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If so. the United States would be turning its back on a policy which is supported on both sides. and a precedent would be established for abandoning a small country in this area which is a valiant fighter for freedom. and we would be losing what is an indispensable source of strength in an area of the world in which we need strength. I am the first to say that we should have an affirmative and constructive policy in the Middle East and it should be based on a fourpoint program which I am about to state. Mr President. for years I have been fighting and working for this. just as I have been fighting and working for the honorable resettlement of the Arab refugees. who do not havE a better friend in either House of Congress. and have not had a better friend in either House of Congress during all the years I have served in the other body and in this body. An affirmative and constructive Mideast policy would include the following: First. A clear guaranty of borders and against direct or indirect aggression preferably under U.