“There is grave danger that with Russian troops in Egypt the Russians might try to hold Europe for ransom.” Senator Jacob Javits said today. But, he told a press conference, America “obviously” would not let this happen. The Republican Senator from New York had arrived in London from Brussels where he had participated at the meeting of the Political Commission of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Sen. Javits said he had urged his colleagues in the Political Commission to underscore the need for Europe to help the U.S. directly in Mideastern affairs. He said Europe could help by supplying more naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea. The Mideast should be included in negotiations and contacts between East and West Europe, Senator Javits stated. There was a tendency in Europe, he said, to view the Mideast as something which was American but not European business–despite the strategic importance of Greece, Turkey and Italy; as well as the importance of Mideastern oil.
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