War is not the only danger to a healthy Israel. Economic disaster can accomplish what war could not. if we let it. A country the size of Israel. with its heavy defense burdens. cannot afford the several hundred million dollars that will be required for the anticipated influx of Soviet Jews over and above Israels normal budget for immigrantsand Israel has already spent enormous sums receiving and integrating hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Middle Eastern countries. For all these reasons. therefore. we must be prepared to help Israel cope with the hoped for emigration from the Soviet Union. Our factfinding mission to Israel underscored the basic need for immediate U.S. assistance to this courageous nation. We observed firsthand the arrival of hundreds of Jews from the Soviet Union in Vienna en route to the State of Israel.
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