22 Friday, August 12, 1977THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Congressmen Blast Planned Sale of Jet Fighters to Saudis WASHINGTON (JTA )— The Carter Adminis- tration's projected billion- dollar sale of 60 F-15 air- planes and related equip- ment to Saudi Arabia drew a strong protest to the Pres- ident Tuesday from two Congressmen who said the transfer of this "most ad- BLOOMFIELD HILLS HAIR , REMOVAL AL KLINE • CLINIC Doctors Referrals DALGLEISH CADILLAC Free Consultation 646-8820 6160 CASS AVE. TR 5-0300 SAID SHOE REPAIR guaranteed work Harvard' Row Mall 11 Mile Lahser 355-3628 M-F 9-7 Sat 9-6 Zipper, Handbag, &. etc. Repair Men's Heel Repaired $30° w/Free Shine Ladies Heels Repaired . $150 w/ad good 8/12-8/19 vu ou 0e 0 00 0 000 000 00000 00 00000 CO 0 0 0 0 We Make Our Own Glasses HEADQUARTERS FOR LATEST DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED FRAME FASHIONS • PRESCRIPTIONS FOR GLASSES ACCURATELY FILLED • DESIGNER FRAMES • Immediate Repair • Reasonably Priced ROSEN OPTICAL SERVICE 13720 W. 9 MILE nr. 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Rosenthal (D-N.Y.) said in their letter to President Car- ter that the "Eagles," as the aircraft are called, "can only serve to destabi- lize the military balance, es- calate the regional arms race and violate the prin- ciples of the President's new policy to restrain arms sales. " In addition, the Congress- men pointed out that the Saudis face no real external threat and already possess "a formidable arsenal of U.S.-provided arms." While Saudi Arabia will not have the technological capability to use this "highly sophis- ticated aircraft for many years," Egypt and. Syria, from whom Saudia Arabia is financing arms pur- chases, the Congressmen said, possess both trained pilots and technicians and the military incentive to use the F-15. "We fear that should an- other round of fighting occur in the Middle East," the Congressmen wrote the President, "Saudi Arabia might not be able to resist the pressure to become in- volved. We are aware Saudi Arabia has not violated transfer agreements on U.S.-purchased arms during previous Arab-Israeli wars but it is important to point out that it did not have such a formidable arsenal in the past. There today exists, as never before, the dinstinct possibility Saudi Arabia could use its sophis- ticated weapons directly against Israel or loan them to another Arab power." However, earlier in the week, President Carter sign- ed into law legislation that for the first time authorizes Congress to prohibit a coun- try that buys arms from the United States to trans- fer them to another coun- try. Previously, the Presi- dent had simply to notify Congress of his intention to permit transfers of Ameri- can-made weapons to third countries. Thus, should Saudi Arabia, for example, wish to transfer arms-.taught in the U.S. to an Arab state bordering on Israel, both the President and Congress would have to approve of it to be lawful. Theprovision is part of the International Security Assistance Act. It was first proposed in 1975 by Sena- tors Gaylord Nelson (D- Wisc. )- and Clifford Case (R-N.J.). President Ford ve- toed the bill last year which contained the proposal. Congress first gained a role in _the process of sell- ing arms • when it adopted the Nelson Amendment- to the. Foreign Assistance Act of 1974. This requires the President to inform Con- gress of any proposed for- eign military sale exceed- ing $25 million. Congress has 30 days to consider the proposal and can veto it if ,both Houses agree. In another Middle East arms project,. Congressional sources said they did not ex- pect opposition to the Car- ter Administration's in- tention to sell Egypt 12 pilot- less reconnaissance aircraft for about $30 million. The Administration has notified Congress that the planes, known as "drones," will be equipped with cam- eras that. Egypt could use to photograph Israeli mili- tary deployment. A question the Congres- sional committees may ask is whether these Egyptian drones could be turned into cruise missiles by putting explosives rather than pho- .tographic equipment in them. The drones are built by Teledyne Ryan of San Diego, Calif. They can fly a pre-set pattern guided by radio signals from the ground or from a piloted airplane. In a related development, the State Department main- tained strict silence last week on reports that the Carter Administration , has agreed secretly to help Egypt refurbish–its fleet of some 200 MIG combat air- craft so that they will not have to rely on spare parts which the Soviet Union no longer supplies to Egypt. Department spokesman John Trattner refused to confirm or deny the reports . and- would make no com- ments when questioned by reporters. The Boston Globe report- ed that according to Con- gressional sources, the Ad- ministration approved an ar- rangement whereby two U.S. defense contractors would provide- technical ex- pertise to help the Eg yypp tians modernize the agii1ig MIGs. This would include replacing their original en- gines with more powerful Rolls-Royce Spey jet en- - gins. According to the Globe, a "senior Administration offi- cial" confirmed that the re- port was generally correct, but "too sensitive" • to dis- cuss at this time. The Globe story said, "When completed, the re- building effort would not only solve Egypt's mount- ing problem of how to keep its front line Russian com- bat aircraft operating with- out Soviet spare parts, but it also should improve the overall performance of the MIGs." The report said that Rolls-Royce, a British firm, declined the rebuilding job. Instead, two American firms, one an aircraft manu- facturer and the other an engine manufacturer, were approached to participate in the project. The firms were not identified. The re- port noted that only Ameri- can know-how, not equip- ment, would be involved. It said that President Anwar Sadat of Egypt has been under heavy , pressure from his military to swal- low his pride and patch up his relations with Moscow in order to check a contin- uing deterioration of Egypt's armed forces." According to the Globe, even with improvements, the MIGs would be inferior to Israel's American-made F-4 Phantom jets and there- fore the military balance in the Middle East would not be affected by the deal. Communal Degree CHICAGO (JTA)— Spertus College of Judaica this September will inaugu- rate a curriculum leading to a Master of Arts degree in Jewish communal serv- ice. The program was in- itiated under a grant from the ,Jewish Federation of MetrOpolitan Chicago. 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