Pollster Lou Harris told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today that his latest survey of opinion on the Middle East showed that a majority of Americans approved of the posting of American civilian technicians in Sinai although a majority did not believe this would prevent new fighting and a majority felt that the risk of American Involvement would increase sharply.
Harris was one of eight professional poll-takers who testified at what Committee chairman Sen. John Sparkman (D.Ala.) described as “educational hearings” on the “challenges and choices likely to be encountered in American foreign policy” in the remainder of this decade.
Harris said Americans approved technicians in Sinai by a majority of 42-28 percent with 30 percent “not sure.” A majority of 48-20 percent did not believe that the surveillance by Americans would prevent a sneak attack by either Egypt or Israel; and a 49-20 percent majority saw the risk of direct U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict increasing sharply as a result of the American presence, Harris reported.
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