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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
- tell them (the Congress) that we will be out
of business in that area if we don't make a sale." The $6 million of econ
omic aid was approved. The $1. 8 million in non-lethal aid was approved.
The President then advised the group of the dates
- Foreign aid
- 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
- the Cabinet on·· .A!D policies ~n th.;)
a.r.ca. He pointed out there ware no new authorizations for ai·:::.-3~
.. shl?=.enta since the fighting broke out •. He also said that no new
ec onc.:nic aid agreements had been made. He said the D.e p~ :-tr.aent
- " and
it is contagious. I do not treat lightly the fact that the AID bill will
be cut from $3. 2 billion to $2. 2 billion.
The voices of the Mid-West
and the rural farmers are manifested in the Congress with incr e asing
effectivene ss.
--- The President is more
- Foreign aid
- aid agreements
would be delayed until after Secretary Rusk talks with the
Congress.
3. Position on the U. N. General Assembly vote on Jerusalem.
On the matter of the General Assembly vote on Jerusalem, Secretary
Katzenbach said that the State
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The President: Russell is against our involvement in the world.
we cause trouble with our foreign aid.
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P-er"'iuion of Cop1cight
Hotdar. W. Thomas Johnson
The President
- 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
- . And if Israel does not respond to this
position, the Soviets say they will give aid to the Arabs going far
beyond economic aid.
SANITIZED
E.O. 13292, Sec. 3.5
I UP SECRE'f-,. EYES ONLY
• NLJ./AAC. '?-JS5 ~A.,, NL:> 'l )· (,,O
By ~ , NARA, Date S- '1-1)5
- . CONCEPT 1'0Ns OF WHAT ·THE ;fl:J ~
;·1, I
- it is cible to rraintain
itsGlf (any econanic aid \\·ould require a hich-level political
c1ete:rnd.natior~)7"'- --·
"'
Adoption of a blunter line in ..iro, and ceveloprrent of intcrn~
tional sup[XJrt for the "fx:>sition, to ~las~?:.~ .. sane~!!: . tJ
- transition into a new relationship in which the Japanese
take increased responsibility as a partner as we alter the essentially
occupation status on the islands. At the moment they are assuming more
partnership responsibility in aid and monetary affail".s