An agreement for the supply of American-made planes is to be signed shortly between the United States and Israel, Ambassador Simcha Dinitz said last night in a television interview. The envoy said that the U.S. will continue to supply Israel with the arms necessary to maintain its defense because the U.S. is basically committed to the safety and well-being of Israel.
A high-level Israeli Defense Ministry purchasing mission left several days ago for Washington. The mission, headed by Joseph Mayan, the Defense Ministry’s new director general, will seek to sign the arms purchasing agreement this month so that it can be included in this fiscal year’s U.S. military budget. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30.
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