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  • KING FAISAL KNOV IF· HE FINDS US PACKAGE UNACCEPTABLEo ACCORDI~G TO ZAID, TALHOUNI HAD SAID TO KlNG THAT EVEN HE, WHO HAD NEVER HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICANS, BELIEVED IT ~OULD BE IN JORDAN•s INTEREST TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AVOID CHANG
  • ~. Indeed, the King of Morocco headed a move to rally the uncommitted Arab States to a neutralist course. Moreover, immediately after the adoption of the U.N. resolution, the United States urged Israel to effect at least the cease-fire with Jordan lest King
  • the futm--e of the base. The provision of U.S. tanks to Israel would . also jeopardize the posi- ­ tion of Jordan, long considered the keystone to peace in the Near Eas-tIt would n1ake it aw1mard for King Hussein to maintain his close relation­ ship
  • to try to avoid ringingown some sort or Iron Curtain there. ,'\:.·· .. ·. Friends on all sides oall us to ohooae up, and others like the Egyptians say we already ~ave. Faisal and Hussein want us to give up on Nasser and throw our lot in with them. Some
  • . But with the British pulling out of South Arabia next January, Faisal, Hussein, Haile Selassie, the Shah and Eshkol were watching closely to see whether we and the British would stand for a Nasser takeover there. The current Arab-Israeli crisis has brought the test