The $1,225,000,500 arms bill passed jointly by two Senate committees yesterday may have an important effect on the arms situation of Israel and the Arab countries, it was stated here today.
Although the major provision of the bill is to provide arms for any European nation “whose strategic location makes it of direct importance to the defonse of the North Atlantic area,” another provision authorizes the sale of arms to any nation anywhere “whose ability to defend itself or to participate in the defense of the area of which it is a part is important” to American security. The tripartite statement of policy on arms for the Near East emphasized that weapons will be supplied to Israel and the Arab states “for legitimate self-defense.”
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