ISRAEL-THE 51ST STATE?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01601R000300300016-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: June 5, 1971
• Content Type: NSPR

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11S. and canoil.c1 CO llltly union in to IS IU1en e Bill
out 11H'OrV Today {h eeliiolls'ria, Sul, v., to ss.y it
at 8 Ocia.loil is l h Ch.. Wuttl(1 have i'cfrre fcl, the , ie51
far closer In all areas terms(', em-- Gralt--?-ss wit-h Cc,111'.ocii -r7? I ms now ,C hR(1 a j} 110( VetC'o SST#:CI'S
a, r, nd sccLriiy al a 1.clfrlc is net only Con-
nobrile Co11 herotioil, intelligcI1(C: ex- -lo UI5 hogs Win Wool without side red vital to our o~iv11, but ];'here
Ci]a11i e, Co ,1 alo 1 ci hOIISh p, and lilu? Con`;I.tslo l;;l II 1At11sst0,7
i.lldl (11')10) 1rT1C support 1 r oils reaction t0 is Po . i:i)1l, CO;i,pi'c1?.
1 t t ]a n enjoyed, 111 the. area of mole 1 eaponry, be 1]lls? is I11orn? intC'Ils- 41;;17. 1"'Gold be
for exampl , between the U.S and United State;; 1 1 150 pu1'sued an Old- cvid]Wt With any of our NATO or
Great BMW . Unique also is Israel's ceptl;)n2l position VR- i'I Ise. l 1)11'- SjS
' - A'I.U allies,
In CSSCTLC,_',1 has
almos CJ tar immunity from CritiCtsn1 Ing the years ]Alen 1+e wore pressing become our Sl
tl C tr-. A,; 10210 S1 't.e
. over rou, . , F,
to iLI el throul ll the years, boil gov-
C +',t :?ntal and private, has been
prodigious. During the period between
1945-1969, United States Government
oc0no0liC aid totaled $1,3 billion, while
dollar transfers fl-om private sources
amounted Ito $2,5 billion, a total of
$3,8 billion, or $1,500 per capita on a
Content population of 2.5 million. 't'his
:greatly exceeds, oil a per capita basis,
bur assistance to any ally and coal-
lares to $35 per capita to the peoples
of thirteen neighboring states, Since
7.969, our assistance to ]scat=l has
greatly increased. Dollar transfers in
,r, , ?. , rttc ~Cr l'lpI ,tT nc, s Urvival to bee se`iouusly f ireat.ned,
economic and 7 .ilital5 iev~ agO ire ire would be ui ~`,'erlel War ill in two
might h a to adhere to the nuclear )11inU e,?-'?y,jth Berlin, it might tape
)touproliferation treaty, Israel alone several days!"
was C:xempted. from st.ro,lg~' rei?resenta- It is because. o! this fri 1lterljlln
lions, }vie _rtwhile, I Tael reportedly has reality That the A.dministration has
produced nuclear weapons des?il;ned assumod world leaders}rip in sechin'r
for Phantom aircraft delivery. . a negotiated settlement, and Secretary
In the exchatl