CUTOFF OF TURKISH AID DELAYED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00957A000100020005-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 18, 1974
• Content Type: NSPR

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THE WASHINGTON POST DATE_
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By Spencer Rich
Washington Post Staff Writer
0 e.-qe to ~,e Si S
ag e-- yesterday to dela a to-
treto ,,pf
weapons ' aid to Turkey until
Feb. 5, to give Secretary of
State Henry A. _ Kissinger
mi? -P time to negotiate peke
iri Cyprus.
!p'ie postponement was en-
dorsgd by the conferees after
Kissinger met with House
leaders and foes Q a141oTu
"eyonday night in a plea
for more negotiating time.
The Feb. 5 cutoff date was
then written into the final ver-
Sion of a $2.69-billion foreign
aid authorization bill ., and he They also stressed that the
e~pat p sg~l theconference Feb. 5 date in a bill that will
report, 49 to 4` ~_. become permanent law makes
Ear_Igpproyal is ex- the cutoff absolute and un-
p_cted clearing the measure avoidable, , unless Turkey
for the White House. I agrees to start withdrawing Its
Thomas F. Eagleton (D-Mo.)
and Reps. John Brademas (D-
Ind.), Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md.)
and Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-
N.Y.), said they still favor an
immediate end of aid to, Tur-
key tut_ had agreed n t to
tlemen "w
shortly. t
for Indochina, and $145 mil-
lion for South Korea, with an-
other $20 million to }g-avail-
able if South Korea makes
"substantial progress in the
observance of human i hts"
by reducing political regres-
sion.
The bill also bars 'weapons
aid to the military government
of Chile, limits economic aid
to Chile to $25 million, allows
$25 million for Cyprus refugee
aid and $25 million for eco-
nomic .aid to Portugal.
The. meaaure.-.0]V jarse
vert_._disruptive activities in
fa_ countries unless ?`(ron-
rss is notified in-_a-d- v ance,
g_ rin wartie or war-
powers emergencies undFr he
WAr 1?.R31' ..5. XUde"cT~enate
langna a imposing a simi'Iar
bal~ on all other aencies of
the gnvernmenwas dropped.
A previous cutoff voted by
Congress was attached to tem-
porary legislation.
Brademas repeatedly re-
fused to say whether 'Kis-
singer had informed them of
plans to open
&Syprus set- ! that . the . hope for talks soon
commence ` is a realistic hope based on
reoresentatinn.e that have
. .rotas foreign arc for camoo-
dia was limited to $371 million
instead of` the $578 million re-
quested by the White House.
Jam` the total, $200 million
.could be for weapons aid. In
addition, $75 million in author-
ity to draw down existiing U.S.
m.ili,xary supplies to help Cam-
-+bodia was provided, for a 'total
sof $275 million in weapons aid.
-The bill also imposes restric-
tions on U?S. training of for-
eign police and security
forces.
The ' White House had
sought $3.25 billion in. new au-
thorizations for foreign aid.
The bill was some $555 million
less.
been made to us." He declined
to elaborate.
The aid cutoff resulted from
charges that Turkey was using
U.S.-aid weapons for aggres-
sion in Cyprus, contrary to aid
laws and agreements.
For Israel, the final aid bill
carries $325 million in eco-
nomic aid and $300 million in
military aid. It also carries
$250 million economic aid for
Egypt, $100 million for Syria
(provided Syria removes barri-
ers to emigration of some 4,-
000 Jews), $100 million arms
aid for Jordan, $617 million
economic "reconstruction" aid
See AID, A4, Col. 4
House Foreign AffairsCom-
mlittee Chairman Thomas E.
Morgan (D-Pa.) said the Feb. 5
cutoff date on aid to Turkey
.as included in the bill; "with
the expectation that there's
going to be negotiations . .
The secretary is satisfied. He
would be in opposition to a
complete rimmediatel cutoff
but he felt confident some
progress could be made by
then."
Until Feb. 5, aid to Turkey
may continue, provided it isn't
used to resupply troops on Cy-
prus with "implements of
war" and provided Turkey
doesn't break the Cyprus
cease-fire or increase its
forces there.- Brademas said
Kissinger pledged no accelera-
tion of, arms shipments to Tur-
key in the weeks before; Feb.
5.
y On final passage, both Mary-.
Land senators voted for the
bill, both Virginians against.
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Cutoff of Turicish Aid Delayed