JORDAN REJECTS HAWK MISSILE DEAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-170-6-19-6
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: September 18, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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JORDAN REJECTS HAWK MISSILE DEAL
NC181225 FOR YOUR INFORMATION
AMMAN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN ARABIC AT 1200 GMT 1S SEPTEMBER
CARRIES A STATEMENT BY THE OFFICIAL JORDANIAN SPOKESMAN SAYING THAT
PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTER ZAYD AR-RIFA I
S. AMBASSADOR IN AMMANiw HIM
LAST NIGHT
THAT THE U.
HAWK MISSILE BATTERIES.
THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY THAT NACCORDANCE AIE ORDERS,
AND INSTRUCTIONS OF HIS EXALTED MAJESTY THE : THE PRIME
INFORMED THE U.S. AMBASSADOR OF THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT S REGRET
THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT PREPARED TO SIGN THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE
OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED HAWK MISSILES UNDER THE CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS
AND OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED IN PRESIDENT FORD S LETTER TO CONGRESS,
WHICH JORDAN CONSIDERS UNIQUE AND AFFECTING ITS NATIONAL DIGNITY."
FURTHER DETAILS AS AVAILABLE.
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(18 SEPTEMBER STATEMENT BY JORDANIAN OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN--READ BY c
ANNOUNCER)
(TEXT) PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTER NIGHT. 3
AR?RIFA I RECEIVED THE U.S. AMBASSADOR IN AMMAN LATE TEALAST PNIGHT
THE AMBASSADOR INFORMED HIM THAT THE U.S.
JORDAN S REQUEST TO PURCHASE 14 ADVANCED HAWK MISSILE BATTLERS,
FOLLOWING THE MESSAGE PRESIDENT FORD ADDRESSED TO CONGRESS INFORMING
IT THAT THESE MISSILE BATTERIES WOULD BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN JORDAN IN
LATE 1976 AND THEIR DESILECONTINUE
1979. PRESIDENT FORD LETTER WOULD BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFENDING JORDAN AND THAT
DISTRIBUTION IN THE KINGDOM WOULD REFLECT THEIR DEFENSIVE
THEIR
t TORE, FOR THEY WOULD BE USED TO DEFEND THE AMMAN AND AZrZARQA
AREAS, AIRPORTS, AIR BASES, RADAR STATIONS AND OTHER VITAL AREAS IN
JORDAN. IN HIS LETTER TO CONGRESS PRESIDENT FORD ADDED THAT THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT AGREE TO THESE BATTERIES BEING PART OF ANY
BILATERAL OR COLLECTIVE ARAB MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS WITHOUT ITS
PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL, AND THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WOULD WATCH
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THIS, AND WOULD RESERVE THE RIGHT, FOR
ITSELF AND FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS, TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES
IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO HALT THE EXPORT OF THE MISSILES.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS OF HIS MAJESTY
KING HUSAYN, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS INFORMED THE U. S.
OF THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT S REGRET THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT
PREPARED TO SIGH THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED
HAWK MISSILES UNDER
EFORDDSTLETTERRTOTCONGRESS, OBLIGATIONS
CONTAINED I N PRESIDENT
UNIQUE AND AFFECTING ITS NATIONAL DIGNITY.
THE PRIME MINISTER STRESSED TO THE U.S. AMBASSADOR JORDAN S
FIRM POLICY: NAMELY, IT CONSIDERS THAT ANY ARMS ARRIVING IN JORDAN
ARE JORDANIAN ARMS AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE IN THE KINGDOM. ADDED
TO ALL THIS, THE DATES OF THE DELIVERY OF THE HAWK MISSILES,
AS ESTABLISHED IN PRESIDENT FORD S LETTER, ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH
JORDAN S NEEDS. JORDAN INSISTS ON IMPORTING THEM AS SOON AS THE
TRAINING OF OUR ARMED FORCES IN THEIR USE IS COMPLETED AND THEIR
ABILITY TO ABSORB THAT CAN ANY
AS
KINGDOM S AIRSPACE
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
THE PRIME MINISTER ADDED: SHOULD THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NOT
BE PREPARED TO CONCLUDE A SALES AGREEMENT ON
JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT WILL WITHDRAW ITS REQUEST TO PURCHASE THE
MISSILES AND WILL SEEK TO INSURE THE KINGDOM S AIR DEFENSE NEEDS,
AND IN THE SPHERE IN WHICH THE HAWK MISSILES CAN COVER, FROM ANY
OTHER ArHIS MAJESTY ALREADY
PRINCIPLES BY WHICH JORDANHASCBEEND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABIDING
SO FAR IN INSURING ITS ARMS.
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