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- sooner than we expected, but the South Arabian problem will
still provide the follow-up to the current showdown.
The policy question in South Arabia as on Israelis borders is
how far we can and should commit ourselves to block Nasser and his
Soviet
- for all GI those who -..var..t to have
the job to expl'ess themselves to the people .. He said he v,ras considering
~\velcoming all corn.ers to come out with their programs.
Secretary lv1cNa"l:nara.:
out on the block.
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- would block Soviet influence out of the Middle East.
we must move fast.
He underlined that
He concluded that we are on the edge of a war in the
Middle East, at least as serious for us as Vietnam, unless we balance our
12/29/67
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accounts
- , and to see Soviet opportunities for expanding in that
direction blocked, lay behind this interest in the Gulf.
Until recently, we could rely on Great Britain to provide
the keystone to this stability.
Our ability to count on
Britain here was, however
- of · con
sultation. Should the Egyptians block Israeli shipping, the
U.S. Government would expect to confer with the Government of
Israel on measures to be taken.
Harman then reported a "disturbing conversation" between
Foreign Minister Abba Eban