THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS NEW CADILLAC? American Arms Pressure on Israel Feared (Continued from Page 1) President Ford's corn- mitment to sell Israel clus- ter bombs and the FLIR. night vision system and its refusal—after prolonged delays—of Israel's request to produce part of the 250 F-16 jet fighters it intends to buy from the U.S. The re- fusal of the cluster bombs was, in fact, the first time a new Administration re- - versed a pledge by a for- mer Administration and had the effect of narrowing 'el's military potential. me sources have ex- pressed fear that the U.S. is tightening the reins on mili- tary supplies in order to - soften Israeli opposition to an American-imposed Middle East peace settle- ment. Despite repeated as- surances from President Carter, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and other American officials that the U.S. has no intention of trying to impose a solution of the Middle East conflict, there is a gnawing suspi- cion here that an American , I -' plan does exist and will be unveiled sooner or later. The sources say that all Israel can do now is lessen its dependence on Ameri- can military equipment by expanding its own weapons producing capability. Is.- rael's largest manufacturer of weapons systems, Israel Aircraft Industries, is pre- paring to produce a mili- tary helicopter within the next four years and has de- veloped blueprints for a new, sophisticated combat jet. a second generation Kfir. The air force has not yet approved the plans but if the present American atti- tude persists it will have no choice, the sources said. Last week's State Depart- ment statement was dis- VIKING ll Sheldon Moggel Raider-Dennis Agency 17117.W. Nine Mile Phone 559-2250 ur local Gleaner rep- sentative (above) a sales leader in our field force, qualifies for the exclusive Viking Club in 1977--the one to see for modern life insur- ance. 4 9?/ LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY 1600 N. Woodward Ave. Birmingham, Michigan 48012 cussed in Washington by Is- raeli Ambassador Simha Dinitz and U.S. Under- secretary of State Alfred Atherton. Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres, acting as premier, and Foreign Min- ister Yigal Allon both com- mented on the statement at Sunday's Israeli Cabinet meeting. Peres said Israel would act through all possible channels to preserve its spe- cial military supply relation- ship with the U.S., which was essential to keeping peace in the Middle East and to peace negotiations. Peres also modified some- what his earlier favorable reaction to Secretary of. State Cyrus Vance's state- ment at a Washington press conference last week that the U.S. would have "sug- gestions" to offer for a Mideast settlement though it would not attempt to im- pose a settlement. Peres said experience showed that whenever the U.S. floated its own settle- ment suggestions it created a confrontation with at least one of the parties to the conflict. It would be better, there- fore, if Washington confined itself to offering its good of- fices to the parties for nego- tiations and refrained from suggesting plans, Peres said. He claimed that if the U.S. ever tried to impose a settlement, the imposition would fall on Israel alone since America could not im- pose a settlement on the Arab states. Peres rejected a sugges- tion by Prof. Shlomo Avi- neri, director general of the Foreign Ministry, that the next Israeli government should draw a peace map of its own. Peres said that for the time being, the gov- ernment will adhere to its old policy of no maps until the negotiating process begins. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon told the Cabinet that Israel has already ex- pressed "deep concern" over the arms supply issue and said he would raise it when he met Vance in Lon- don Wednesday. In London, Vance de- clared that the U.S. would adhere to "our special rela- tionship" with Israel and de- nied that Washington would impose a Middle East settle- ment or alter its arms sup- ply policies to Israel's detri- ment. He was speaking in the presence of Allon, after a lengthy luncheon meeting at the U.S. Embassy. Allon told reporters that he re- garded the Secretary's statement as "a very posi- tive definition of the United States role." Referring to what he termed "speculation in some newspapers," Vance said that President Carter and he , himself had said that a settlement "must be determined by the parties to the conflict in dis- cussions among them= selves." The U.S. would work with the parties to that end. He also discounted "spec- ulation" about Arab plans for a Palestinian West Bank state in exchange for Is- raeli recognition of the PLO. Vance said "No specif- ic proposals have been made by either side at this time," although he hoped . that at. a later date there would be specific proposals. Nor did the United States intend to come out with a plan of its own, but was in- tent on using its good of- fices to help promote a set- tlement, he , said. On reports that Israel would cease to receive "preferential" treatment on arms supplies, Vance said the Pspecial relationship" with the Jewish state would continue, since the Carter Administration was "com- mitted to the security of Is- rael." The U.S. would make sure Israel received the de- fense articles she required, including advanced tech- nology items, he said. The Conference of Presi- dents of Major American Jewish Organizations said that it was "profoundly dis- turbed by reports that our country might now limit preferred nations status in arms exports to countries which have formal security treaties with the U.S., a pol- icy that would deprive Is- rael of "such preferred na- . tions status in the fu- ture." Rabbi Alexander Schind- ler, chairman of the Presi- dents Conference, urged that this policy "should be abandoned." He character- ized it as an "example of the 'carrot and stick' ap- proach to Israel which Jim- my Carter rightfully de- nounced when he was a can- didate for the Presidency" after 'expressions by the previous Administration which placed the American commitment to Israel's sur- vival in doubt." The U.S. Senate sub- committee on foreign assist- ance last week approved an amendment to the Foreign Aid Bill that urged Presi- dent Carter to sympa- thetically consider U.S.-Is- rael co-production agree- ments. The bill was spon- sored by Clifford Case (R- NJ ) and Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) Yesterday, Sens. Jacob Javits (R-NY) and Frank Church (D-Idaho) were ex- pected to introduce an amendment before the full Foreign Relations Com- mittee urging maintenance of Israel's defensive strength and asking that re-v - straint in U.S. arms trans- fers not impair the military balance in the Middle East. Michigan Sen. Robert Griffin is a member of that committee. It was also reported by the Zionist Information News Service that a U.S.- Israel Joint Commission has been formed to study Is- rael's requests to sell the U.S.-powered Kfir jet, and Israel's new tank, the U.S.- powered Merkava. Friday, May 13, 1977 15 BUY OR LEASE FROM ANDY BLAU in BIRMINGHAM,at WILSON-CRISSMAN CADILLAC CALL BUS. 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