Eshkol Establishes Friendly Bcinds
With Britain; Coordinate M.E. Plans;
Little Hope Seen for Peace in Area

LONDON (JTA)—Prime Minister
Harold Wilson, in his meetings
with Israel's Premier Levi Eshkol
since last Thursday, told the
Israeli leader that a military bal-
ance should be preserved between
the forces concerned in the Arab-
Israli disputes, a spokesman for
the Foreign Office declared here.
Expressing opposition to the arms
race in the Middle East, Wilson
also told Eshkol, according to the
spokesman, that: 1. Britain opposes
the use of force or the threat of
force by any government in the
Milddle East area; 2. opposes in-
terferences by any country in the
region with the internal affairs of
any other country; 3. opposes en-
couragement of subdivision in the
region. 4. reiterates the British de-
fense, but considers it important
for the maintenance of peace in the
area that an Arab-Israel military
balance be preserved.
A source close to the Foreign
Office said that the Jordan River
water issue has been discussed
in lengthy talk between Eshkol
and Foreign Secretary Michael
Stewart. The latter was reported
to have made it clear that Britain
would deplore any action to in-
terfere with the water supplies
of any country in the Middle
East.
Although Britain is not a party
to the Eric Johnston water plan,
worked out on behalf of the United
States in 1955, Eshkol was report-
edly told by the British Foreign Sec-
retary that Britain would consider
the criteria set up by the Johnston
plan as a sensible yardstick for in-
terpretation of the water rights of
any of the parties concerned.
The same source declared that
the Eshkol visit had resulted in no
change in British policy, but pro-
vided an opportunity for clarifica-
tion and reiteration of mutual
Anglo-Israeli friendship. The source
said that both Britain and the
United States had agreed in last
week's visit to Washington by
Stewart to coordinate their Middle
East policies. Both the U.S.A. and
Britain, this source said, have
Israel's interests at heart.
Minister of Defense Denis Healey
was present during the Eshkol-
Stewart talks which Eshkol de-
scribed later as having left him
"very satisfied." There may be
differences of views "here or
there," he said, but on the whole
the talks were "friendly and use-
ful." He said that "there will, no
doubt, be more talks on a lower
level." He did not find, the Israeli
leader declared, any basic dif-
ferences in the appraisal of the
Middle East situation by Britain
and Israel, adding that he took
good care to explain the Israeli
position "very, very clearly."
The British government, it was
asserted here,- believes that there
is no present reason for Israel to
be emphatic about the Arab
threat to its Jordan River water
supplies.
But Eshkol, speaking in a tele-
vision interview, reiterated a state-
ment he had previously made in
Israel, asserting that the Jordan
waters were "Israel's life-line."
At one time, he said, experts
thought that the Jordan water
sources would furnish 2,500,000,000
cubic meters, but it has been es-
tablished more recently that the
amount would be only 1,500,000,000

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cubic meters. For this reason, he
said, "the water is even more
precious."
Eshkol asserted that the danger
of war in the Middle East is not
imminent "though the Arabs
threaten us at least twice a
month." "If the Arabs thought
Israel was weak," he said, "the
danger would be much greater.
But they know Israel would not
be an easy nut to crack." He
reiterated his attitude toward the
Syrian plans for division of the
headwaters of the Jordan River,
declaring that if these plans were
implemented, Israel would consider
it "territorial aggression, and
would respond accordingly."
At a luncheon tendered by
Prime Minister Wilson to the
Israel Premier, the British Prime
Minister stressed the friendship
between Britain and Israel. He
recalled his visit to Israel and
welcomed the opportunity for a
"basic exchange of views." In
reply, Premier Eshkol said that
Israel had absorbed much of the
British legal and political sys-
tem and had an abiding respect
for British culture and thought,
which was reflected in Israel's
political institutions.
He added that his talks with
Prime Minister Wilson had re-
newed and strengthened his re-
spect and confidence in Britain's
moral leadership in world affairs.
He said that Anglo-Israel relations
had had their "ups and downs" but
the Israelis preferred to remem-
ber the kindness of early days
such as those of the Balfour Dec-
laration. They also recalled, he
added, the sympathy and support
which wide segments of the British
people have always shown to Zion-
ism and Israel. At the present
time, he stated, those relations
would be further strengthened by
his current visit.
Premier Eshkol later lauded Wil-
son's friendship for Israel when
he spoke at a dinner tonight given
for him by Ambassador Lourie. De-
claring he had been "deeply
moved" by the warm reception he
had received, Eshkol said that Mr.
Wilson's friendship for Israel had
"been a source of deep satisfac-
tion to our people and I have been
happy to learn at first hand that,
amidst his vast preoccupations, the
hope for peace in the Middle East
is always in his thoughts, his in-
cisive mind ever searching for ave-
nues for the relaxation of tensions
in our area."
He declared that the lessons
of the European tragedy were
indelibly engraved on the mem-
ory of the Jewish people and
the citizens of Israel. They were
determined that never again
would the Jewish peeople be
helpless and homeless, he added.
He noted that in less than 17

Israel Re-Elected
to UN Commission

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (JTA)
—The 18-member Economic and
Social Council—one of the major
organs of the United Nations—re-
elected Israel for three years to its
important Social Commission, but
defeated Israel's bid for a second
three-year term on another subsi-
diary body, the Committee on
Housing, Building and Planning.
Israel has been a member of
both the Social Commission and the
group dealing, among other mat-
ters, with housing and planning,
an area in which Israel is consid-
ered to have much special exper-
tise. In both instances, the ECO-
SOC had to elect members to fill
fresh terms beginning January 1,
1966. Israel received 12 of the 18
votes for re-election on the Social
Commission.

years, more than 1,200,000 im-
migrants had entered Israel,
about half of them survivors of
the Nazi death camps and the
other half refugees from the
Arab countries.
"Our central problem," he con-
tineud, "is the lack of peace with
our neighbors." In defiance of the
United Nations decision of 1947
and of the United Nations char-
ter, our Arab neighbors continue
to threaten our destruction and to
reject our outstretched hand of
peace. In these circumstances, we
are compelled to divert much of
our national resources to the task
of defense, though our aim is not
to win a war but to prevent it."
Prior to the meetings with Wil-
son, Eshkol met with George
Brown, Deputy British Premier and
Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs. The two men had a 45-
minute talk o na wide range of
economic and financial issues.
Eshkol reportedly told rown
that, while Israel continues to be
Britain's biggest customer in the
Middle East trade, the trade bal-
ance between the two countries
was adverse against Israel. He
called this an unsatisfactory situa-
tion even among friends. The Brit-
ish leader said he understood the
problem and promised to seek
ways to improve the situation.
Eshkol declared Monday, that
his meetings with British Premier
Wilson, Foreign Secretary Michael
Stewart and other ranking mem-
bers of the cabinet have been
"most encouraging."
Climaxing his six-day series of
official governmental conversation
here, the Israeli Prime Minister
reviewed the conferences he has
held here since last week and
called upon "world statesmanship"
to play a "crucial role in the ad-
vancement of peace" in the Middle
East. He spoke at a luncheon ten-
dered in his home by the Anglo-
Israel parliamentary group.
The visiting Premier recalled
that, in the years immediately
preceding Jewish statehood,
when Britain was the mandatory
power in Palestine, there were
"some deep scars." However, he
added that "in the fulfilment of
our statehood we do not forget
Britain's pioneering contribu-
tion through the Balfour Dec-
laration in recognition of the
Jewish people's right to estab-
lish independence in the land
of its fathers."
Eshkol warned that, as in the
past, the Middle East was again
"not free from the sense of crisis,"
adding that "there is always a
danger of aggression in our area,
particularly in view of the con-
stant heavy buildup of armaments
on the Arab side. While we feel
we must maintain an adequate
deterrent capacity, as the best
means of preventing war, we do
not despair of peace. It is our con-
viction that world statesmanship
can play a great role" for ultimate
peace, he concluded.
The visiting Premier was sched-
uled to meet with W. Averell
Harriman, President Johnson's
special envoy, today. Mr. Harri-
man was sent on a special mission
to Israel last month after West
Germany precipitated a Middle
East upheaval by suspending the
last part of a multi-million dollar
shipment of arms to Israel under
Egyptian pressure.
Among those present to greet
the Premier and his party at the
airport were Herbert Bowden,
Lord President of the Council and
Leader of the House; Neville
Bland, Special Representative of
the Secretary of State; John Beith,
British Ambassador to Israel; Ar-
thur Lourie, Israel Ambassador to
Britain; and other members of

the Embassy. The British Jewish
community was represented by
Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie, Sir
Barnett Janner and representa-
tives of all major Zionist and
Jewish organizations.
The first meeting of the two
Prime Ministers will be at a lunch-
eon at the Prime Minister's offi-
cial residence for Premier and
Mrs. Eshkol at which Mrs. Wilson
also will be present. The
two Prime Ministers will then
meet for talks through the after-
noon and in the evening Mr. Wil-
son will attend a dinner given
by Ambassador Lourie in honor
of Premier Eshkol.
Eshkol Says He Will Not
Meet Erhard During His Trip
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Premier
Levi Eshkol said at Lydda Air-
port, as he left for London, that
he would not meet West German
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard during
his current European visit.

Judge Kister New Member
of Israel's Supreme Court

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jurist
Yitzhak Kister, a Tel Aviv District
Court judge since 1945, was nomin-
ated to fill the vacancy on Israel's
Supreme Court created by the
retirement of Justice Yitzhak
Olshan.
Born in Poland, the 60-year-old
new Supreme Court justice was
educated at th e University of
Lwow and w a s an attorney in
Poland from 1925 to 1935, coming
to Israel in 1935. He became a
magistrate in Tel Aviv in 1945 and
was named to the District Court.
He also has served as a lecturer
in Tel Aviv University.

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