Speech #880182823

Whether direct or indirect. the meaning is the samea threat of aggression against a sovereign state. The United States has in reality fostered an impartial policy with regard to the conflict. Supporting the peacekeeping efforts of the United Nations forces stationed in the area. calling for direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Arab States. footing approximately threefourths of the total bill for the support of the Palestinian refugees. and even denying succor to its allies during the 1956 Suez conflict. have been recognized as the actions of a country seeking to keep a peaceful equilibrium. The late President Kennedys statement in May of last year. in which he warned both the Arab States and Israel that the United States opposed aggressive and preventive war and that in the case of any aggression. the United States would take the necessary action either in the United Nations or on its own to prevent it. stressed a continued policy of neutrality. Even the recent speech given on January 20 by Deputy Under Secretary of State U.