A resolution calling for the reaffirmation of the Tripartite Declaration and its implementation by permitting Israel to obtain arms and a mutual security pact between the U.S. and Israel was adopted here today at the inaugural convention of the newly merged American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. (See earlier story on page 3). The resolution said in part:
“The AFL-CIO urges the United States, Britain and France to reaffirm their Tripartite Declaration of 1950, and to implement it by enabling the Republic of Israel to obtain arms and all other means necessary for the maintenance of its territorial integrity and national independence.
“The best interests of our country and the needs of world peace and social progress demand that our government enter into a mutual security pact with the Republic of Israel. Such a pact would be strictly defensive in character and would not be aimed at any neighbor of Israel. Such an American-Israel Mutual Security Pact might well serve as the model for similar accords between our country and the Arab lands, thus paving the way for a Middle East Mutual Security Treaty Organization, embracing all of the nations in this pivotal area, within the framework of the UN and dedicated to the furtherance of world peace and human well-being.”
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