European Common Market countries were rewarded today by Arab countries for their pro-Arab stance in the Middle East crisis. After a four-hour meeting of Arab oil ministers here they announced that the Common Market countries will be exempted from the Arab oil producers’ monthly five percent supply cutback in Dec. But the statement of the Organization of Arab Oil Producing Countries (OAPEC) issued here today also said that the oil embargo to The Netherlands and the United States would continue. The foreign ministers of Common Market countries recently called for a complete withdrawal of Israel from all occupied Arab territories.
Charles S. Zimmerman, a former vice-president of the ILGWU, revealed in New York that the USSR was sending Aaron Vergelis, editor of “Soviet Homeland,” to the U.S. “in an attempt to placate the American Jewish community with regard to Soviet policies against Jews.” Zimmerman told a Jewish Labor Committee 40th anniversary luncheon audience that “our information is that the Soviets believe that by sending him they will be able to explain away Soviet repression of Jews and Soviet incursions into the Middle East. They are wasting their time and money.” He added, “no responsible Jewish leader or organization in this country will find credibility in anything he has to say.”
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