the C-130s to Egypt is not the issue, Schindler stressed. He said the issue is that this would establish the principle of the U.S. sell- ing arms to Egypt. Schindler said the Presi- dents Conference will not compromise on this issue. Asked about the proposal by Sens. Jacob K. Javits (R- NY), Clifford P. Case (R-NJ) and Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.) to sell the six transports to Egypt on a ci- vilian rather than a military basis, Schindler said he could speak only for himseli but said he considered the proposal subterfuge and . would rather meet the issue head on. Schindler said the Presi f - dents Conference takes ex- - ception to reports in the Is- raeli and American press after the Conference sent a telegram to President Ford this week that they were following Israel's example in opposing the sale of the C-130s. He said the Presi- dents Conference sent a let- ter to Ford on Feb. 12 oppos- (Continued on Page 23)