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SPECIAL
MEMORANDUM
EO 13526
3.3(b)(1 )>25Yrs
EO 13526
3.3(b)(6)>25Yrs
EO 13526
3.5(c)
BOARD OF
NATIONAL ESTIMATES
The New Situation in the Persian Gulf
1 February 1968
No. 3-68
I
SA I IZ 7D
E.O. 13526, ec. 3.5
NU/RAC
By
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General U Thant promptly co~iled 'With the Egyptian request.
In these new circumstances, President Johnson sent a letter to
Prime Minister Eshkol of Israel on May 17 expressing sympathetic
understanding of the strain placed upon Israel's patience
- for Expanding Refugee Absorption Rate
1.
The Jordan Seven Year Plan Proposals
2.
Other Potentials and New Dimensions in the Area
a.
Resumption and Expansion of Development Projects and Refugee
Training
b.
Expanding Tourist Trade
c.
Expanding Israel-West
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You have agreed to see the UAR Ambassador,
Dro Mostafa Kamel, on Monday, May 22, 1967 at
3:00 porno The call will be a farewell courtesy
call before Ambassador Kamel's departure for his
new post in Brusselso
Enclosed are suggested talking points
- . In sum, he felt there was nothing to indicate
any massive movement of funds . He s aid we were not interfering.
At the President's request for comment, Mr . Bundy said the
following about his new assignment; He would be in familiar company and
would do
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to avoi d undermi ning the confidence which exists between the President and
Ambassador Taylor. No great new decisions are expected to result.
Under Secretary Ball Reviewed the problem of military assistance to Jordan.
The Arab States are jointly tryi ng
- the cards we have had to play in this field.
Secr etary Fowler
indicated that he was seeing Mr. Schweitzer of the IMF and private
bankers from New York i n the next coupl e of days, and we could begin
laying any ground work necessary.
The President then said
- Javits has now proposed (February 1 Congressional Record)
that the Senate Banking and Currency Committee conduct a study of the
eff~ctiveness of existing legislation in protecting US fir~ from the
Arab boycott. This may set off a new campaign on the part
- and launched int o a
discussion of whether or not we should press for Security Council action
on Vietnam, but then returned to explain the devel opment s on the
Middle Eas t in New York since July. He concluded by indicating that
the non-permanent
- to the solution cf many of the problems n w besett ing
developing ceuntries. Mr. Saunders then recalled the Minister's •is
cussion of Egyptian 4evelopnent preblems with Mr. Rostew last autumn
and asked how things were new going. The subsequent •iscussi0n turned
- be infonned :In advance of
contenplated new 'CEO effort.
Premature public
revelation~
Mission
would adversely affect USG relations with t9orego1ng entities 1 thus pre
judicing their full coq>eration with conciliation endeavoro
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