KOSYGIN COMMENTS ON MIDEAST SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-185-6-46-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: October 15, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-185-6-46-0
F3 IS 179' ' //XDSYGIN COMMENTS ON MIDEAST SITUATION
L151940 MOSCOW TASS IN ENGLISH 1934 GMT 15 OCT 73 L
(TEXT) MOSCOW OCTOBER 15 TASS--ALEKSEY KOSYGIN SAID:
"WE
SHALL
CONTINUE STRENGTHENING FURTHER SOLIDARITY WITH THE ARAB PEOPLES
IN THEIR JUST STRUGGLE" .
SPEAKING HERE TODAY AT A DINNER IN HONOUR OF PRIME
MINISTER
OF DENMARK ANKER JORGENSEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE USSR
COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS SAID:
WE CANNOT
ARE TRYING TO
BUT SEE THAT THE OPPONENTS OF DETENTE
USE EVERY PRETEXT TO REVIVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF
^>
THE COLD WAR
COEXISTENCE.
AND CAUSE MISTRUST IN THE POLICY OF PEACEFUL
THEY ARE NOW TRYING IN EVERY WAY TO EXPLOIT IN
THESE PURPOSES THE RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, WHITEWASHING THE AGGRESSOR AND ACCUSING THE VICTIMS
OF AGGRESSION. THEY HAVE GONE SO FAR IN THIS THAT THEY ARE
PRESENTING THE SOVIET UNION'S SOLIDARITY WITH THE VICTIMS
OF ISRAEL'S AGGRESSION--WITH THE ARAB COUNTRIES--AS ALL
BUT THE SOURCE OF TENSION IN THAT AREA. IT IS DIFFICULT
TO IMAGINE ANYTHING FURTHER REMOVED FROM REALITY.
IT IS AN OPEN SECRET THAT THE AGGRESSIVE POLICY OF THE
ISRAELI RULING CIRCLES I.5 A CAUSE OF THE EXISTING SITUATION IN
THE MIDDLE EAST. USING OUTSIDE SUPPORT AND PATRONAGE, THESE
CIRCLES WERE FRUSTRATING ALL THE EFFORTS AIMED AT THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A JUST PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND WERE
FANNING UP THE FLAMES OF MILITARY CONFLICT IN THE AREA.
AS To THE SOVIET UNION9GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CPSU CENTRAL
CGMMITTEE LEONID BREZHNEV STRESSED RECENTLY THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS
AND REMAINS A FIRM SUPPORTER OF A JUST DURABLE PEACE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND OF GUARANTEED SECURITY FOR ALL THE
COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES OF THE AREA. AS BEFORE, WE ARE READY TO MAKE
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO ENSURING SUCH A PEACE.
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLES OF EGYPT, SYRIA AND OTHER
ARAB COUNTRIES, UPHOLDING THEIR LEGITIMATE RIGHTS AND
INTERESTS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ISRAELI AGGRESSOR AND
THE CARE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JUST PEACE--THIS IS THE
ESSENCE OF OUR POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE SOVIET UNION DOES NOT SEEK ANYTHING FOR ITSELF IN THE
AREA. ALL OUR 'ACTIONS ARE AIMED AT HELPING THE PEOPLES OF THE
ARAB COUNTRIES LIBERATE THEIR LANDS SEIZED BY ISRAEL, ACHIEVE
A JUST POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, STRENGTHEN THEIR INDEPENDENCE,
CREATE A FLOURISHING NATIONAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOP ALONG THE
ROAD OF PROGRESS.
15 OCT 20h9Z DPS/HH". '
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-185-6-46-0