In light of the delicate and difficult conditions prevailing now in the Middle East. we cannot permit delay in assuring that Israel will have the military equipment essential to maintain the balance of forces. or the support required to undergird an economy depleted by the threat of war. Like the committee bill. my proposal contains $300 million in authority for sales to Israel under the Foreign Military Sales Act. and $85 million for security supporting assistance. We cannot turn our backs on the desperate plight of refugees from the struggle in East Pakistan. My bill supplies the full $250 million requested for that purpose. We cannot ignore the cruel circumstances still facing Arab refugees. My bill continues the aid program charted in prior years to improve their plight. We cannot allow continued assistance. in line with the administrations performance and announced intentions. to the regimes in Pakistan and Greece which suppress. with varying degrees of brutality. the aspirations of their own people.
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