KOREY ADDRESS HIGHLIGHTS CONVENTION-
Full might of B'nai B'rith m u s t s u p p 0 ft USSRJewry
DR. WILLIAM KOREY . . . "no ifs or buts"
JWB Staff
The full might of B'nai B'rith must be immediately mobilized in the fight to help Soviet Jewry immigrate to Israel — there are no ifs, ands, or buts.
Dr. William Korey, B'nai B'rith representative to the United Nations, stressed this point at the B.B. District Convention July 15 at a session which president Dick Brownstein termed "the highlight of this conclave." Dr.
Korey is regarded as the world's foremost authority on Russian Jewry.
Dr. Korey specifically called upon the Order to support in every possible way the Jackson Amendment in the U.S. Congress. This proposal by Washington State Senator Henry M. Jackson calls for the U.S. to withhold most favored nation trade treaties with those countries, such as the Soviet Union, which restrict the right of   free  immigration  for all
citizens.
The speaker pointed out that there are presently 135,000 outstanding emigration applications from Soviet Jews, with most of these requests received immediately after the Yom Kippur War. Some 3,000 more applications are filed each month. Amongst the applicants are world-renowned scientific and cultural figures.
Dr. Korey said that in recent (Continued on page 4) See: B'NAI B'RITH
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SEAL BORDERS
JERUSALEM — Premier Yitzhak Rabin declared here Israel would seek to close off its borders and thereby prevent terrorist infiltration, while at same time "organizing the rear, throughout depth of the country, to resist incursions which do succeed in penetrating the borders."
Military analyst predicts Mideast war in 3-5 years
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. - A major war will break out again in the Middle East in three to five years, the time it would take for Israel and the Arabs to restore their military capabilities. This gloomy
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prediction was made here by Brig. Gen. (Ret.) S. L. A. Marshall, the noted historian and military analyst who received nationwide acclaim for his analysis of the tactics of Israel and the Arabs during the Yom Kippur War.
Marshall, who has been a military consultant to Israel and occasionally to the Pentagon, said it would take another three to five years to train replacements for the young Israel, Egyptian and Syrian leaders killed in the war.
The same amount of time would also be required by the Soviet Union and the United States to rebuild the military arsenals of their client states he added.
He also observed that the Palestinian problem would by then still remain unresolved and the USSR would press for another war in the hope of restoring absolute control of the Suez Canal to Egypt and unhindered Russian access to the Indian Ocean.
The 71-year-old analyst also blamed Secretary of State Henry A, Kissinger for tipping off Egypt that Israeli intelligence knew when the war would begin.
As a result, Marshall stated, Egypt launched its attack earlier in the day while Israel was still preparing for it. Marshall made
this statement to newsmen before addressing the local Association of U.S. Armies, a national group of active and retired army officers, on his recent tour of the Mideast battleground.
There was no immediate comment from Kissinger or his office in Washington.
Marshall stated that news of Egypt's plan to attack Israel arrived in Jerusalem at about 4:30 a.m. on Yom Kippur, and to Premier Golda Meir two hours later. Mrs. Meir, he said, ruled out a pre-emptive strike on the grounds that Israeli might lose U.S. support but told a few "friendly ambassadors and an American general."
Kissinger was informed, but in trying to restrain Egypt tipped ' President Anwar Sadat that Israel knew the attack was due that day.
As a result, Sadat ordered the attacked to be launched at 2 p.m. instead of 6:40 p.m., Marshall said.
ALLON-KISSINGER TALKS
JERUSALEM — Foreign Minister Yigal Allon is to meet in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger July 29, presenting a new formulation of Israeli policy on West Bank and on next stage of peace conference.
NO ISRAELIS HURT
TEL AVIV — Reports arriving from Cyprus confirmed that estimated 250 Israeli tourists on the island as well as personnel of Israel Embassy in Nicosia and representatives of Israeli companies were well.
DISCUSSES U.S. AID
JERUSALEM - William E. Simon, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, discussed with Israel leaders here the Jewish State's economy and future U.S. economic aid, as well as economic cooperation between U.S. and Israel.
GAZA STRIP QUIEt
TEL AVIV — Defense Minister Shimon Peres reported that the Gaza Strip had been tranquil for past six months and annual income per capita in the Strip had reached IL 1,200, an increase he described as a significant achievement.
LAUD MONTREAL JEWRY FOR ACCEPTING QUEBEC GOALS
MAX FUGMAN
Max Fugman, local businessman and well-known' for his community work, has once again been named general chairman of the State of Israel Bond Campaign for Vancouver. The announcement of the 1974 Drive chairman was made by Allan Bronfman, president of Canada-Israel Securities Ltd. (State of Israel Bonds).
Mr. Fugman acted as Bond chairman during the 1973 campaign, setting a new record in Bond sales. Active in all phases of community undertaking, he is a past president of Evergreen lodge B'nai B'rith, and is a board member of Congregation Schara
Tzedeck as well as being affiliated with Beth Israel synagogue.
In accepting the chairmanship of this year's Bond Drive, Mr. Fugman expressed concern about the problems still facing Israel. "Even with the present ceasefire, the Jewish State is perplexed by numerous difficulties which represent a challenge not only to Vancouver's Jewish Community but to all Jews in the free world.
"I am sure thai Vancouver Jewry will give their full support (o this campaign to help Israel's economic struggle for survival," Mr. Fugman concluded.
Soviet MI6-23S sent to Syria
WASHINGTON — The So-
Viet Union has shipped its latest f i g h t e r, the MIG-23 (known as the Flogger) to Syria, U.S. Defence Secretary James Schlesinger told the Senate Foreign Relations committee. The Flogger has a speed of 2,000 miles per hour. Schlesinger said that the Soviet Union had mox'e than made good Syria's losses in the October War. .
MONTREAL - Montreal's Jewish community has been praised by a Quebec government official as one of the few groups which understands and accepts Quebec's cultural and linguistic needs.
- M. Guy St. Pierre, provincial Industry and Commerce Minister, told a meeting of the Canada-Israel Chamber of Commerce that the Jewish community has "expressed its desire not only to live among us but also to be of use by fully accepting our language," French. He  said' recent government
studies had also shown that the Montreal Jewish community "has much sympathy for the aspirations of the French-speaking people of Quebec."
He cited a fellow member of the Cabinet, Victor Goldbloom, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, as clearly representing "the attitude of the Jewish people living among us."
He added that when a French-speaking Quebec resident "speaks to a member of your community, whether he lives here or in Israel, he has a feeling that he can be understood."
Lebanon claims Israel wiretapping
LONDON — Lebanese military intelligence claims to have uncovered an Israeli spy network which specialized in recording telephone conversations between high-ranking Lebanese and Arabs in other countries.
It has been reported that the head of the network, Salim Homsi, and several others members, including four telephone operators, had been arrested.
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