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  • to hold this p i cture in reserve. Such arrangements would not necessarily involve heavy US resources . Meanwhile , we have a problem of how much aid to give to Jordan pending a political settl ement. If t he UAR comes to terms wit h Israel, we may want
  • everyvvhere except in Jordan. We still were holding off in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia . Mr. Gaud reported that we h ad had aid programs in s ix of the fourteen Arab countries (plus Israel)- - Sudan , Jord an , Tunisia, the UAR , Morocco, Israel -- and a pipeline
  • say no to the supersonics, Jordan will ask Soviet aid. If we say yes, Israel will demand supersonics. Thus, no matter what we do, we will be contributing to the arms race in the Middle East which we have been trying to damp down. 1£ necessary
  • have to have somebody carry a message to Garcia. What do we do?" General Wheeler responded by saying that our first approach should be to give Isra el military aid and all the support it needs for long­ term military operations. If we are convinced
  • funds or from a supplemental appropriation, Mi:. McNamara s aid both, but felt that, as far as Defens e was concerned, needs co'.ll.d be met largel y from e::Csting appropriations . Mr . McNamara and Mr . Barr noted that the Export- Import Bank