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U.s. -israeli Collusion "obvious"

The Week Vol. 7, No. 24, 15 June 1967 · p. 12 of the scan · 209 words

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The Times of June 13 carried an article by one of its Washington corresp-=ondents, Louis Heren, The article commenced: "Most diplomatists stationed in Washington are persuaded that the United States was in collusion with Israel last week, and perhaps before, Not the of course, but they appear to have had @ useful working relationship, This was obvious in the United Nations Security Council or, rather, behind the scenes, when Washington began to press Jerusalem to accept the ceasefire resolutions only when the victory of Israel arms Was assured. Mr, Arthur Goldberg, the American permanent representative was heard to say after one period of negotiation with his Russian opposite number: "Take your time,"

were defeated. Really heavy American pressure to stop t applied before Friday, when Israel began to mové into Syria. Washington shifted from its public neutrality to a more benign nonbelligerence only after super-power agreement not to intervene had been reached on the hot line, and demonstrated, But clearly some assurances were given to the Israelis before the hostilities began. The more faint-hearted in Jerusalem could res feat would never be allowed, General Moshe Dayan must have been fairly sure of about 96 hours in which to achieve his objectives before the Security Council could call a halt,

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