EGYPTIAN SPOKESMAN ASSAILS U.S. AID TO ISRAEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-185-3-16-6
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: October 12, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-185-3-16-6
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M121251 CAIRO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN ARABIC 1230 GMT 12 OCT 73 M
(TEXT) CAIRO--AHMAD ANIS, THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE ARAB
REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, HAS STATED THAT REPORTS HAVE BEEN REPEATED IN THE
PAST 2 DAYS ON THE UNITED STATES' SENDING URGENT CONSIGNMENTS OF ARMS
TO ISRAEL AND THAT THESE REPORTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY MORE THAN
ONE WESTERN NEWS AGENCY, REFERRED TO QUANTITIES OF ARMS THAT HAVE
INDEED BEEN SHIPPED TO ISRAEL FROM A U.S. AIR BASE.
THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN REFERRED TO A DECISION MADE BY A U.S.
JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO ALLOCATE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
iOF DEFENSE A BUDGET TO SUPPLY ISRAEL WITH TANKS AND LIGHT WEAPONS
TO OFFSET ITS LOSSES IN THE WAR.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT THE UNITED
STATES AT THE SAME TIME PROPAGATED STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO SOME
U.S. OFFICIALS THAT THE SOVIET UNION IS SUPPLYING EGYPT AND SYRIA WITH
MILITARY EQUIPMENT BY AIR.
THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARAB
REPUBLIC OF EGYPT IS FOLLOWING SUCH REPORTS WITH CLOSE INTEREST,
REPORTS THAT SHOW A CLEAR PROVOCATION OF THE ARAB NATION'S
FEELINGS AT THIS CRITICAL STAGE OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT IN
WHICH THE UNITED STATES INDEED BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BACKING
THE ISRAELI AGGRESSORS POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY AND MILITARILY.
THIS U.S. SUPPORT HAS ENABLED ISRAEL FOR WELL OVER 6 YEARS, SINCE THE
JUNE WAR, TO CHALLENGE WORLD OPINION, TO CONTINUE TO OCCUPY THE
TER;RITOHIES THAT WERE USURPED BY AGGRESSION FROM THREE ARAB STATES,
AND TO CLOSE THE SUEZ CANAL TO INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION, THUS
INFLICTING EXTENSIVE ECONOMIC HARM ON NUMEROUS STATES OF THE WORLD.
THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN SAID: THE ARAB REPUBLIC 'OF EGYPT
WARNS AGAINST THE RESULTS THAT MIGHT ENSUE FROM THE CONTINUED
U.S. POLICY OF EXTENDING ALL-CUT SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION
AND PROVIDING THE AGGRESSORS WITH ARMS THEY ARE USING TO STRIKE AT
CIVILIANS IN SYRIA AND EGYPT.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-185-3-16-6