Time magazine claimed today that United States “concern” over France’s massive arms deal with Libya is “prompted not solely by the possible impact of the sale on the Middle East arms race, but also by some purely commercial considerations. Both the U.S. and the British hope to make arms deals of their own with the Libyans.” According to Time, the French action may now cause the U.S. to reconsider a request by Premier Golda Meir of Israel for more U.S. Phantom and Sky hawk jets and ground-to-air missiles. Time said the French Government “deliberately misled” the U.S. on its sale of 50 Mirages to the Libyans.
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