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E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
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By-NLT- Ac , NARS Date 9-16-77
December Resolution does not provide for repatriation in absolute
terms. It states in paragraph 11 that "the refugees wishing to
return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should
be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date". It is
submitted that practicability must primarily be tested by the
touchstones of security and economic realism.
Certain limited, though not negligible measures of repatria-
tion have actually been carried through in recent months and
others are under urgent consideration. Anything more substantial,
if it should at all prove feasible on economic grounds, must await
the restoration of peace. The security consideration is here
paramount. Israel received no armed assistance from the United
Nations when it fought for its very existence and it would be idle
for it to rely on such help in the future.
The Government of Israel earnestly trusts that on further
consideration of the problem the United States Government will
agree that the Arab States cannot have it both ways by explicitly
declaring, on the one hand, that it is not part of their purpose
to conclude peace with Israel, and demanding, on the other hand,
an immediate solution of the refugee problem at the expense of
Israel. The exodus is a direct consequence of their criminal
invasion. They should not be allowed to shirk their crucial
responsibility and to represent the plight of the refugees as an
isolated
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