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SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION
OF WORLD WAR III, Inc.
24 WEST 57th ST., NEW YORK 19, N. Y.
GOPY
June 28, 1965
Hr. Phillipe Talbot
Assistant Secretary
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Secretary Talbots
In our letter of June 23, 1965, the Society reiterated its
position on current U.S. policy in the Middle East on the basia
of our Open Letter to the State Department of June 3, which had
been addreased to your attention. We made it clear that the So-
ciety remained akeptical as to the alleged positive influence
which our Government has been able to exercise on the policies
of the Nasser regime which have consistently sought to undermino
our position and prestige.
In this connection, ve believe that it is rolevant to empha-
sise the fact that the Society's evaluation is shared by many
members of Congress. We call your attention, for example, to
the statements and speeches made by such distinguished Senators
an Douglas, Scott, Javits, Gruening and Morse, deploring what wo
have called "the wishful thinking and lack of realism" which
characterises U.S. policy toward the Nasser regime. We are also
in complote agreement with such mambers of the House of Repre
sentatives as
1) Congressman Robert H. Michol who said, "Money extracted
from the pockets of Amerioan taxpayers should not be used to
support activities ininical to American interests."
2) Congreesman william Fits Pyan who said that leaving the
question of granting aid to Esypt to the discretion of the
State Department was useless basod on the lessons of recent
history, namely, ti:at Nasser continuously showa his contompt
for the U.S. Government and the American people.
3) Congressman Seymour Halpern who challenged the State De-
partment to indicate whero it had made headway in its Nasser
oriented policy which he called "utterly illogical.' Repre-
sentative Halporn further eaid that Nassor has made a mookery
of our aid program.
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