The Soviet radio has broadcast allegations that Israel is being armed with “nuclear weapons. Radio Moscow in the past several days has been broadcasting threats to destroy Middle Eastern states serving “nuclear war bases” of the United States.
The broadcast said France and Israel had reached an agreement, while “there are also reports circulating on the arming of Israel with nuclear weapons and on great maneuvers being carried out by NATO’s Mediterranean forces with the participation of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, which allegedly carries atomic weapons. “
(In Damascus, Syria, Premier Sabri Assali said today that only Israel “and her Western allies” are contemplating aggression against Jordan. He added that Syria and Egypt, linked with Jordan by a mutual defense treaty, “are determined to spare no effort in defending Jordan’s independence and sovereignty.” The Arab states “are fully prepared to retaliate with double blows against Israel. ” he declared.)
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