Reps handily reject
AWACS shipment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
House, by a vote of 301-111,
overwhelmingly rejected Pres
Reagan's proposed AWACS
radar plane sale to Saudi Arabia
today
Reagan, however, picked up
support in his drive to salvage
the sale in the Senate as five
senators committed themselves
to support him Two had been
leaning against approving the
deal
In the Senate, the latest
Associated Press count is 33 for
or leaning for the sale and 55
against or leaning that way
Twelve senators are uncommit
ted
Both houses must veto the
sale to stop it
The White House had
acknowledged even before the
House vote that it would lose
there
"We don’t expect to win,"
presidential spokesman Larry
Speakes had told reporters
As the House debated the
matter before voting, opponents
of the deal said putting the sur
veillance planes in Saudi hands
would pose a threat to Israel and
to the United States itself if the
planes fell into unfriendly
hands
But supporters said a con
gressional veto of the sale
would impinge on Reagan’s
conduct of foreign policy and
hinder the U S strategy of help
ing to defend U S allies in the
Mideast and bring peace to the
region
One opponent, Rep William
S Broomfield, R-Mich , ranking
Republican on the House Fo
reign Affairs Committee, said,
"In the final analysis our
defense concerns outweigh the
effect of this sale on our rela
tions with Saudi Arabia "
But Rep Clement J Zablocki,
D-Wis , a supporter, said veto of
the sale "would call into ques
tion U S reliability as a partner"
both for defending the region
and seeking a peace settlement
for it
In the face of the House vote,
the White House summoned
several senators for one-to-one
meetings with the president
After brief meetings with
Reagan, four Republicans told
reporters they would support
the sale when it comes to a vote
in the Senate next week The
Senate debate is scheduled to
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begin Tuesday and a vote is
expected the next day
The two most significant
commitments came from Sens
Mack Mattingly of Georgia and
Dan Ouayle of Indiana They
met together with Reagan and
then told reporters that his
promise of written assurances
on the issues of sharing AWACS
data and the planes' security
and maintenance had con
vinced them to vote for the sale
The other commitments came
from Sens James Abdnor of
South Dakota and John East of
North Carolina, both of whom
were regarded as likely backers
of Reagan's position
One Democrat, Sen David
Pryor of Arkansas, also met with
Reagan but said later he is still
opposed to the deal
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