Secretary of State Dean Rusk today told a press conference that while the United States was thinking about the problem of reducing the arms burdens borne by Middle Eastern nations he did not believe he could profit by stating what measures were under consideration.
Replying to a request for amplification of Vice President Lyndon Johnson’s weekend New York statement before the B’nai Zion Order, Mr. Rusk said this was one of the world problems where premature comment might not help.
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