A Defense Department spokesman said today that the United States Army in Germany is authorized to sell “demilitarized” military equipment to Egypt under the same provisions governing the sale of such equipment in the continental United States to foreign nations.
He said that regulations required that weapons sold under these requirements could only be used for their “basic metal content” for scrap rather than military purposes. No statistics were available here as to the type or amount of American equipment sold to Egypt by the U.S. forces in Germany under “surplus” sales arrangements. Normal export permits required for munitions are not required for such “scrap” items, the spokesman made known.
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