The new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and Asian Affairs, James H. Noyes, was active for more than four years for the American Friends of the Middle East, an organization that has taken a consistently pro-Arab stand on matters affecting that region, it was disclosed today. Mr. Noyes, 43, assumed his Pentagon post on Sept. 15. He is responsible for all policy matters of Defense Department interest pertaining to countries of the Near East and Southeast Asia. He served the American Friends of the Middle East at home and abroad. He was employed by the Bank of America’s international department for three years and was director of the Northeast Asia division of the Ama Foundation in San Francisco before he was appointed to his present position.
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