United States and West German Aid to Israel (ص 45)

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United States and West German Aid to Israel (ص 45)

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conflict existed. Moreover, no private German firm would
be allowed to export arms or military equipment to Is-
rael». (68)
In spite of this assurance given by West Germany,
less than three years later, (i.e. in 1960), Adenauer and
Ben-Gurion met in New York and reached a secret agree-
ment for the sale of arms by West Germany to Israel for
80 million dollars. (69) The agreement was reached after
the consent of the U.S. Government, since West Germany
could not re-sell any arms (already bought from the U'S.)
without its consent. Robert McClousky announced that
the agreement between West Germany and Israel was
reached after prior consultations and the approval of the
US.
As a result of collective Arab action (10 member
states of the Arab league, i.e. with the exception of 3
namely, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya), the West German
Government was forced to halt the delivery of arms to
Israel. However, 80% of the merchandise had already been
received by Israel. After taking this step the West German
Government announced that «the outstanding supplies
under earlier arrangements on arms deliveries to Israel
had now been «converted» (into civilian supplies)». (70)
WEST GERMAN AID TO ISRAEL IN FIGURES
In 1960 an agreement was reached between West
Germany and Israel in which the former promised to
deliver arms to Israel worth 80 million dollars. On 14
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Abdul-Rahman, Asa'd

عبد الرحمن، أسعد

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