Daily World · 19 June 1967
CP-1967-032
Johnson gives U.S. position on Middle East
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Johnson gives U.S. position on Middle East 1 By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi dent Johnson declared today that "certainly troops must be withdrawn" from conquered ter- ritory in the wartorn Middle East but firmly linked the pull- back to negotiations of a gen- eral Arab-Israeli peace settle- ment.
" In a major statement of U.S. policy, the President dealt with the withdrawal of Israell forces from captured Arab territory as 1 a matter for negotiation along with the poblem of Arab refu- gees, freedom of passage • through international water- ways.
Arab recognition of Is- rael's right to exist and a limi- tation on the Middle East arms * race *Portainly troops must be withdrawn, but there must also be recognized rights of national life-progress in solving the ref- ugee problem-freedom of inno cent maritime passage-limita- tion of the arms race-and re- spect for political independence and territorial integrity," John- son said.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fol- + Lowing are highlights of the for- eign policy speech of President Johnson today: Continued on Page Four
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"Johnson gives U.S. position on Middle East," Daily World, 19 June 1967. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1967-032. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1967-032
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