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  • OFFLOADED AND ONE PARKED BESIDE AIRCRAFT. BEIRUT DAILY STAR PHOTO 12 FEB. IS AP WIREPHOTO WHICH WE ASSUME IDENTICAL TO PHOT'O CARRIED IN ISRAELI JERUSALEM POST• 2. CAPTION BELOW BEIRUT WlftEPHOTO STATES JORDANIAN SOLDIER PAGE 2 RU QMKG 189A .c-~~~-rt-~-N
  • ) along the Israeli-Eg-.rp__Q.,a n border in Sinai. Secretary­ General U Thant promptly COffiPiled with the Egyptian request. In these new circumstances, President Johnson sent a letter to Prime Minister EslL~ol of Israel on May 17 expressing sympathetic
  • Ambassador in New York to maintain close contact with the Ambassador of the Soviet Uni_on and trust you will want to do likewise. Respectfully, Lyndon DECLASSIFIED I\J.SC..I c, ~~-J1 B. Johnson
  • 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
  • posi­ tions in the military hierarchy. The King's con­ viction that Jordan had to have new equipment in order to satisfy his army's demands for modern arms was essentially a response to this group. -7- \. B=E-C-R-E-1' • ., I NT E L L CENTRAL r
  • Amman, not just the USIA man, authorized local coverage· in Jordan. The lsrae~ knew all about it anywa,C- :/- ~ j_ 'ff~ -- • .§ What was not especially wise was for USIA's weekly News Review, which circulates all through the Arab \vodd, to play up