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NEWS
Israel, Egypt aid requests
to the U.S. are linked
Washington (JTA) — The State
Department appearedto indicate
that if Israel gets increased U.S.
aid next year, so will Egypt, al-
though not necessarily in the
same amount.
This position was hinted at
when the department's deputy
spokesman Alan Romberg, was
asked about a published report
that Egypt will ask the U.S. to
raise its aid for 1985 by $1 billion
to a total of $3.15 billion.
Romberg replied that while
Egypt "has made various requests
for increases in the level of our
economic and military assis-
tance," the Reagan Administra-
tion has "not yet made any deci-
sions as to the assistance level
which will be proposed to Con-
gress."
When asked if any Egyptian in-
creases would be tied to an in-
crease for Israel, Romberg re-
plied, "both Egypt and Israel are
full partners in the peace process
and as such reasonably could ex-
pect comparable treatment. Com-
parability 'has not been and
sholild not be interpreted to imply
that aid levels should be identical.
We are dealing with two countries
whose specific needs differ.",,
The Egyptian request for addi-
tional aid was revealed by Prime
Minister Kamal Hassan Ali in an
interview published in the Wash-
ington Post. He said the increase
was needed to offset an expected
decrease in Egypt's income from
oil sales, money sent home by
Egyptians working abroad and
tourism.
Israel has asked for $800 mil-
lion this year in emergency eco-
nomic aid in addition to the $2.6
billion it is receiving. It has re-
quested that military and eco-
nomic aid for the 1986 fiscal year
be increased to $4.5 billion.
Meanwhile, Romberg said the
U.S. hopes to conclude by next
week negotiations with Israel for
a Free Trade Area. He said sev-
eral issues still have to be re-
solved but "we have made consid-
erable progress." Congress ap-
proved establishment of an FTA
last fall.
Meanwhile, Sen. Richard
Lugar (R.-Ind.)-, the new chair-
man of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, stressed that it
will be difficult to increase aid to
Israel and Egypt as well as other
countries because the United
States is dealing with "our own
budgetary constraints."
There is "strong support" in
both Congress and the - Reagan
Administration for aid to Israel
and Egypt, Lugar said in response
to questions from foreign corre-
spondents at the Foreign Press
Center here. He noted that aid to
the two countries are "related"
and account for about half of the
total U.S. foreign aid budget.
Lugar 'said the request for in-
creased aid for the two countries
comes at a time when the Ad-
ministration and Congress are
"grappling" with efforts to reduce
the large U.S. budget deficit. He
said there is a "poignancy" when
members of Congress discuss
foreign aid proposals with their
constituents at a time when those
constituents face elimination or
at "best a freeze" of programs
benefiting themselves.
He noted that Congress and the
Administration are considering
freezing every domestic program
including the military budget,
and even discussing a freeze on
the cost-of-living increase for So-
cial Security recipients.