Mr. President. the deeply contrasting speeches of President Johnson and Russian Prime Minister Kosygin on the Middle East crisis - demonstrated the basic differences between American and Soviet interna- tional goals. - President Johnson calmly and effectively presented five *essential points which could guarantee a lasting peace in the area. He based that settlement on territorial integrity. justice for refugees. respect for international maritime rights. the right to national existence and limitation of the arms race. The President asked the warring parties to reason together. He accused nobody. He addressed himself not to a "false reconstruction of the pastbut to a realistic program for the future." And he offered the resources of the United States to help in the reconstruction of relationships in the Middle East which must emerge if peace is to endure.
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