Word: arabia
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Japanese holdings in the U.S. total a hefty $34 billion. The Canadians have some $30 billion in securities and other assets in the U.S. Although investment tallies for most countries are routinely made public by the U.S. Treasury, the Government insists on guarding the confidentiality of those by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and other OPEC members. The Treasury will reveal only the combined totals for all 13 OPEC members, so that neither Congress nor the public knows how much any individual country has invested in the U.S. The latest figures for OPEC holdings: $34.9 lion in Government...
...appalled by the misinformation and sheer ignorance that has come of the issue of the sale of the AWACS, and the ignorance is by-partisan," Herman Eilts, Boston University law professor and former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, said last night...
...Middle East has "been very lucky" in the past that Saudi threats of war have not materialized, Landes said, adding that peace may not survive if Saudi Arabia is equipped with AWACS...
Three foreign policy experts last night accused the Reagan administration and Congress of mishandling the proposed $8.5-billion sale of an Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) surveillance package to Saudi Arabia...
Eilts said the highly visible and vocal public debate has endangered chances for an agreement satisfactory to both Saudi Arabia and Israel...