No Concussion Bombs for Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA)
-- The White House an-
nounced last week that
the United States will not
sell concussion bombs,
known as CBU-72, to Is-
rael. Presidential Press
- Secretary Jody Powell
said that decision was re-
lated to a U.S. reassess-
ment of its need for the
CBU for its own forces
and that the U.S. has no
intention of selling it to
any country. •
He said that two other
of the four advanced
weapons systems prom-
ised Israel by President
Ford last October would
be provided. These are
M-60 taftks and 155 mm.
Howitzers.
But the FLIR, a
ward-looking infra-red
ar system promised by
d, is also being with-
:1* held, Powell said. He ad-
ded, however, that "in-
tensive discussions about
this night vision radar
apparatus in under way" .
with Israel.
0r
•
Powell said that "no
vow" was made by the Car-
ter Administration that it
would not review or alter
decisions made by the. pre-
vious Administration.
He said the decision on
the CBUs is not inconsis-
tent with what President
Carter has said previ-
ously and neither it is in-
consistent with his oft re-
peated commitment to
the security of Is-
rael.State Department
spokesman Frederick Z.
Brown told reporters la-
ter, in reply to queStions,
that the decision not to
sell CBUs to Israel was
made earlier last week
but Carter and Secretary
of State Cyrus Vance felt
it was desirable to make
no announcement until
Vance communicated the
decision personally to the
Israeli government.
Arab governments,
notably Egypt, strongly
opposed the transfer of
concussion bombs to Is-
rael and their views ap-
parently were shared by
influential elements in
the State and Defense
Departments.
Some observers said
the denial of the bombs to
Israel was a tactic Vance
used to indicate to Arab
leaders the Carter Ad-
ministration's intention
to be objective in its rela-
tions with Israel and the
Arab states.
14 American Jewish Leaders
Meet With Mexico's Portillo
WASHINGTON (JTA)
—A group of 14 American
Jewish leaders told Mexi-
can President Jose Lopez
Portillo that his country's
recent votes in the United
Nations had "done much
to ease past strains."
This was the second
time Lopez Portillo had
met with representatives
of the American JewiSh
community in the U.S.
The first Meeting: was
held last' Septernber,
when he visited Wash-
ington as President-elect
at the invitation of then-
President Ford. -
Following the one-hour
meeting at Blair House
last week, Elmer L.
Winter; president of the
American Jewish Corn-
mittee which had ar-
ranged the event, de-
Scribed the discussion as
"most cordial."
David Blumberg; presi-
dent of Bnai Brith, and
Joel H. Levy, a member of
the executive committee of
the AJCongress, informed
Lopez Portillo 'that the
tour program to Mexico
operated by their organi-
zations had • been
reinstated.
.
At the conclusion of the
conversation, Winter,
speaking one behalf of the
group, expressed. the
hope that the traditional
riendly relationship be-
ween the United States
and Mexico had been
reinforced. Winter pre-
sented the Mexican Pres-
ident with a two-volume
set of the book "Jewish
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Jewish leaders, in addi-
tion to officials from the
AJCommittee, AJCcbn-
gress and Bnai Brith,
who met with Lopez Por-
tillo and other Mexican
officials, included Albert
Chernin, executive vice
chairman, National
Jewish Community Rela-
tions. Advisory Council;
Theodore Comet, over-
seas director, Council of
Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds; and Jac-
ques Torczyner, chair-
man, World Jewish
Congress-American Sec-
tion
Lawyer Buys
Southern Israelite
ATLANTA (JTA) —
The Southern Israelite,
the local English-Jewish
newsweekly, has been
sold to Jack Geldbart, an
attorney and busi-
nessman. Geldbart, as
editor and publisher, will
be the fourth editor in the
newsweekly's 53-year
history.
He said the weekly "will
continue to have as its
primary purpose a dedi-
cation to serve the com-
munity. The Southern Is-
raelite has a long and dis-
tinguished history of
service and we intend to
preserve and enhance
that herigage."
Jewish Women
Will Meet in NY
NEW YORK — The
100,000-member National
Council of Jewish Women
(NCJW) will hold its 32nd
national convention in
New York City this year,
March 7-10, at die New
York Hilton hotel.
Almost 1,000 leaders
from. NCJW • sections
throughout the country
will attend the conven-
tion, to elect national
leadership, to set NCJW
policy for the coming two
years and to attend work-
shops designed to further
their training in NCJW
areas of international,
national and local con-
cern.
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