Ambassador Moshe Arens of Israel today paid his first official call on Secretary of State Alexander Haig and said afterwards that he is to meet with Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger tomorrow. Arens said that during his 45-minute meeting with Haig, he expressed the feeling that American arms sales in the Middle East would create dangers.
During a Mideast trip last week, Weinberger created a furor in Israel when he talked about the possibility of selling F-16 warplanes and mobile anti-aircraft missiles to Jordan. President Reagan subsequently assured Israel that he is “determined to see that Israel’s qualitative technological edge is maintained” and reiterated that “Israel remains America’s friend and ally.”
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