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JDC Gears Up
For Passover Holiday
New York (JTA) —
Although Passover doesn't
begin until April 17, the
American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee is
already well advanced in its
annual undertaking to supp-
ly holiday foods to Jews in
the territories of the former
Soviet Union.
This year the project has
become an emergency effort
to help meet the threat of
starvation brought about by
economic disarray. Ship-
ment of the first of
thousands of JDC food
packages will begin in the
next few days, following
months of meticulous plann-
ing for storage and distribu-
tion to Jewish populated re-
gions of the former Soviet
empire.
Food will be brought to
storage centers in Moscow
and Petersburg in the Rus-
sian Republic, and Odessa
and Kiev in Ukraine, from
where it will be distributed
to other members of the
Commonwealth of Indepen-
dent States.
An experienced 14-
member team has been
dispatched to those cities to
oversee distribution.
JDC is studying plans to
establish storage facilities in
Uzbekistan, in order to pro-
vide for even wider
geographical distribution.
Earlier pilot projects have
provided 1,500 food
packages to Jews in Moscow
and 3,000 to Jews in
Petersburg, formerly Len-
ingrad.
The first shipment,
scheduled to go out shortly,
consists of 20,000 food
packages, each containing
22 pounds of staples
—enough to feed a family for
weeks.
Other packages weighing
over five pounds each are be-
ing sent by JDC from Israel.
Sylvia Hassenfeld, presi-
dent of JDC, noted that the
organization has always re-
sponded to people in distress.
"The first priority will be
to provide food for those who
most depend on our assis-
tance to survive," she said.
JDC is an overseas arm of
the American Jewish com-
munity. Over its 77-year his-
tory, JDC has been primari-
ly funded by the United Jew-
ish Appeal which, in turn,
raises funds in partnership
with local Jewish federa-
tions and smaller com-
munities throughout the
United States.
Weapons Sales To India
Fruits Of New Ties
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israel
may become the new sup-
plier of military technology
and weapons to India, accor-
.,. ding to a report in the in-
fluential Times of India
newspaper, quoted by the
Israeli media.
New Delhi announced last
week that it would upgrade
what had been marginal dip-
lomatic ties with Israel to
the highest level, involving
an exchange of ambassadors.
One reason for the change
may be the breakup of the
former Soviet Union and of
Yugoslavia, which had been
among India's prime
weapons suppliers.
The supply of weapons
from Russia has ceased and
an arms deal with strife-torn
Yugoslavia had to be cancel-
ed, the Times of India re-
ported. Israel could be a
lifesaver for the Indian
military industry, which is
hungry for advanced
technology and sophisticated
weapons, the newspaper
said.
Sources in the Israeli
defense establishment were
quoted as saying that Indian
requests for Israeli weapons
would be looked upon
favorably.
Israel, in fact, is trying to
expand its military exports
to raise foreign currency.
But it adheres to strict
regulations over what to sell
and to whom, the sources
said.
Meanwhile, Israel is try-
ing to expand its contacts in
Southeast Asia, particularly
Vietnam and Cambodia,
with the hope of establishing
full diplomatic relations and
trade with those countries.
A diplomat from the
Israeli Embassy in Thailand
recently visited Vietnam,
according to press reports
here. A delegation of 12
Israeli industrialists will go
to Vietnam shortly as that
country embarks on a major
development program.
There are also reports that
Israel will soon send medical
aid to Cambodia and that an
Israeli diplomat might ac-
company the shipment.
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