Responding to questions regarding Premier Golda Meir’s visit, State Department spokesman Charles Bray said Friday that the views of Mrs. Meir, Egyptian emissary Hafez Ismail and Jordan’s King Hussein will give the United States “an opportunity to reflect” on their positions before proceeding further, but said nothing specific on the “future evolution” of the Middle East situation. Bray declined to comment on the level of assistance the U.S. will give Israel in the future but pointed to White House press secretary Ronald Ziegler’s statements Thursday regarding “continuing support” to Israel.
Some analysts here interpreted Ziegler’s remark as meaning the on-going support in the pipeline where Israel is getting approximately $515 million in economic and military aid, mostly in credits, and that the new fiscal year beginning July 1 may bring a different U.S. position on foreign aid in general.
While the political complexion of the Middle East may cause some variation in the Nixon Administration’s outlook by mid-summer on help to Israel on the present level, it is believed that the Administration’s problems with inflation and its conflict with Congress on budgetary limitations may be much more important considerations on the level of assistance for Israel.
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D.N.Y,) telephoned the mother of Boris Penson, the imprisoned Soviet Jewish artist, and assured her of strong support for the movement to free her son and to obtain full rights for Jewish citizens in the USSR, including the right to emigrate. Mrs. Abzug, speaking in Yiddish and English in an overseas call Friday to Riga, informed Mrs. Gessia Penson of the widespread efforts on behalf of her son, including demonstrations, petition campaigns and plans for exhibits of Boris’ works in a number of American and Canadian cities.
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