[Redbook1:153-4][19700507:1355a]{The
Superpowers and Regional Conflicts [continued]}[7th
May 1970]
Thursday 7th May 1970
1.55pm [continued]
A further complication
in the Middle East is the growth of Israel into a half-superpower on
her own account, in military terms, under the stimulus of war. She will probably have her own short and
short-medium range nuclear-warhead missiles by 1975, and then let the Kremlin
and the Pentagon look to their rule-books.
At that stage the present fairly safe system (in relative terms) of
superpower backing will become extremely dangerous for the whole world. At the present the quality of Israel's own indigenous short-range military
technology -- as contrasted with Egypt's
externally provided aid -- is rapidly approaching that of France and Britain. Quantity is, of course, another matter, and
so is political influence -- one hopes.
Part of the
trouble is that the Arabs know very well that Israel, as a country whose
technology is deeply rooted in that of the European-based peoples, is almost
certain to dwarf them economically within 20 years of the final peace
settlement.
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