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U.S. STEPS UP ARMS SUPPLY TO ISRAEL

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
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Library of Congress [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
LOC-HAK-186-2-4-9
Release Decision: 
RIFLIM
Original Classification: 
K
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
January 11, 2017
Document Release Date: 
August 2, 2010
Sequence Number: 
4
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 19, 1973
Content Type: 
OPEN SOURCE
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-186-2-4-9 /1/11 41k ? cIcp 7_ ON I~,?' 5 7-0 /,e,4-EL V 0 s.. TASS: (u.s. STEPS UP ARMS SUPPLY TO ISRAEL L191417 MOSCOW PASS IN ENGLISH 1358 GMT 19 OCT 73 L (TEXT) WASHINGTON OCTOBER 19 TASS--THE UNITED STATES IS EXPANDING MILITARY DELIVERIES TO ISRAEL. ACCORDING TO AMERICAN 'tEWS AGENCIES 1'HE UNITED ST-A ES IS SENDING ISRAEL ABOUT 20 00M1BAT PLANES A DAY, NOT COUNTING OTHER MILITARY ECUIPMENNT. SPEAKING IN MIAMI BEACH, FL RICA, THE HEAD OF THE PENTAGON, JAMES SHLESINGER, SAID THAT THE SIZE OF MILITARY DELIVERIES .0 ISRAEL CAN BE INCREASED TO ANY NECESSARY LEVEL. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ASK C~:NGRESS F' R NEW ALLOCATIONS TO PAY FOR THE "EMERGENCY DELIVERIES" TO TEL AVIV. THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND BUDGET AGENCY, R. ASH, HAS TOLD THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT ThE AD" I1 I S1 R A'1 ION WILL ASK FOR THESE PURPOSE-' 3CC-7C0 MILLION D':LLARS. BUT EVEN THIS HUGE SUM, HE SAID, DOES NOT REPRESENT THE FULL COST OF THE MIDDLE EAST WAR FOR THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO THE "NEW YORK DAILY NEWS" q ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED S1A.IES ARE C:NIIvUlivr TO RECRUIT SO-CALLED "VOLUNTEERS" FOR SENDING TO ISRAEL. BESIDES CITIZENS OF JEWISH NATIONALITY ZIONISTS ARE LOOKING FOR MERCENARIES AMONG AMERICAN i'NILITARY PILOTS WHO HAD FOUGHT IN THE VIETNAM WAR. THEY ARE OFFERED LARGE SUMS OF MONEY. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-186-2-4-9 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-186-2-4-9 FBIS 86 COUf OF SEQUENCE) ,KOSYG IN RETURNS TO MOSCOW L191453 MOSCOW DOMESTIC SERVICE fl s ,,RUS.SI,AC 1445 GhT 1.9 O CT 73 L (TEXT) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE USSR OF MINISTERS, ALEKSEY NIKOLAYEVICH KOSYGIN, FROM 16 TO 19 OCTOBER WAS IN CAIRO AND MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT OF THE ARE, AN WAR AS-SALT 1' Ai D COMRADE KOSYGIN RETURNED TO IiOSCOW. A rJAY 19 OCT 1501Z PK/JZ No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-186-2-4-9

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