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...circumstance that lies ahead is the Reagan Administration's decision to sell five AW ACS radar intelligence-gathering aircraft and other advanced air weaponry to Saudi Arabia. Begin stated his objections to the sale in detail to Reagan, arguing that the sale posed a clear "danger" to Israel. "We are not frightened by AWACS," Begin told Reagan, "but we are worried about them." Still, he followed the advice of aides not to raise a public ruckus in the U.S. about the sale, since an all-out fight would look bad if Congress does not act to block the deal...
While Reagan's insistence on pushing now for the sale of AW ACS and other air weaponry to Saudi Arabia promises to complicate life on Capitol Hill, other foreign policy issues are crying for his attention. Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin will arrive this week for a get-acquainted visit with Reagan at the White House. Begin will not only argue against the AWACS deal but will also urge Reagan to throw the prestige of the U.S. into fulfillment of the Camp David accords by sending a high-level envoy to the talks on autonomy...
...complain the Saudis, when they seek Washington's help with their security problems they find it difficult to purchase American arms. The U.S. Congress has stalled for weeks on approving the Saudi request to buy five AW ACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) planes. Sadat, on the other hand, has received approval for 40 sophisticated F-16 jet fighters, and talks about needing as many as 150 more. The Saudis feel, quite simply, that the U.S. is not treating them fairly...
...production. She spends ten minutes telling her friends she's too embarassed to say anything, but they clink their glasses anyway. Even before the hubbub has died down a crescendo of male voices begins chanting, "Photo, Photo," Photo sheepishly rises, buries her face in her hand, and grins. "Aw. you guys...
...only point on which Haig and the Israelis publicly disagreed was the planned sale of five American AW ACS, radar early-warning aircraft, to Saudi Arabia. The Israelis fear that the AWACS, which are capable of tracking aircraft up to 250 miles away, would be used to spy on their own air force. Said Eban: "The WACs would lay Israel naked to Arab eyes in the sky." Haig argued that arming Saudi Arabia was necessary to ensure overall security in the Persian Gulf and that Riyadh would be required to agree not to use the planes against Israel. Nevertheless, supporters...