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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
EEC Countries Snub Israel
Invite to Golan War Games
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The military attaches of the
four major European Eco-
nomic Community (EEC)
countries — Britain,
France, Germany and Italy
— recently declined an Is-
rael Defense Force (IDF) in-
vitation to watch military
maneuvers on the Golan
Heights.
At the end of last week,
- the four officers held a stiff
meeting with military in-
telligence chief Maj. Gen.
Yehoshua Saguy, on the
subject of their absence
from the exercise, held some
weeks ago.
At least one of the at-
taches said he came away
from the meeting with the
impression that Saguy had
hinted he would not invite
the EEC attaches to future
war games even inside the
"Green Line."
An EEC diplomatic
source said that if that
was the case there would
be contacts on the high-
est levels between Israel
and EEC governments
and there could be "retal-
iation" against the IDF
attaches in London",
Paris, Bonn and Rome.
The attaches and their
embassies made it clear un-
officially to Israel govern-
. ment circles that their ab-
sence from the exercise was
intended to express their
governments' dissatisfac-
tion with present Israeli
policies — and especially
with the proposal currently
being canvassed in both
government and opposition
parties to annex the Golan.
One ECC diplomat ex-
plained that the attaches'
absence ought to serve as a
clear message to Israel that
if the annexation idea be-
came law, relations with
Western Europe would suf-
fer heavily. He added that
the attaches had not under-
taken their absence as a
concerted, and demonstrat-
ive act: Each had given his
separate pretext for staying
away.
But it is reliably under-
stood that there was prior
consultation between the
four leading ECC embassies
here, and, in two cases at
least, there were specific in-
structions from the home
government for the attache
to stay away.
There have been pre-
cedents in the past of
military attaches attend-
ing IDF maneuvers
across the "Green Line."
Since the IDF occupies
these territories legally —
as military occupier —
the attaches, as distinct
from the diplomats, are
entitled by international
law to pursue their duties
there.
The attaches of the U.S.,
Canada, the Philippines
and some Latin American
countries participated in
the Golan maneuver.
U.S. to Construct Military
Airfield at Ras Banas, Egypt
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Pentagon officials have con-
firmed that the Carter Ad-
ministration plans to con-
struct a first class military
airfield at Ras lianas on the
Red Sea for use by the U.S.
Rapid Deployment Force to
accommodate a division of
troops and a flotilla of long-
range American bombers.
Ras Banas is in south-
eastern Egypt, not far from
its border with Sudan and
almost directly opposite the
Saudi Arabian and Persian
Gulf oil fields. The RDF is
being formed to deal with
volative situations like
those in the Middle East.
Pentagon sources have
made it known that Oman,
Somalia, Kenya, Diega
Garcia and Israel also fig-
ure prominently in U.S.
contingency plans to meet
Soviet threats to the West's
oil lines. .
Somalia and Oman
have already agreed to
allow U.S. forces to use
sites in their areas.
British controlled Diega
Garcia in the Indian
Ocean also is engaged for
that purpose.
President
Egyptian
Anwar Sadat had said the
U.S. could use Egyptian
facilities, but not have a
base on Egyptian soil. The
arrangement for Ras Banas
could be to provide a staging
area for American forces.
U.S. planes and troops
would not be permanently
stationed at Ras Banas, but
fly there in periods of ten-
.
sion. A U.S. division is corn-
prised of 18,000 men.
The airfield construction
budget will be presented to
congress in January. While
the facilities to modernize
the now outmoded field at
Ras Banas will reportedly
cost about $400 million, the
Pentagon says this figure is
incorrect, indicating it will
be less.
Why the U.S. is prepared
to spend this huge sum on
Ras Banas when Israeli air
bases in the Sinai, El Etzion
being among the world's
best, are being passed up is
a question that remains
formally unanswered.
Congress, however, is cer-
tain to require answers
when the Pentagon pre-
sents the proposal to it for
approval next winter. An-
other as yet unanswered
query is whether the U.S.
will be able to use the base
to fly support to Israel in the
event Israel comes under at-
tack.
•
Music Exhibit
in New York
NEW YORK — "Music in
Ancient Israel," an exhibi-
tion sponsored jointly by the
Tarbuth Foundation for the
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Culture, the Hebrew Arts
School, and Yeshiva Uni-
versity Museum, will open
Tuesday, October 14 and
run through December at
the Abraham Goodman
House in New York.
Plan to Attend Bar-Han University's
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