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The original documents are located in Box D32, folder "Cleveland Region, Zionist
Organization of America, Cleveland, OH, March 19, 1972" of the Ford Congressional
Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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CLEVELAND REGION ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICA CLEVELAND OHIO 4 P.M.
SUNDAY MARCH 19, 1972.
Samold Willin
AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I AM DEEPLY
HONORED TO BE SELECTED BY THE CLEVELAND
REGION OF THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICA AS THE SECOND ANNUAL RECIPIENT
OF THE RABBI ABBA HILLEL SILVER AWARD.
AS THE LEADER OF MY PARTY IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, I WISH TO ACCEPT THIS
AWARD NOT ONLY IN MY OWN NAME BUT ON
BEHALF OF ALL THOSE MEMBERS OF THE
CONGRESS WHO CHERISH THE MEMORY OF RABBI
SILVER AND THE HISTORIC ROLE HE PLAYED
IN BRINGING ABOUT A CONFLUENCE IN THE
GREAT STREAMS OF ZIONISM AND AMERICANISM.
IT APPEARS THAT I AM THE SECOND
member 2 Congrassion
FORD
REPUBLICAN TO BE SELECTED FOR THIS AWARD.
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SENATE AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS NOW SHARE
IN THIS HONOR IN VIEW OF THE PRESENTATION
LAST YEAR TO THE DISTINGUISHED SENATOR
FROM OHIO, BOB TAFT. MY PARTY REMEMBERS --
WITH REVERENCE AND AFFECTION -- THE SACRED
BLESSINGS INVOKED ON OUR NATIONAL POLITICAL
CONVENTIONS BY RABBI SILVER WHEN HE LED
US IN PRAYER. HIS SPIRIT WILL CONTINUE TO
GUIDE US.
I AM MOVED BY THE RABBI ABBA
HILLEL SILVER AWARD AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
COMMEMORATING THE HISTORIC ROLE OF
DR. SILVER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ISRAELI-AMERICAN RELATIONS. IT WOULD BE
FITTING TO CELEBRATE THIS COMING YEAR,
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY
OF ISRAEL, WITH A GESTURE HONORING
DR. SILVER.
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THE UNIQUE CELEBRATION OF THE
SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL THAT I
PROPOSE WOULD GIVE NEW DIMENSION AND
MEANING TO THE RELATIONSHIP LINKING OUR
TWO COUNTRIES. IT WOULD BE IN THE SERVICE
OF PEACE AND THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS
AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD.
I PROPOSE THAT THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT TAKE ACTION BY THE SILVER
ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL IN 1973 TO RECOGNIZE
JERUSALEM AS THE HISTORIC AND LAWFUL
CAPITAL OF ISRAEL BY MOVING THE UNITED
STATES EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM.
IT HAS BECOME ANACHRONISTIC AND EVEN AN
IMPEDIMENT TO A REGIONAL PEACE SETTLEMENT
FOR THE UNITED STATES TO CONTINUE
MAINTAINING THE FICTION THAT JERUSALEM IS
NOT THE CAPITAL OF !SRAEL.
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THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL IS
LOCATED IN JERUSALEM. THE ISRAELI
PARLIAMENT, THE OFFICES OF THE PRIME
MINISTER AND PRESIDENT, AND THE ISRAEL!
FOREIGN MINISTRY AND OTHER AGENCIES OF
GOVERNMENT ARE IN JERUSALEM. JERUSALEM
IS THE HISTORIC, BIBLICAL, AND REVERED
CAPITAL OF THE JEWISH NATION. THE RE-BORN
STATE OF ISRAEL, APPROACHING ITS SILVER
ANNIVERSARY, HAS ESTABLISHED ITS PERMANENCE
TO THE EXTENT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD
RECOGNIZE THE CAPITAL CITY OF ISRAEL,
JERUSALEM, AND MOVE OUR EMBASSY TO THE
CITY DESIGNATED BY THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF
ISRAEL AS ITS CAPITAL.
ISRAELI-AMERICAN RELATIONS HAVE
REACHED A POINT WHEREIN IT IS ABSURD TO GO
ON WITH THE OLD, MAKESHIFT ARRANGEMENT OF
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MAINTAINING OUR EMBASSY IN TEL AVIV IN
DEFIANCE OF THE FACTS OF LIFE. TO
CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT
MIGHT TEND TO INDICATE THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING TEMPORARY ABOUT THE LOCATION OF
ISRAEL'S CAPITAL. THIS SITUATION DOES NOT
ENCOURAGE THE ARABS TO TRANSLATE THE
PRESENT CEASE-FIRE ARRANGEMENTS INTO A
PERMANENT AND LASTING PEACE.
IT IS EMBARRASSING TO THE STATE
OF ISRAEL AND TO OUR AMBASSADOR IN
TEL AVIV WHEN HE HAS TO RIDE BACK AND
FORTH FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER TO MAINTAIN
A DIPLOMATIC MYTH. BY MOVING OUR EMBASSY
TO JERUSALEM, WE WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR
FRIENDSHIP HAS REACHED THE PHASE IN WHICH
WE ACCEPT ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DESIGNATE HER
CAPITAL.
FORD
PRESIDENT NIXON SET AN EXAMPLE
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OF REVIEWING DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS AND
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RELATIONS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN
PEKING. WE CAN DO NO LESS WITH A NATION
WITH WHOM WE HAVE ENJOYED A CLOSE
FRIENDSHIP IN THIS LAST QUARTER-CENTURY.
I HOPE THAT PRESIDENT NIXON, BY THE YEAR
1973, GOES TO JERUSALEM TO DEDICATE A NEW
UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN THAT CITY, A
CITY OF GOD AND MAN, A CITY PRECIOUS TO
ALL AMERICANS, CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH ALIKE,
A CITY THAT WE CAN VERY APPROPRIATELY
RECOGNIZE AS A WORLD CAPITAL DEVOTED TO
THE IDEAL OF PEACE AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF
MAN UNDER THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD.
I INTEND TO MAKE MY VIEWS KNOWN
TO OUR SECRETARY OF STATE. WE REMAIN
MINDFUL, HOWEVER, OF THE SPIRITUAL AND
UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JERUSALEM AND
ITS SACRED MEANING TO THREE FAITHS --
CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM (ISS-LOM), AND JUDAISM.
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THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE
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STATE OF ISRAEL WILL RESPECT THE RELIGIOUS
CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVING THE HOLY SHRINES
OF OTHER FAITHS, THE ACCESS TO SUCH
SHRINES, AND RELATED FACTORS OF INTERFAITH
CONCERN.
AS WE APPROACH THE SILVER
ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL, A NEW ASSESSMENT
OF ISRAEL! ISRAELI-AMERICAN RELATIONS IS IN ORDER.
WE HAVE MOVED MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER IN THE
WAKE OF THE SIX DAY WAR OF 1967. THERE
IS CONCERN. LEST ISRAEL WIN THE WAR BUT
LOSE THE PEACE. THERE WAS FEAR THAT THE
UNITED STATES MIGHT SELL ISRAEL DOWN THE
RIVER, THAT ISRAEL MIGHT BE FORCED TO MAKE
ONE-SIDED CONCESSIONS, THAT THE UNITED
STATES MIGHT NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED
PHANTOM JETS AND OTHER ARMS TO MAINTAIN
THE ESSENTIAL MILITARY BALANCE.
GERALD R. LISBARY FORD
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PRO-COMMUNIST ARAB GUERRILLAS
WERE A DANGEROUS FACTOR. THE SOVIET ROLE
WAS UNPREDICTABLE. SOVIET TROOPS AND
AIRMEN ARRIVED IN EGYPT. AN OMINOUS CRISIS
EXISTED ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL.
TODAY, IF I MAY BE PERMITTED,
WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE SILVER LINING.
THE AMERICAN-INSPIRED CEASE-FIRE AT THE
SUEZ CANAL HAS BROUGHT TWENTY MONTHS OF
RESPITE FROM WARFARE ON THAT DANGEROUS
FRONT.
WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NEED NOT
ONLY FOR A STRONG AND SECURE ISRAEL BUT
ALSO FOR A CREDIBLE AND POWERFUL UNITED
STATES PRESENCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE
MIDDLE EAST, AND THE PERSIAN GULF.
AMERICAN INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE. WE CANNOT
ALLOW A POWER VACUUM TO DEVELOP.
ISRAEL AND JORDAN ARE NOW SHOWING
SIGNS OF BUILDING ON A SITUATION THAT WE
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PRO-COMMUNIST ARAB GUERRILLAS
WERE A DANGEROUS FACTOR. THE SOVIET ROLE
WAS UNPREDICTABLE. SOVIET TROOPS AND
AIRMEN ARRIVED IN EGYPT. AN OMINOUS CRISIS
EXISTED ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL.
TODAY, IF I MAY BE PERMITTED,
WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE SILVER LINING.
THE AMERICAN-INSPIRED CEASE-FIRE AT THE
SUEZ CANAL HAS BROUGHT TWENTY MONTHS OF
RESPITE FROM WARFARE ON THAT DANGEROUS
FRONT.
WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NEED NOT
ONLY FOR A STRONG AND SECURE ISRAEL BUT
ALSO FOR A CREDIBLE AND POWERFUL UNITED
STATES PRESENCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE
MIDDLE EAST, AND THE PERSIAN GULF.
AMERICAN INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE. WE CANNOT
ALLOW A POWER VACUUM TO DEVELOP.
ISRAEL AND JORDAN ARE NOW SHOWING
SIGNS OF BUILDING ON A SITUATION THAT WE
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HOPE IS STABILIZING. A NEW EVOLUTION OF
THINKING APPEARS TO BE BRINGING ISRAEL
AND JORDAN CLOSER TOGETHER. AT LEAST
THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED. LET US HOPE THAT
TALKING IS POSSIBLE AND THAT PRODUCTIVE
RESULTS MAY BE ACHIEVED BY THE SILVER
ANNIVERSARY YEAR.
THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT BECOME
A SUBSTITUTE IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS FOR ANY
COUNTRY DIRECTLY INVOLVED. OUR
ADMINISTRATION IS CONVINCED THAT ISRAEL
MUST BE PERMITTED TO SETTLE DIFEERENCES
DIRECTLY WITH HER NEIGHBORS. THE FAILURE
TO MAKE BINDING AND CONTRACTUAL PEACE
AGREEMENTS IN 1949 RESULTED IN TWO
ADDITIONAL WARS -- 1956 AND 1967. THAT
MISTAKE MUST NOT BE REPEATED.
WE HAVE HELPED STABILIZE THE
SITUATION THROUGH A MASSIVE NEW FLOW OF
LISBURY
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ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO
ISRAEL. IT BEGAN IN 1969. FROM THE YEAR
1969 TO THE END OF 1972 WE WILL HAVE
PROVIDED ISRAEL WITH MORE ECONOMIC AND
MILITARY AID THAN IN THE ENTIRE PERIOD
FROM 1948 TO 1969. PRESIDENT NIXON HAS
KEPT HIS WORD ON THE COMMITMENTS HE MADE
IN 1968.
THE NIXON ADMINISTRATIONS
FOUR YEAR TOTAL OF ECONOMIC AND MILITARY
ASSISTANCE TO ISRAEL WILL BE LARGER THAN
THE COMBINED FIGURE FOR THE 20-YEAR PERIOD
OF 1948 THROUGH 1968. THIS IS A GOOD
RECORD FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
WE REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT
FORECAST THE OUTCOME OF PRESIDENT NIXON'S
TALKS WITH THE RUSSIANS IN MOSCOW THIS MAY.
BUT WE ARE ALL FREE TO SPECULATE ON SOME
DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
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FROM THE SUMMIT CONFERENCE. WHAT HAPPENS
IN MOSCOW MAY HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON
THE MIDDLE EAST, AN AREA OF GREAT STRATEGIC
CONCERN TO BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND THE
SOVIET UNION.
MOSCOW MUST UNDERSTAND THAT
MILITARY BLACKMAIL AND MANIPULATION WILL
NOT WORK AGAINST ISRAEL. SUCH AN
UNDERSTANDING WILL ENHANCE THE PROSPECTS
OF PEACE. UNCERTAINTY IS DANGEROUS. WE
HAVE CLARIFIED OUR STAND AND ARE CONTINUING
TO DO SO.
JUST AS THERE ARE CHANGES IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, A LIVE-AND-LET-LIVE
ATTITUDE MAY GROW AMONG THE STATES OF THE
MIDDLE EAST. IF WASHINGTON AND PEKING
CAN EXPLORE CO-EXISTENCE, WHY NOT CAIRO
AND JERUSALEM?
BUT PEACE WILL NOT COME IN ANY
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PART OF THE WORLD IF OTHERS CONCLUDE THAT
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AMERICA HAS GROWN WEAK AND IS WITHDRAWING
FROM HER WORLD RESPONSIBILITIES. WHEN HE
VISITED THE UNITED STATES SIXTH FLEET IN
1970, PRESIDENT NIXON TOLD NATO COMMANDERS
OF "THE PRIMARY INDISPENSABLE PRINCIPLE
OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE
PRESIDENT'S OWN WORDS, THAT PRINCIPLE IS
TO MAINTAIN THE NECESSARY STRENGTH IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN TO PRESERVE THE PEACE AGAINST
THOSE WHO MIGHT THREATEN THE PEACE
WE HAVE NOT VOTED LARGE SUMS
FOR ISRAEL PURELY BECAUSE OF GENEROSITY OR
OUR ADMIRATION FOR THE JEWISH STATE OR
BECAUSE SO MANY JEWS DIED IN WORLD WAR TWO.
LET US BE FRANK ABOUT THAT. THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, THROUGH THE CONGRESS, HAVE
SUPPORTED THIS ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY
ON ISRAEL BECAUSE OUR POLICY IS IN THE
NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST OF THE UNITED
STATES.
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OUR OBLIGATION AS A NATION IS TO
OUR OWN SECURITY, FIRST AND FOREMOST. THE
REASON WE HAVE SO STRONGLY BACKED ISRAEL
GOES BEYOND THE JUSTICE OF ISRAEL'S CASE.
THE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. OUR
POLICY IS LINKED WITH THE FATE OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN AND THE FUTURE OF NATO. IT
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIRE OF OUR NATION
TO PRESERVE FREEDOM AND TO OPPOSE
TOTALITARIANISM.
I REJECT THE POLITICAL LINE NOW
EMERGING THAT WE SHOULD RETURN TO
ISOLATIONISM AND REFUSE TO INVOLVE
OURSELVES WITH THE MIDDLE EAST. SOME NEW
LEFTISTS AND EXTREME LIBERALS HAVE
DISPLAYED COMPLETE INCONSISTENCY IN
PROCLAIMING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL WHILE
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UNDERMINING THE ADMINISTRATION'S MILITARY
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CAPABILITIES WORLD WIDE. THEY OPPOSE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND BETTER WEAPONS FOR
THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM WHILE SAYING THAT
THEY FAVOR THE PROVISION OF SUCH WEAPONS
TO ISRAEL.
WE MUST RESIST THE BLANDISHMENTS
OF NEO-ISOLATIONISM. THE SOVIET UNION IS
EXPANDING ITS AGGRESSIVE MILITARY BUILD-UP
AND SENDING ITS ATOMIC SUBMARINES AND
WARSHIPS TO OUR COASTAL WATERS. WHEN WE
CEASE MISSILE RESEARCH AND STOP DEVELOPMENT
OF NEWER AND BETTER JETS, WE LESSEN OUR
CAPACITY TO AID ISRAEL. WE ALSO INVITE
AGGRESSION.
IF PRESIDENT NIXON IS TO BE
CREDIBLE WHEN HE SPEAKS IN MOSCOW OF OUR
INTENTIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WE MUST
HAVE A SIXTH FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
FORD
THAT IS PROVIDED WITH THE MOST EFFECTIVE
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SHIPS AND PERSONNEL. THE RUSSIANS MUST
ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUING DEFENSE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. OTHERWISE, THEY
WILL LOOK AT THE CHESS BOARD OF POWER AND
FIND OUR MOVES LACKING IN CREDIBILITY.
THE PRESIDENT'S EMPHASIS IS NOT
ON WAR OR MILITARISM. HE IS TERMINATING
A PRE-EXISTING CONFLICT IN THE FAR EAST.
HIS CONCENTRATION IS ON THE EMERGING
STRUCTURE OF PEACE.
DESPITE OUR RESTRAINT IN MILITARY
SUPPLY OF ISRAEL, THE SOVIET UNION MADE
NEW PLEDGES AND SHIPMENTS OF ARMS TO EGYPT
DURING 1971. AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
PRESIDENT NIXON FELT OBLIGED TO REITERATE
THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT ALLOW
THE BALANCE TO BE UPSET. THE SOVIET UNION
IS CONTINUING TO BUILD UP ITS OWN MILITARY
FACILITIES IN EGYPT AND TO STATION
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INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED WEAPONRY THERE.
WE ARE NOW SENDING NEW ARMS TO ISRAEL.
PRESIDENT NIXON LAST MONTH
REPORTED TO THE CONGRESS THAT "THE SOVIET
UNION'S EFFORT TO USE THE ARAB-ISRAELI
CONFLICT TO PERPETUATE AND EXPAND ITS
OWN MILITARY POSITION IN EGYPT HAS BEEN A
MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE UNITED STATES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT, "THE USSR HAS TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF EGYPT'S INCREASING DEPENDENCE
ON SOVIET MILITARY SUPPLY TO GAIN THE USE
OF NAVAL AND AIR FACILITIES IN EGYPT. THIS
HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STABILITY
OF THE BALANCE OF POWER LOCALLY, REGIONALLY
IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, AND GLOBALLY.
THE SOVIET UNION RECENTLY
INTRODUCED INTO EGYPT THE FOXBAT AND OTHER
ADVANCED MIG AIRCRAFT AND THE SA-6 MOBILE
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES. THEY HAVE ALSO
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BROUGHT IN TU-16 BOMBERS EQUIPPED WITH
LONG-RANGE AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES. MUCH
OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY
BY SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL.
ACCORDING TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT
TOLD CONGRESS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, I
CONCLUDED THAT HE MIGHT VERY WELL TELL THE
RUSSIANS HOW THEY CAN BEST AVOID A MAJOR
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT IS BY
RESTRAINT IN ARMS SUPPLY TO EGYPT, BY
REFRAINING FROM EXPLOITATION OF THE DISPUTE
TO ENHANCE THE SOVIET MILITARY POSITION,
AND BY ENCOURAGING THE NEGOTIATION OF
PEACE. THE SOVIET UNION HAS IN THE PAST
ATTEMPTED TO DRAW A FINAL POLITICAL AND
TERRITORIAL BLUEPRINT, INCLUDING FINAL
BOUNDARIES, INSTEAD OF COOPERATING IN A
PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION.
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THE PRESIDENT REMAINS CONVINCED
THAT THERE MUST BE AN UNDERSTANDING WITH
MOSCOW ON THE LIMITS OF ACCEPTABLE SOVIET
BEHAVIOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
A SECURE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
REQUIRES STABLE RELATIONS ON TWO LEVELS --
ACCOMMODATION WITHIN THE REGION AND A
BALANCE AMONG THE POWERS OUTSIDE.
ISRAEL HAS REMINDED US THAT THE
INDIAN-PAKISTANI WAR DEMONSTRATED THE
IMPOTENCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS. I CAN
ACCEPT THE ISRAELI POSITION THAT
INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEES ARE NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND MEANS FOR
SECURITY.
AS OUR GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO
SEEK NEW PATTERNS OF ORDER AND A NEW ERA
OF INTERNATIONAL STABILITY, NEW
FORD
RELATIONSHIPS MUST BE SHAPED. I AM VERY
GERA
LISAARY
PLEASED BY THE NEW RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPING
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL.
IT IS ALSO A SOURCE OF
SATISFACTION THAT JEWS IN SUBSTANTIAL
NUMBERS ARE NOW ABLE TO EMIGRATE FROM THE
SOVIET UNION. I HAVE MADE KNOWN MY
CONVICTION THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD KEEP
THE SOVIET UNION AWARE OF AMERICAN OPINION
ON THIS COMPELLING HUMANITARIAN ISSUE.
AS WE MOVE TOWARD ISRAEL'S SILVER
ANNIVERSARY, WE ARE AWARE OF THIS
ADMINISTRATIONS DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN
THE CEASE-FIRE, TO KEEP A MILITARY BALANCE,
TO OFFER ANY HELP DESIRED IF THE PARTIES
ACHIEVE AN INTERIM SETTLEMENT, AND TO
IMPRESS UPON THE SOVIET UNION THAT
STRATEGIC RIVALRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS
INCOMPATIBLE WITH REGIONAL PEACE AND
U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS.
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I LOOK FORWARD TO A SILVER
ANNIVERSARY IN WHICH A REAL PEACE WILL
FREE THE ENERGIES AND RESOURCES OF THE
MIDDLE EAST FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
PROGRESS. THE UNITED STATES HOPES FOR
A NEW ERA OF CONSTRUCTIVE AND MUTUALLY
BENEFICIAL RELATIONS WITH ALL NATIONS AND
ALL PEOPLES.
AS THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT OF THE
SILVER AWARD, I LOOK FORWARD, IN THE WORDS
OF THE HEBREW PRAYER, TO NEXT YEAR IN
JERUSALEM
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ADDRESS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
REPUBLICAN LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
BEFORE THE CLEVELAND REGION, ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
AT CLEVELAND, OHIO
4 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1972
FOR RELEASE AT 4 P.M. SUNDAY
As an individual, I am deeply honored to be selected by the Cleveland Region
of the Zionist Organization of America as the second annual recipient of the Rabbi
Abba Hillel Silver Award. As the leader of my party in the House of Representatives,
I wish to accept this award not only in my own name but on behalf of all those
members of the Congress who cherish the memory of Rabbi Silver and the historic
role he played in bringing about a confluence in the great streams of Zionism and
Americanism.
It appears that I am the second Republican to be selected for this award.
Senate and House Republicans now share in this honor in view of the presentation
last year to the distinguished senator from Ohio, Bob Taft. My party remembers--
with reverence and affection--the sacred blessings invoked on our national political
conventions by Rabbi Silver when he led us in prayer. His spirit will continue to
guide us.
I am moved by the Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver Award and the importance of
commemorating the historic role of Dr. Silver in the development of Israeli-American
relations. It would be fitting to celebrate this coming year, the 25th anniversary
of the creation of the State of Israel, the Silver Anniversary of Israel, with a
gesture honoring Dr. Silver.
The unique celebration of the Silver Anniversary of Israel that I propose
would give new dimension and meaning to the relationship linking our two countries.
It would be in the service of peace and the normalization of relations among the
peoples of the world.
I propose that the United States Government take action by the Silver
Anniversary of Israel in 1973 to recognize Jerusalem as the historic and lawful
capital of Israel by moving the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
It has become anachronistic and even an impediment to a regional peace settlement
for the United States to continue maintaining the fiction that Jerusalem is not
the capital of Israel.
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The Government of Israel is located in Jerusalem. The Israeli parliament,
the offices of the prime minister and president, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry
and other agencies of government are in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the historic,
biblical, and revered capital of the Jewish nation. The re-born State of Israel,
approaching its Silver Anniversary, has established its permanence to the extent
that our government should recognize the capital city of Israel, Jerusalem, and
move our embassy to the city designated by the sovereign state of Israel as its
capital.
Israeli-American relations have reached a point wherein it is absurd to go
on with the old, makeshift arrangement of maintaining our embassy in Tel Aviv in
defiance of the facts of life. To continue with the present arrangement might tend
to indicate that there is something temporary about the location of Israel's
capital. This situation does not encourage the Arabs to translate the present
cease-fire arrangements into a permanent and lasting peace.
It is embarrassing to the State of Israel and to our ambassador in Tel Aviv
when he has to ride back and forth from one city to another to maintain a diplomatic
myth. By moving our Embassy to Jerusalem, we will demonstrate that our friendship
has reached the phase in which we accept Israel's right to designate her capital.
President Nixon set an example of reviewing diplomatic contacts and relations
with the Chinese government in Peking. We can do no less with a nation with whom
we have enjoyed a close friendship in this last quarter-century. I hope that
President Nixon, by the year 1973, goes to Jerusalem to dedicate a new United
States Embassy in that city, a city of God and man, a city precious to all Americans,
Christian and Jewish alike, a city that we can very appropriately recognize as a
world capital devoted to the ideal of peace and the brotherhood of man under the
fatherhood of God.
I intend to make my views known to our Secretary of State. We remain
mindful, however, of the spiritual and universal significance of Jerusalem and its
sacred meaning to three faiths--Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. There is no
question in my mind that the State of Israel will respect the religious considera-
tions involving the holy shrines of other faiths, the access to such shrines, and
related factors of interfaith concern.
As we approach the Silver anniversary of Israel, a new assessment of
Israeli-American relations is in order. We have moved much (loser together in the
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wake of the Six Day War of 1967. There is concern lest Israel win the war but lose
the peace. There was fear that the United States might sell Israel down the
river, that Israel might be forced to make one-sided concessions, that the United
States might not provide the required Phantom jets and other arms to maintain the
essential military balance.
Pro-Communist Arab guerrillas were a dangerous factor. The Soviet role was
unpredictable. Soviet troops and airmen arrived in Egypt. An ominous crisis
existed along the Suez Canal.
Today, if I may be permitted, we are beginning to see the silver lining.
The American-inspired cease-fire at the Suez Canal has brought twenty months of
respite from warfare on that dangerous front.
We have recognized the need not only for a strong and secure Israel but also
for a credible and powerful United States presence in the Mediterranean, the Middle
East, and the Persian Gulf. American interests are at stake. We cannot allow a
power vacuum to develop.
Israel and Jordan are now showing signs of building on a situation that we
hope is stabilizing. A new evolution of thinking appears to be bringing Israel and
Jordan closer together. At least, the shooting has stopped. Let us hope that
talking is possible and that productive results may be achieved by the Silver
anniversary year.
The United States has not become a substitute in peace negotiations for any
country directly involved. Our administration is convinced that Israel must be
permitted to settle differences directly with her neighbors. The failure to make
binding and contractual peace agreements in 1949 resulted in two additional wars--
1956 and 1967. That mistake must not be repeated.
We have helped stabilize the situation through a massive new flow of
economic and military assistance to Israel. It began in 1969. From the year 1969
to the end of 1972 we will have provided Israel with more economic and military
aid than in the entire period from 1948 to 1969. President Nixon has kept his word
on the commitments he made in 1968.
The Nixon Administration's four year total of economic and military assistance
to Israel will be larger than the combined figure for the 20-year period of 1948
through 1968. This is a good record for a good cause.
We realize that we cannot forecast the outcome of President Nixon's talks
with the Russians in Moscow this May. But we are all free to speculate on some
(more)
-4-
developments that we would like to see flow from the summit conference. What happens
in Moscow may have an immediate impact on the Middle East, an area of great strategic
concern to both the United States and the Soviet Union.
Moscow must understand that military blackmail and manipulation will not work
against Israel. Such an understanding will enhance the prospects of peace.
Uncertainty is dangerous. We have clarified our stand and are continuing to do SO.
Just as there are changes in other parts of the world, a live-and-let-live
attitude may grow among the states of the Middle East. If Washington and Peking
can explore co-existence, why not Cairo and Jerusalem?
But peace will not come in any part of the world if others conclude that
America has grown weak and is withdrawing from her world responsibilities. When he
visited the United States Sixth Fleet in 1970, President Nixon told NATO commanders
of "the primary indispensable principle of American foreign policy." In the
president's own words, "that principle is to maintain the necessary strength in the
Mediterranean to preserve the peace against those who might threaten the peace."
We have not voted large sums for Israel purely because of generosity or our
admiration for the Jewish state or because so many Jews died in World War Two. Let
us be frank about that. The American people, through the Congress, have supported
this administration's policy on Israel because our policy is in the national
security interest of the United States.
Our obligation as a nation is to our own security, first and foremost. The
reason we have so strongly backed Israel goes beyond the justice of Israel's case.
The defense of Israel is very important to the security of the United States. Our
policy is linked with the fate of the Mediterranean and the future of NATO. It is
consistent with the desire of our nation to preserve freedom and to oppose
totalitarianism.
I reject the political line now emerging that we should return to isolationism
and refuse to involve ourselves with the Middle East. Some new leftists and
extreme liberals have displayed complete inconsistency in proclaiming support for
Israel while undermining the administration's military capabilities world wide.
They oppose the development of new and better weapons for the defense of freedom
while saying that they favor the provision of such weapons to Israel.
We must resist the blandishments of neo-isolationism. The Soviet Union is
expanding its aggressive military build-up and sending its atomic submarines and
(more)
-5-
warships to our coastal waters. When we cease missile research and stop development
of newer and better jets, we lessen our capacity to aid Israel. We also invite
aggression.
If President Nixon is to be credible when he speaks in Moscow of our
intentions in the Middle East, we must have a Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean
that is provided with the most effective ships and personnel. The Russians must
also know that we are continuing defense research and development. Otherwise, they
will look at the chess board of power and find our moves lacking in credibility.
The President's emphasis is not on war or militarism. He is terminating a
pre-existing conflict in the Far East. His concentration is on the emerging
structure of peace.
Despite our restraint in military supply of Israel, the Soviet Union made
new pledges and shipments of arms to Egypt during 1971. At the end of the year,
President Nixon felt obliged to reiterate that the United States would not allow
the balance to be upset. The Soviet Union is continuing to build up its own
military facilities in Egypt and to station increasingly sophisticated weaponry
there. We are now sending new arms to Israel.
President Nixon last month reported to the Congress that "the Soviet Union's
effort to use the Arab-Israeli conflict to perpetuate and expand its own military
position in Egypt has been a matter of concern to the United States." He pointed
out that "the USSR has taken advantage of Egypt's increasing dependence on Soviet
military supply to gain the use of naval and air facilities in Egypt. This has
serious implications for the stability of the balance of power locally, regionally
in the Eastern Mediterranean, and globally."
The Soviet Union recently introduced into Egypt the FOXBAT and other advanced
MIG aircraft and the SA-6 mobile surface-to-air missiles. They have also brought
in TU-16 bombers equipped with long-range air-to-surface missiles. Much of this
equipment is operated exclusively by Soviet military personnel.
According to what the President told Congress about this development, I
concluded that he might very well tell the Russians how they can best avoid a major
conflict in the Middle East. It is by restraint in arms supply to Egypt, by
refraining from exploitation of the dispute to enhance the Soviet military position,
and by encouraging the negotiation of peace. The Soviet Union has in the past
attempted to draw a final political and territorial blueprint, including final
(more)
-6-
boundaries, instead of cooperating in a process of negotiation.
The President remains convinced that there must be an understanding with
Moscow on the limits of acceptable Soviet behavior in the Middle East.
A secure peace in the Middle East requires stable relations on two levels--
accommodation within the region and a balance among the powers outside.
Israel has reminded us that the Indian-Pakistani war demonstrated the
impotence of the United Nations. I can accept the Israeli position that inter-
national guarantees are no substitute for the physical conditions and means for
security.
As our Government continues to seek new patterns of order and a new era of
international stability, new relationships must be shaped. I am very pleased by
the new relationship developing between the United States and Israel.
It is also a source of satisfaction that Jews in substantial numbers are now
able to emigrate from the Soviet Union. I have made known my conviction that the
President should keep the Soviet Union aware of American opinion on this compelling
humanitarian issue.
As we move toward Israel's Silver anniversary, we are aware of this
administration's determination to maintain the cease-fire, to keep a military
balance, to offer any help desired if the parties achieve an interim settlement, and
to impress upon the Soviet Union that strategic rivalry in the Middle East is
incompatible with regional peace and U.S.-Soviet relations.
I look forward to a Silver anniversary in which a real peace will free
the energies and resources of the Middle East for economic and social progress.
The United States hopes for a new era of constructive and mutually beneficial
relations with all nations and all peoples.
As this year's recipient of the Silver award, I look forward, in the words
of the Hebrew prayer, to "next year in Jerusalem. "
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ADDRESS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
REPUBLICAN LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
BEFORE THE CLEVELAND REGION, ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
AT CLEVELAND, OHIO
4 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1972
FOR RELEASE AT 4 P.M. SUNDAY
As an individual, I am deeply honored to be selected by the Cleveland Region
of the Zionist Organization of America as the second annual recipient of the Rabbi
Abba Hillel Silver Award. As the leader of my party in the House of Representatives,
I wish to accept this award not only in my own name but on behalf of all those
members of the Congress who cherish the memory of Rabbi Silver and the historic
role he played in bringing about a confluence in the great streams of Zionism and
Americanism.
It appears that I am the second Republican to be selected for this award.
Senate and House Republicans now share in this honor in view of the presentation
last year to the distinguished senator from Ohio, Bob Taft. My party remembers--
with reverence and affection--the sacred blessings invoked on our national political
conventions by Rabbi Silver when he led us in prayer. His spirit will continue to
guide us.
I am moved by the Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver Award and the importance of
commemorating the historic role of Dr. Silver in the development of Israeli-American
relations. It would be fitting to celebrate this coming year, the 25th anniversary
of the creation of the State of Israel, the Silver Anniversary of Israel, with a
gesture honoring Dr. Silver.
The unique celebration of the Silver Anniversary of Israel that I propose
would give new dimension and meaning to the relationship linking our two countries.
It would be in the service of peace and the normalization of relations among the
peoples of the world.
I propose that the United States Government take action by the Silver
Anniversary of Israel in 1973 to recognize Jerusalem as the historic and lawful
capital of Israel by moving the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
It has become anachronistic and even an impediment to a regional peace settlement
for the United States to continue maintaining the fiction that Jerusalem is not
the capital of Israel.
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The Government of Israel is located in Jerusalem. The Israeli parliament,
the offices of the prime minister and president, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry
and other agencies of government are in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the historic,
biblical, and revered capital of the Jewish nation. The re-born State of Israel,
approaching its Silver Anniversary, has established its permanence to the extent
that our government should recognize the capital city of Israel, Jerusalem, and
move our embassy to the city designated by the sovereign state of Israel as its
capital.
Israeli-American relations have reached a point wherein it is absurd to go
on with the old, makeshift arrangement of maintaining our embassy in Tel Aviv in
defiance of the facts of life. To continue with the present arrangement might tend
to indicate that there is something temporary about the location of Israel's
capital. This situation does not encourage the Arabs to translate the present
cease-fire arrangements into a permanent and lasting peace.
It is embarrassing to the State of Israel and to our ambassador in Tel Aviv
when he has to ride back and forth from one city to another to maintain a diplomatic
myth. By moving our Embassy to Jerusalem, we will demonstrate that our friendship
has reached the phase in which we accept Israel's right to designate her capital.
President Nixon set an example of reviewing diplomatic contacts and relations
with the Chinese government in Peking. We can do no less with a nation with whom
we have enjoyed a close friendship in this last quarter-century. I hope that
President Nixon, by the year 1973, goes to Jerusalem to dedicate a new United
States Embassy in that city, a city of God and man, a city precious to all Americans,
Christian and Jewish alike, a city that we can very appropriately recognize as a
world capital devoted to the ideal of peace and the brotherhood of man under the
fatherhood of God.
I intend to make my views known to our Secretary of State. We remain
mindful, however, of the spiritual and universal significance of Jerusalem and its
sacred meaning to three faiths--Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. There is no
question in my mind that the State of Israel will respect the religious considera-
tions involving the holy shrines of other faiths, the access to such shrines, and
related factors of interfaith concern.
As we approach the Silver anniversary of Israel, a new assessment of
Israeli-American relations is in order. We have moved much closer together in the
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wake of the Six Day War of 1967. There is concern lest Israel win the war but lose
the peace. There was fear that the United States might sell Israel down the
river, that Israel might be forced to make one-sided concessions, that the United
States might not provide the required Phantom jets and other arms to maintain the
essential military balance.
Pro-Communist Arab guerrillas were a dangerous factor. The Soviet role was
unpredictable. Soviet troops and airmen arrived in Egypt. An ominous crisis
existed along the Suez Canal.
Today, if I may be permitted, we are beginning to see the silver lining.
The American-inspired cease-fire at the Suez Canal has brought twenty months of
respite from warfare on that dangerous front.
We have recognized the need not only for a strong and secure Israel but also
for a credible and powerful United States presence in the Mediterranean, the Middle
East, and the Persian Gulf. American interests are at stake. We cannot allow a
power vacuum to develop.
Israel and Jordan are now showing signs of building on a situation that we
hope is stabilizing. A new evolution of thinking appears to be bringing Israel and
Jordan closer together. At least, the shooting has stopped. Let us hope that
talking is possible and that productive results may be achieved by the Silver
anniversary year.
The United States has not become a substitute in peace negotiations for any
country directly involved. Our administration is convinced that Israel must be
permitted to settle differences directly with her neighbors. The failure to make
binding and contractual peace agreements in 1949 resulted in two additional wars--
1956 and 1967. That mistake must not be repeated.
We have helped stabilize the situation through a massive new flow of
economic and military assistance to Israel. It began in 1969. From the year 1969
to the end of 1972 we will have provided Israel with more economic and military
aid than in the entire period from 1948 to 1969. President Nixon has kept his word
on the commitments he made in 1968.
The Nixon Administration's four year total of economic and military assistance
to Israel will be larger than the combined figure for the 20-year period of 1948
through 1968. This is a good record for a good cause.
We realize that we cannot forecast the outcome of President Nixon's talks
with the Russians in Moscow this May. But we are all free to speculate on some
(more)
-4-
developments that we would like to see flow from the summit conference. What happens
in Moscow may have an immediate impact on the Middle East, an area of great strategic
concern to both the United States and the Soviet Union.
Moscow must understand that military blackmail and manipulation will not work
against Israel. Such an understanding will enhance the prospects of peace.
Uncertainty is dangerous. We have clarified our stand and are continuing to do SO.
Just as there are changes in other parts of the world, a live-and-let-live
attitude may grow among the states of the Middle East. If Washington and Peking
can explore co-existence, why not Cairo and Jerusalem?
But peace will not come in any part of the world if others conclude that
America has grown weak and is withdrawing from her world responsibilities. When he
visited the United States Sixth Fleet in 1970, President Nixon told NATO commanders
of "the primary indispensable principle of American foreign policy.' In the
president's own words, "that principle is to maintain the necessary strength in the
Mediterranean to preserve the peace against those who might threaten the peace."
We have not voted large sums for Israel purely because of generosity or our
admiration for the Jewish state or because so many Jews died in World War Two. Let
us be frank about that. The American people, through the Congress, have supported
this administration's policy on Israel because our policy is in the national
security interest of the United States.
Our obligation as a nation is to our own security, first and foremost. The
reason we have so strongly backed Israel goes beyond the justice of Israel's case.
The defense of Israel is very important to the security of the United States. Our
policy is linked with the fate of the Mediterranean and the future of NATO. It is
consistent with the desire of our nation to preserve freedom and to oppose
totalitarianism.
I reject the political line now emerging that we should return to isolationism
and refuse to involve ourselves with the Middle East. Some new leftists and
extreme liberals have displayed complete inconsistency in proclaiming support for
Israel while undermining the administration's military capabilities world wide.
They oppose the development of new and better weapons for the defense of freedom
while saying that they favor the provision of such weapons to Israel.
We must resist the blandishments of neo-isolationism. The Soviet Union is
expanding its aggressive military build-up and sending its atomic submarines and
(more)
-5-
warships to our coastal waters. When we cease missile research and stop development
of newer and better jets, we lessen our capacity to aid Israel. We also invite
aggression.
If President Nixon is to be credible when he speaks in Moscow of our
intentions in the Middle East, we must have a Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean
that is provided with the most effective ships and personnel. The Russians must
also know that we are continuing defense research and development. Otherwise, they
will look at the chess board of power and find our moves lacking in credibility.
The President's emphasis is not on war or militarism. He is terminating a
pre-existing conflict in the Far East. His concentration is on the emerging
structure of peace.
Despite our restraint in military supply of Israel, the Soviet Union made
new pledges and shipments of arms to Egypt during 1971. At the end of the year,
President Nixon felt obliged to reiterate that the United States would not allow
the balance to be upset. The Soviet Union is continuing to build up its own
military facilities in Egypt and to station increasingly sophisticated weaponry
there. We are now sending new arms to Israel.
President Nixon last month reported to the Congress that "the Soviet Union's
effort to use the Arab-Israeli conflict to perpetuate and expand its own military
position in Egypt has been a matter of concern to the United States.' He pointed
out that "the USSR has taken advantage of Egypt's increasing dependence on Soviet
military supply to gain the use of naval and air facilities in Egypt. This has
serious implications for the stability of the balance of power locally, regionally
in the Eastern Mediterranean, and globally. "
The Soviet Union recently introduced into Egypt the FOXBAT and other advanced
MIG aircraft and the SA-6 mobile surface-to-air missiles. They have also brought
in TU-16 bombers equipped with long-range air-to-surface missiles. Much of this
equipment is operated exclusively by Soviet military personnel.
According to what the President told Congress about this development, I
concluded that he might very well tell the Russians how they can best avoid a major
conflict in the Middle East. It is by restraint in arms supply to Egypt, by
refraining from exploitation of the dispute to enhance the Soviet military position,
and by encouraging the negotiation of peace. The Soviet Union has in the past
attempted to draw a final political and territorial blueprint, including final
(more)
-6-
boundaries, instead of cooperating in a process of negotiation.
The President remains convinced that there must be an understanding with
Moscow on the limits of acceptable Soviet behavior in the Middle East.
A secure peace in the Middle East requires stable relations on two levels--
accommodation within the region and a balance among the powers outside.
Israel has reminded us that the Indian-Pakistani war demonstrated the
impotence of the United Nations. I can accept the Israeli position that inter-
national guarantees are no substitute for the physical conditions and means for
security.
As our Government continues to seek new patterns of order and a new era of
international stability, new relationships must be shaped. I am very pleased by
the new relationship developing between the United States and Israel.
It is also a source of satisfaction that Jews in substantial numbers are now
able to emigrate from the Soviet Union. I have made known my conviction that the
President should keep the Soviet Union aware of American opinion on this compelling
humanitarian issue.
As we move toward Israel's Silver anniversary, we are aware of this
administration's determination to maintain the cease-fire, to keep a military
balance, to offer any help desired if the parties achieve an interim settlement, and
to impress upon the Soviet Union that strategic rivalry in the Middle East is
incompatible with regional peace and U.S.-Soviet relations.
I look forward to a Silver anniversary in which a real peace will free
the energies and resources of the Middle East for economic and social progress.
The United States hopes for a new era of constructive and mutually beneficial
relations with all nations and all peoples.
As this year's recipient of the Silver award, I look forward, in the words
of the Hebrew prayer, to "next year in Jerusalem. "
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