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...flying Rolling Thunder missions regularly went down over North Viet Nam. In Hanoi, four U.S. airmen -two still in their flight suits, two already in P.O.W. blues-were trotted out before gloating Communist newsmen at a press conference. The flyers, said their captors, had ejected from two F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers that had crashed near Hanoi and Haiphong. "All four looked very miserable and showed great fear on their faces," Radio Hanoi reported. They had come, it added, for a "brazen" attack "deep into the mainland of North Viet...
...that even allies frequently find themselves colliding along the way. Israel is at odds with the U.S., its closest friend and its only real source of weapons. Washington considers Jerusalem intransigent, while Israelis resent U.S. attempts to pressure them into negotiating with the Arabs, most notably by withholding 50 Phantom jet fighters. The quarrel has become so abrasive that Premier Golda Meir flew to Washington last week in an effort to resolve it directly with President Nixon...
...opportunity to state her position last week. There was a three-hour luncheon with Secretary of State William Rogers and Assistant Secretary Joseph Sisco, followed by a two-hour meeting alone with Nixon in the Oval Office. Once again, she asked-in vain for the time being-for the phantom Phantoms, which Washington has refused since spring to deliver, on the grounds that the planes would upset the military balance in the Middle East...
...Sadat was trying in a none too subtle manner to put pressure on Washington, so was Mrs. Meir. Israel is anxious to obtain at least 50 more U.S.-built Phantom jets, particularly in view of continuing Soviet military aid to Egypt. The U.S., however, insists that Middle East arms are still in balance and refuses to provide additional planes. Last week Israel played up the news that eight to ten more Soviet TU-16 "Badger" bombers had arrived in Cairo and that they were capable of carrying air-to-ground Kennel missiles with a range of 50 miles. Washington maintained...
...line with President Nixon's commitment to maintain the balance of power in the area, the consequences, and make sure that the balance of power does not shift." In the Senate, meanwhile, 78 of 100 members signed a petition urging the Administration to resume delivery of Phantom jets to Israel...