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THE SOUTH BIN ISRAELITE
Friday, Oct. 30, 1970
CAPITAL COMMENT .... By Sam Lipski
US Withdrawal From Deputies’ Talks
Was Entry Into Arena of Commitment
The decision by the United
States to withdraw from some of
the Four Power talks on the
Middle East is an example of
how the United States reacts
when it sees its own interests
threatened. It does not mean
that Washington has embraced
Israel’s policies because it sud
denly saw the light and the
dangers to the Jewish state.
The State Department issued
a strong statement criticizing the
Soviet Union and Egypt. It ques
tioned the sincerity of their de
sire for a peace settlement, and
it took a position on the cease
fire violations virtually identical
to Israel’s—namely, that there
was no point in continuing the
peace talks under Ambassador
Jarring until Moscow and Cairo
pulled their missiles out of the
Suez Canal zone. Only the diplo
matic language is different.
All this is very encouraging
foj those who have been troub
led by the non-policy of drift
which seemed to paralyze the
Nixon administration in re
sponding to Russian challenges
in the Middle East. But the
latest toughening of the Ameri
ca® stand should not obscure
what led up to it.
It was less sympathy for Is
rael’s military security than a
growing awareness of the world
wide implications of the Russian
tactics which finally restored
some firmness to the American
posture.
As this is the last JTA col
umn by this correspondent, it
may be worth reviewing briefly
the stages of development of
American policy in the Middle
East since the Nixon administra
tion found itself confronted by
the Soviet thrust into the Middle
East—which is to say from its
very first day in office.
At a press conference on
March 4, 1969, President Nixon
expressed the belief that the
Soviet Union would play a
peacemaking role not only in the
Middle East but also in Vietnam.
Indeed this was one of candidate
Nixon’s confident assertions —
that he would use the diplomatic
assistance of Moscow in both
these critical areas.
As President he pursued this
line and, with appropriate rhet
orical flourish, ushered in the
“era of .negotiaton” to replace
the “era of confrontation.” Des
pite some cautionary words to
the Soviets as they continued to
pour arms, personnel, and a
large sized navy into the Mid
dle East, the much-to-be-desired
ideal of “negotiation” was pro
moted by all the senior spokes
men of the administration. The
constant fear was an unwanted
nuclear confrontation.
But if the cliche can be for
given — it takes two to play the
cold war and it takes two to stop
playing. In his foreign policy
message to the Congress of Feb
ruary 18, 1970, President Nixon
pronounced the cold war dead.
And yet in recent weeks we
have seen the cadavar rise and
strut about to the concern and
uncertainty of the world.
The bitter reality has finally
made itself felt in Washington.
Having pushed the Americans
around diplomatically by smiling
nicely and lying barefacedly, the
Russians are now reported to be
taken aback at the stiffening of
American reaction. It is a mark
of how far things had gone to
note that the Russians seem sur
prised When the Americans actu
ally draw the line somewhere.
The White House now strong
ly suspects that while outwardly
Moscow’s diplomacy has changed
emphasis from the Krushchev
cold war days, the goals have
not changed at all. Hardly a sen
sational discovery — but this be
came apparent in the Middle
East only when repeated private
diplomatic warnings by the
Americans were ignored by the
Russians.
Take one example which has
not been well publicized — the
shooting down of four Russian
pilots by the Israeli air force in
a dog-fight over the Suez Canal
in the week before the cease
fire of August 7. Secretary of
State William P. Rogers is re
liably reported to have warned
the Soviets that the United
States would view with the “ut
most seriousness” any attempt
by Soviet pilots to engage Israeli
planes.
In classic Moscow tradition the
Russian high command decided
to test the American warning.
They sent Russian MIGS flown
by Russian pilots into action
against the Israelis. While they
may have been disturbed mili
tarily at their four losses against
none for the Israelis, they were
delighted politically because the
United States said and did vir
tually nothing — so eager was
it that the “peace initiative”
should work. A dangerous prec
edent had been easily estab
lished.
Finally there came the public
assurance by President Nixon to
Israel that she should not fear
acceptance of the American ini
tiative. There was a “categori
cal commitment.” from Moscow
and Cairo that no missiles would
be moved into the cease-fire
zone during the standstill. The
resit is history.
But the consequences of that
assurance are what has been the
driving force behind recent Uni
ted States readjustment in di
plomacy and tactics. Having un
derwritten the security of Israel
on the basis of a lie by the other
nuclear power, President Nixon
found himseir facing a funda
mental challenge to American
policy around the world — not
only in the Middle East.
The firmness of the United
States over the cease-fire viola
tions has become the acid test
of American readiness to back
up her commitments elsewhere.
And her willingness to speak
plainly about Russian intentions
a guide to her credibility .
This is why the United States
ehdse the time-it did to warn the
Soviets about Cuba, why Presi
dent Nixon visited the Mediter
ranean 6th fleet, why military
planes were quickly dispatched
into the northern and central
air corridors to West Berlin af
ter the Soviet Union had warned
they would be closed for two
hours.
For the present, therefore, as
American interests happen to co
incide with Israel’s there is a
closeness of outlook between
Washington and Jerusalem. But
Israel knows it may not last
indefinitely.
Copyright 1970, JTA
BLOOD BANK
DAY NOV. 1
The 85th consecutive Blood
Drive, co-sponsored by Ahavath
Achim Synagogue, Atlanta Post
112 JWV, and Fulton Masonic
Lodge, will be held from 9 a. m.
to 2 p. m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at
the Ahavath Achim Synagogue,
600 Peachthree Battle Ave.,
N. W.
Jerry H. Fields, chairman,
suggests that persons not able
to give blood can volunteer
their services or send a dona
tion to help continue the pro
gram.
Kennedy Named
To DeKalh EOA
J. W. (Jay) Kennedy Jr. has
been appointed to the board of
directors of DeKalb City Eco
nomic Opportunity Authority.
Mr. Kennedy is vice president
and cashier of Trust Company
of Georgia Bank of DeKalb.
He has been active in PTA,
civci and community affairs in
DeKalb County for many years.
He served as a trustee for the
Lynwood Park Foundation and
worked on raising funds for the
construction of the Lynwood
Park Day Care Center.
Mr. Kennedy is presently a
candidate for the DeKalb Coun
ty Board of Education from Dis
trict 1,
Vitner Bar Mitzva
Dr. and Mrs. Saul Vitner of
Atlanta cordially invite their
relatives and friends to attend
the Bar Mitzva of their son
Jerry at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct.
31, at Ahavath Achim Syna
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