ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has reaffirmed that Pakistan will continue to espouse the Palestinian cause, and his Government will spare no effort now, or in the future, to uphold the demand of our Arab brethren for the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. The Prime Minister said that the Pakistan delegation at the [UN] had been instructed to offer every possible cooperation to the PLO and other Arab delegations for the adoption of a suitable resolution on the Palestine issue. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Washington,] the highest ranking US military officer has been administered a dres­sing down by President Ford … for making “anti-Jewish” remarks. Air Force Gen­eral Ge­­orge Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told an audience in Durham, North Ca­­rolina … that Jews own the banks and the ne­­wspapers in the U.S.A. He said … that the Jewish lobby was so strong that it apparently controlled the Congress. “We have the Israelis coming to us for equipment. We say we can’t possibly get the Congress to support a progr­a­mme like this, and they insist: ‘Don’t worry about the Congress. We will take care of the Congress’.”

Published in Dawn, November 15th, 2024