Let unrest increase. passions build up. fighting break out due to troubles within or between states. and the Soviets will have the Middle East. strategic crossroads of the Eastern Hemisphere. containing half the known reserves of oil in the world. They will be able to split East from West and seize the bridge across to Africa on which we are dependent for so much of our atomic as well as other strategic materials. Then indeed we will be in trouble. In my judgment. Mr. Chairman. the best and most useful thing we can do here is to keep this bill with a balance of both equal economic aid. and equal refugee aid to the two sides in order to help quiet the area down at a time when otherwise it is likely to explode.