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...center of his concern was the Middle Eastern balance of power. As Palestinian guerrillas menaced the government of Jordan's King Hussein, Nixon met in Washington with Premier Golda Meir to discuss new United States aid to Israel. A day earlier, in an off-the-record meeting with Chicago newspaper editors, the President mentioned the possibility of American intervention in the Jordan crisis (see WORLD). His remarks amounted to a calculated leak warning Arabs to move cautiously. The Chicago Sun-Times published a story on it, which the White House made no real effort to deny...
...ostentatious movement of ships and Marines had another purpose. Even as Israeli Premier Golda Meir arrived in the U.S. for conferences with President Nixon (see following story), the Administration was carefully leaking muted warnings of U.S. intervention. The warnings were chiefly designed to dissuade any invasion by Israel, whose paratroopers were already on the alert to jump into Jordan if Iraqi or Syrian troops came to the aid of the guerrillas. However, an Israeli invasion would undoubtedly be met by some sort of Egyptian response...
...Eban fails, as seems likely, the journey of Premier Golda Meir will become even more important. She will fly to Washington for discussions with President Nixon. Mrs. Meir is bringing an $800 million shopping list that includes U.S. jet fighters, antiaircraft missiles, electronic equipment and helicopters...
Phantom Decision. Even before she left home, Mrs. Meir was able to scratch half an item off her list. The Israeli air force, which has lost nine of the 50 U.S. Phantom jet fighter-bombers bought during the Johnson Administration, has asked for 25 more. Last week the Pentagon leaked the news that Israel would be allowed to buy 16 or 18 additional Phantoms. The Arabs, who regard the highly effective Phantoms as the symbol of U.S. "imperialism" in the Middle East, were predictably angry. The Egyptians accused the U.S. of undermining the cease-fire agreement by causing "military escalation...
...full 90 days-and what happens after that-will become clearer next week. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban plans to be in New York for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. He will use the visit to see Jarring and state Israel's position. Mrs. Meir, who was scheduled to visit President Nixon in October, has also moved up her visit and will come to the U.S. in mid-September. If the U.S. is unable to force the Egyptians and Soviets to remove the missiles from the cease-fire zone, she at least can use the missile buildups...