Chairman Emanuel Celler of the House Judiciary Committee today solicited the views of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on a recent statement by Syrian Premier Faris el Khoury urging Arabs to “take American arms and attack Israel.”
Rep. Celler quoted a Jewish Telegraphic Agency report in his communication to Mr. Dulles. He said that the American arms shipments to Iraq endangered Near Eastern peace. “While it is true that our present program does not call for the shipment of arms to Syria, there is no guarantee that arms sent to Iraq would not find their way to Syria if there were a renewal of hostilities,” he pointed out.
The Secretary was urged to have U. S. diplomats make representations in Damascus regarding the question of the propriety of the Syrian Premier’s statement.
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