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VOL.53   NO.30
JULY 24,1975-AB16
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Superpowers Are Urged To Begin Contingency
Planning For Mideast Nuclear Confrontation
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Warns Of So¥iet Danger
NEW YORK — Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel
Prize-winning novelist who was exiled from the Soviet
Union last year, reflects a moment before delivering a
fiery speech against U.S.-Soviet detente to an AFL-CIO
luncheon in New York. "If you (Americans) were born
free, why do you help our slave owners?" he" asked. ]
"When they bury us (Soviet dissidents) alive, please do
not send them shovels." The writer declared that the
Cold War is "still on," warned that Soviet leaders are
not trustworthy, and called on Americans to recognize
the "world-wide danger" that Soviet power poses to
their own freedom and security.
When the 56-year-old writer appeared at a similar
AFL-CIO luncheon in, Washington a week earlier,
President Ford-turned down an invitation to the event
and declined to receive Mr. Solzhenitsyn in the White
House, reportedly to avoid offending the Kremlin. But
New York's Mayor Abraham Beame attended the
luncheon in New York, gave the writer a key to the
city, and said, "We New Yorkers have decried the
persecution of Jews in your country."
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NEW YORK (JTA) - The
world's superpowers should.
immediately   begin   con¬
tingency planning for  a
nuclear confrontation in the
Middle East so that effects of
any such event do not spread
to world atomic war, two
international defense ex¬
perts warn. Drs. RobertJ.
Pranger   ahd - Dale ■ R^
Tahtinen,     authors     of
"Nuclear  Threat  in the 2
Middle   East,"   a   57-page
study   released   by   the
American Enterprise In¬
stitute   for   Public   Policy;
Research,    analyze- the
possibilities  of  a   nuclear
. confrontation between  the
Arab states and Israel and
conclude that if war. is not
curbed in the Middle East, it
will   eventually   become
nuclear.    Pranger    and
Tahtinen are, respectively,
director    and    assistant
director  of  foreign  and
defense policy studies at the.
American Enterprise In¬
stitute   for   Public   Policy
Research. They also have
co-authored   "Toward   a
Realistic    Military
Assistance   Program."
Pranger,  former  deputy
assistant   secretary   for
defense for international
security affairs,  also is
author of "American Policy
for Peace in the Middle East,
1969-1971." Tahtinen, author
of "Arms in the*'Persian
Gulf," is a former assistant
for research and legislative
analysis to Sen. Robert P.
Griffin   (R.  Mich.).  The
American Enterprise In¬
stitute for Public Policy
Research is a non-partisan,
non-profit, publicly' sup*
ported educational and
research organization which
itself takes no positions on
issues studied by its scholars
and associates. ''The best
national security option for
the United States, the Soviet
Union, the Arab countries
and Israel is a just and
lasting peace, settlement at
the earliest .possible date,"
the . authors stress in a
preface to the volume. But
. they recommend that the
U.S. prepare unilaterally
and in consultation with the
Soviet Union for possible
nuclear war in the Middle
East, the consultation being
on 2 "an informal, low-key
basis." Included in such
preparation, they state,
"should be contingency
planning for severely
isolating the zone of atomic
warfare and for terminating
hostilities at the earliest
possible date." The authors
do not find nuclear war in the
Middle East inevitable, nor
do they suggest that a fifth
round of conventional
warfare is inescapable. The
study looks toward the worst
possible case, in which
warfare continues , and
escalates into the use of
nuclear weapons.
There are indications
mounting in their per¬
suasiveness that nuclear
weapons may already be
present in the Mideast, the
authors say. They cite
programs of research and
other peaceful applications
of nuclear energy underway
for some time In Egypt, Iraq
and Israel (including
Israel's advances in the new
technology of laser enrich¬
ment of uranium) and note
the mystery surrounding
current operations in at least
one Middle East reactor
center — Israel's Dimona
fability. Th«i authors also;
- emphasize the importance of
any tactical nuclear
weapons in the Middle East
since, given the very short
distances involved between
countries, what is tactical in
the   NATO   or   Eastern
Warn Against Attempts To Oust Israel
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger, in a speech at the
University of Wisconsin's
Institute of World Affairs,
warned against attempts by
Third World countries to
expel or suspend Israel from
the United Nations or its
agencies. "If the UN begins
to depart from its charter
where suspension and ex¬
pulsion are clearly specified
prerogatives of the Security
Council, we fear for the
integrity and the survival of
the General Assembly itself
and no less for its specialized
agencies," he declared.
Kissinger also noted that
"the coerced are under no
compulsion to submit. To the
contrary, they are given all
too many incentives simply
to depart the scene.. .Such
incentives are ominously
enhanced when the General
Assembly and specialized
agencies  expel   member
nations, which, for one
reason or another, do not
meet with their approval."
Kissinger did hot mention
Israel by name but a high
State Department official
said -one reason for his
speech was to warn the
General Assembly against
any attempt to oust Israel.
Kissinger also criticized
UNESCO for voting sanc¬
tions against Israel and the
International Labor
Organization for admitting
the Palestine Liberation
Organization as observers.
He also assailed the "lop¬
sided, loaded voting, biased
results and arbitrary tac¬
tics" which threaten to
destroy "the utility of the
General Assembly both as a
safety valve and as an in¬
strument of international
cooperation."
Kissinger's warning went
unheeded at a conference of
foreign  ministers  of  40
Islamic nations in Jidda,
Saudi Arabia, which voted
unanimously to demand the
expulsion of Israel from the
UN and all other in¬
ternational organizations.
Those voting for the
resolution included Iran and
America's NATO partner
Turkey. The -resolution
sponsored by the PLO urged
all UN member nations "to
sever their political, cultural
and diplomatic relations
with Israel." The resolution
also said "The conference
also condemns the states
that extend military,
economic and human sup¬
port to Israel" and declared
that all Zionist congresses
wore a direct threat to world
peace. It recognized the PLO
as the sole legitimate
representative of; the
Palestine people to establish
ah "independent national
' authority" in the territories
now occupied by Israel and
condemned as  illegal  the
Israeli occupation.
Asked about the Jidda
resolution, Kissinger told
newsmen, "We have not said
exactly what we shall do if
the Charter of the UN is
violated but we believe that
expulsion of a member
.would be an act which: would
affect American ' par¬
ticipation in the actions of
that body." Meanwhile (
Daniel P. Moynihan, after'
presenting his credentials as
the American Ambassador
to   the 'United  Nations,
" warned of "grave coin*
sequences" if the UN ex¬
pelled Israel. He said the
U.S. would not withdraw its
membership but the U.S.
role in the UN would change.
Moynihan   stressed   that
■ there is nothing more im¬
portant for nations involved
in a conflict than that all
sides be represented at.the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE M
European context can easily
become strategic in the
Arab-Israeli conflict. Even
more so than in Europe
where these weapons are
present, the possible
escalation of their use from
conventional to nuclear war
is a distinct threat because
of the constant state of no-
war, no-peace in the Middle
East. The authors make note
of the dearth of information
on what would be, Soviet
reactions to American use of
nuclear weapons in Europe,
: to say nothing of Soviet
response to any such usage
(CONTINUED ON PAGE S)
Heritage House Aux. To ;
Open Gift & Coffee Shop
Heritage House Auxiliary
is pleased to announce that
they are sponsoring a Gift
and Coffee Shop to be located
in the East Wing of the
building and will open about
the middle of August. This
will be a major fund-raising
source for the Auxiliary so
they can continue to
maintain and develop their
program of services which
help to provide "LIFE WITH
DIGNITY" for the residents
of the Home.
The shops will service the
residents and will have for
sale many unusual items. It
is hoped the shop will be of
such character that many
people from the community,
the staff,,and visitors will
utilize it for the purchase of
gifts as well as for their
personal needs.' It will not
carry Judaica items in order
not to conflict with.
Congregation Gift Shops.
The Coffee Shop will providi
a pleasant atmosphere ii
which to relax with a drink
and homemade sweets.
Mrs. Joseph Schecter
With the expansion of the
Home and the increase in the
number of residents, the Gift
Shop will provide a place for
the sale of items made by the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
Rally Held Against Soviet Tax
NEW YORK (WNS) - The
Greater New York Con¬
ference on Soviet Jewry
demonstrated against the
impending tax by the Spviet
Union on charity dollars
from abroad by holding a
mock fund drive in which it
attempted to present 10,000
pennies to the Soviets. At the
demonstration, which was
held outside the offices of the
U.S.-USSR Trade and
Economy Council here,
Conference chairman
Eugene Gold, said that "if
the Soviets are so
desperately in need of
money that they have to tax
charity dollars — when they
can afford to, spend billions
to send men in space — then
they: will   accept   these
funds." The tax, which will
go into effect January, 1976,
adds 30 percent to the
already existing 35 percent
on all money from abroad.
Gold charged that "although.
. this tax seeks to deprive
individuals in the USSR of
foreign assistance, the
Soviets cannot hide their
true intentions. The prin¬
cipal targets of this op-
' pressive tax are Soviet Jews
who have been fired from
their jobs, and who rely on
outside financial assistance
merely to survive."
In another demonstration,
3000 persons participated in.
a rally at the Kennedy Space
Center in Cape .Canaveral,
Fla.,  as  the  U.S.  Apollo
'    (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)