The State Department again today sloughed off threats of renewed warfare between the Arab states and Israel, saying, “the present trend in the area seems to be toward conditions of peace.”
This view was expressed in a letter from Assistant Secretary of State Jack K. McFall, writing on behalf of Secretary of State Dean Acheson, to Rep. Isidore Dollingar of New York. It was in reply to Rep. Dollinger;s complaint on the heavy British arms shipments to Egypt and other Arab states and his request for a review of American policy toward the arms race in the Near East.
Stating that American policy is based on action by the United Nations Security Council last August 11, when the arms embarge was lifted, McFall wrote: “The U.S. stands by this policy and has been permitting exportation to both the Arab states and Israel of military equipment which has been considered necessary for maintenance of internal order and to provide for legitimate defense requirements. The U.S. will continue to receive applications from all governments in the Near East for exportation of military equipment and will consider these applications within the framework of the above policy.”
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