Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the Israel Treasury Department today sent urgent cables to the Israel Embassy in Washington, requesting detailed information on the decision of the State Department to eliminate Israel from the list of countries to receive grant-in-aid from the American Government this year. The report on the dropping of Israel from the United States list for special aid came as a complete surprise to the Israelis.
It is presumed that the Israel Embassy in Washington will be instructed by the Government to approach the State Department, in an effort to effect a change in the decision. While United States grant-in-aid assistance to Israel was gradually reduced each year, no one here anticipated a complete elimination for fiscal 1960. In 1953, U.S. grant assistance to Israel was $70, 000, 000. It dropped to $7, 500, 000 in the fiscal year 1959.
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