Egyptian Premier Nasser Says U. S.
Could Mediate Arab - Israel Dispute
LONDON, (JTA) — Egyptian ern statesmen should address
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser, in themselves without delay, for
a press interview published here,Ithere can be no lasting security
is reported as having expressed! in the Middle East while ten-
his belief that the United States ' sion between Israel and her
could act as mediator between Arab neighbors remains."
Israel and the Arab states.
Col. Nasser denied, in the Free Hand for Egypt
course of the interview, that the On
On Suez, Military Aid
evacuation of the British troops !
from the Suez Canal zone would! WASHINGTON, '(JTA) — The
result in Egyptian aggression j United States Government is
against Israel. "We want peace! taking no positive action in en-
to cope with our vital internal 'sluing termination of the Egyp-
; tian blockade against Israel-
problems," he declared. At ,,the
same time, he emphasized that bound shipping' at the Suez Ca-
Egypt would welcome American , nal in connection with the Brit-
military aid in building stronger ish withdrawal from the Canal
Egyptian armed forces. Zone, and does not plan any, it
was learned from,official sources
Western statesmen were called this week.
upon by The Times of London.
Likewise, the American au-
to address themselves "without ; thorities, in negotiating the
delay" to the question of Arab- ; promised supply of American
Israel relations. The editorial, arms to Egypt, are not pressing
entitled, "Middle East Takes • for Egyptian agreement to make
Stock," said: !peace with Israel, it was learn-
- "For all the improvement in or
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stability in the Middle East
Secretary of State John Fos-
which the Anglo -Egyptian!
ter Dulles told a press confer-
agreement seems likely to effect,!
ence that he hoped the Anglo-
it has two important limita- Egyptian negotiations on the
tions. It won't resolve the dyn- ;
; Suez Canal will develop so that
astic and national rivalries ;
dispos
gyp t will be
which have long bedeviled the ' E than it is now to comply with
Arab League. Above all, it won't
a 1951 United Nations resolu-
of itself ease Arab-Israel rela- tion demanding an end to the
tions. Indeed, it may well worsen
anti-Israel blockade.
them; and there is deep resent-
ment among Israelis at what , The Secretary's view of 'this
seems to them Britain's failure ; matter was elicited at a press
by a question put to
to make a settlement with Egypt ! him
the Washington corres-
b y
y
the occasion for obtaining the 1
Egyptians' compliance with the i pondent for JTA. The corres-
pondent pointed out that the
Security Council resolution con-
I United States was a party to the
demning interference with Is- UN resolution, and that Egypt
rael - bound shipping passing nevertheless has continued to
through
the Canal.
"The further
prospect that, refuse Canal passage to ships
, of American and other registries
Egypt will gain materially. in ; which carry cargoes to and from
strength, both from her posses- Israel. Mr. Dulles was asked if
sion of the Canal base and from this problem was considered in
new gifts of arms, is bound to connection with the • current
alarm Israel so long as Egypt', Suez settlement.
continues to maintain a threat- The Secretary replied that ar-
ening attitude toward her. This ; rangements reached between
is the problem- to which West- !Egypt and the United Kingdom,
as he recalled them, provided
in general that the parties re-
affirm the status of the Canal as
an international waterway. He
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added that he hoped that, as
negotiations and discussions de-
aGEST
veloped, the Egyptians would be
more disposed than they are
now to comply with the UN
resolution. The United States,
said Mr. Dulles has from time to
time made known its views on
this subject.
Later in the week, however,
the State Department indica-
ted that it will not intercede
in the Suez settlement to guar-
antee free passage of the Canal
to shipping bound to and from -
Israel, because "it would not
be appropriate for this Govern-
ment to urge the parties di-
rectly involved to introduce a
matter of principle at this
point in the discussions."
To do so would undoubtedly
hinder the achievement of a
final agreement," said Assistant
Secretary of State Thurston B.
Morton, on behalf of Secretary
Dulles. Mr. Morton's communi-
cation was addressed to Chair-
man Leverett Saltonstall, of the
Senate Armed Services Commit-
tee, who recently joined with a
bipartisan group of legislators to
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urge the State Department to
mai
intercede in the Suez settlement
to the end that justice would
be done in connection with
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Israel's interests.
The State Department stress-
ed, however, that "restriction on
traffic to and from Israel is one
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aspect of the entire problem of
Arab-Israel relations, an im-
al7,1e1/W
provement of which is a primary
objective of the United States
in the Near East."
"This Government," the com-
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munication stated, "stands fully
behind the Security Council res-
olution of Sept. 1, 1951, calling
upon Egypt to lift restrictions on
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Suez Canal traffic bound to or
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from Israel. This resolution re-
mains valid despite the Soviet
veto of a similar resolution on
this subject which was debated
by the Security Council early
this year. -The United States in
the past has called upon Egypt
to respect the 1951 resolution,
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and will continue to urge com-
pliance with it."
Reports that Egyptian assent
to a formal peace treaty or non-
aggression pact with Israel had
been demanded as a prerequisite
for Egypt's eligilibity for Ameri-
can aid met with speedy denial
during the week.
The New York Times report-
ed from Cairo that Egyptian
sources had acknowledged that
American hopes for peace in
the Middle East had been
voiced by Ambassador Jeffer-
son B. Caffery during the dis-
cussions, but that these had
stopped far short of getting
Egyptian agreement to peace
as a condition for aid.
Dr. Mahornoud Fawzi, the
Egyptian Foreign Minister, was
quoted as taking the position
that the current Egyptian-
Israel armistice agreement was
sufficient guarantee against
a renewal of hostilities by
Egypt.
Israel Ambassador Abba S.
Eban, saw Secretary of State
Dulles in the first of a series of
top-level meetings on the new
situation in the Middle East.
Ambassador Eban drew
the attention of the Secretary
of State to reasons for Israel's
apprehensions, and cited reasons
why stepks should be taken to
allay Israel's fears. He subse-
quently spent an hour in dis-
cussion with UndereSecretary of
State Walter Bedell Smith on the
British withdrawal from the Su-
ez Canal zone.
There w a s speculation in
diplomatic circles here that
Mr. Eban is being consulted
by the State Department on a
reported offer by Egyptian
Premier Carnal Abdel Nasser
that Egypt might agree to
have the United States act as
mediator in an effort to re-
solve Israel-Arab differences.
This arose from a published
interview in which Premier
Nasser indicated that Egypt
wants peace with Israel in the
wake of the Suez settlement.
' Ambassador Eban completed a
series of top-level discussions at
the State Department with an
hour-long discussion with Secre-
tary of State Dulles, but declined
to divulge details of the vital
talks.
Mr. Eban, who left for Israel
Tuesday, stated he is. now in a
position to give his government
"a clear picture of the secre-
tary's thinking of this stage."
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