CAB's 'Systematic Aggression' Assailed
by Tekoah in Note to Security Council;
Thant Sees 'Virtual State of War' at Suez

UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — Is-
rael complained to the Security
Council Monday about two Egyp-
tian commando raids across the
Suez Canal in the preceding days
which Israel's ambassador, Yosef
Tekoah, characterized as "system-
atic aggression" in violation of the
cease-fire agreement.
In a note to Oadma Bahadur
Khatri of Nepal, this month's
council president, Tekoah gave an
account of an Egyptian commando
raid on the night of April 19 and
another in the early hours of April
21, both of which were aimed at
Israeli positions on the canal's east
bank and both of which were re-
pulsed.
Ambassador Tekoah noted that
Cairo radio had announced both
raids, which it described as a
"new type" of operation under-
taken by specially trained forces.
UN Secretary General U Thant
expressed grave concern Tues-
day about the Mid East situa-
tion, saying that the cease fire
has virtually broken down in the
Suez Canal zone and that almost
a state of war exists there.
Soon after, the U.S. State Depart-
ment issued a statement associat-
ing the U.S. with the message by
Thant.
He made the statement in a
message to the Security Council,
but he did not explicitly ask for a
council meeting as he is empower.
ed to do. The statement was issued
before Israeli jets knocked out an
Egyptian radar system Tuesday.
"I feel it necessary to employ
the unusual means of a special re-
port to call most urgently to the
attention of members of the coun-
cil the prevailing situation in the
Suez Canal section which in my
view is grave," Thant said.
"As of the date of this report
there have been major breaches
of the cease fire daily for 12 suc-

mandos who raided the Israeli
side of the canal April 19 and 21.)
The U.S. statement said, "We
call urgently on those responsible
for the firing and other violations
of the cease-fire in the Suez Canal
area to take effective measures
to ensure the maintenance of the
cease-fire." The statement applied
to all border violations although
its wording referred only to the
Suez Canal zone.
The U.S. statement was issued
shortly after Assistant Secre-
tary of State for Near Eastern
Affairs, Joseph Sisco, met with
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Do-
brynin to discuss the Middle
East crisis. The Sisco-Dobrynin
meeting was reportedly intended
to help reconcile American and
Soviet positions and to seek
progress on a mutually agreed
formula for a Big Four peace
plan. Sisco met later with Israeli
Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin.
Thant had earlier expressed
strong support for the efforts of the
Big Four to find a settlement for-
mula for the Middle East dead-
lock, and he indicated that his
special Mid East peace envoy, Dr.
Gunnar Jarring, did not plan to

not see whether a lasting peace
would be possible. He declared
that Dr. Jarring had acted with
wisdom and tact but conceded that
no prograss had been made by him
to date, adding he did not think
Dr. Jarring would continue such
fruitless efforts "for another year
and a half."
Concerning Israel's position on
cessive days. In numerous instan- the Security Council Nov. 22, 1967
ces, the exchanges of fire have resolution which gave Dr. Jarring
taken place along most of the his mandate, Thant said he under-
length of the canal.
stood that Israeli leaders had ac-
"The weapons 'employed range cepted that resolution but that
from small arms to heavy mor- there
no clear statement from
tars, rockets, tank fire and heavy them was
on implementation. He an-
artillery.
swered a query about the role of
"Tae United Nations military the Arab commandoes by saying
observers who are now operating that when a solution was too long
under great danger and difficulty delayed, extremists came to the
in each instance exert every ef• forefront.
fort to bring a quick end to the
Thant's message to the Security
firing with varying degrees of Council
met with resentment in Is-
success, but no later than the rael where
it was pointed out that
following day firing erupts again. the UN secretary
general had
"In the circumstances it seems failed to affirm that Egypt initiated
to me that the only conclusion to the fighting on the Suez, as had
be drawn is that the Security been reported to the UN by UN
Council cease fire has become al- observers at the canal zone.
most totally ineffective in the Suez
The El Fatah guerrilla organ-
Canal sector and that a virtual ization would not be a party to
state of active war now exists peace talks with Israel, King
there, as indicated by the observ- Hussein of Jordan indicated
ers reports referred to above."
here. He admitted that the guer-
(A report from Tel Aviv Tuesday rillas' role in the Mid East dead-
said that a UN truce observer lock was "explosive" but made
identified as a Capt. Young of the the point that his regime — and
Irish Army, was wounded when by
implication, not the Palestine
a UN jeep struck a mine north of liberation
movement — was the
Qantara on the east bank of the government
of Jordan.
Suez Canal. Another UN jeep was
The king spoke on these and
damaged by a road mine a short other
issues
relating
to the Mid
while later. The mines were pre- East dispute at a luncheon
given
sumably laid by Egyptian corn- by the United Nations Correspond-

Toronto Jew Arrested
for Striking Neo-Nazi

TORONTO (JTA)—A 43-year-
old Hungarian-Jewish refugee was
arrested and charged with assault
after he struck Canada's self-
styled Nazi leader, John Beattie,
when the latter started to march
through the Allen Gardens here
to mark the 80th anniversary of
Hitler's birth.
Beattie was hit on the head with
a sign by Eugene Lawrence, a real
estate salesman. He was uncon-
scious for several minutes.
The local Nazi had planned to
picket the downtown offices of the
Canadian Civil Liberties Associa-
tion after he was refused a per-
mit to hold a Hitler memorial
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Rogers Asked to Inject Korean Attack on U.S.
Plane in Big 4 Agenda; Would Serve as Test

should not be alone in voicing re-
jections.
He reiterated the position that
his six-point plan represented an
identity of viewpoints between
himself and President Gamal
Abdel Nasser of Egypt. Asked
about the rejection by the auth-
oritative Cairo newspaper AI
Ahram of a point in his plan
which called for freedom of
navigation for Israel in the Suez
Canal, the king noted that the
newspaper had linked the canal
usage with the Arab refugee
problem.
He said that he does not differ
with Cairo on this issue. The king

had high praise for Arab guerrilla
leader Yassir Arafat as a man
who "loves his country, is dedicat-
ed to it and is struggling in the

face of tremendous odds." He said
that if Jordanian rights in Jeru-
salem were recognized, Jordan

would do everything to see that
everyone's rights in the city would

be observed.
Nevertheless, Hussein was said
to be seeking from the U.S. wea-
pons and counter-insurgency equip-
ment that could be used in guer-
warfare. He may be plan-
continue "futile efforts" for an- rilla
ning
to establish a Hashemite
other lengthy period.
Kingdom guerrilla force to com-
a
United
Nations
Thant told
pete with the El Fatah terrorist
Correspondents Association meet- organization, well-informed sour-
ing that "I pin my hopes" on the ces said.

Big Four talks and asserted that
those talks were "important" to
the Jarring mission. He said with-
out the active involvement of the
Big Four in the situation, he did

ents Association.
The Palestinians and Jordanians,
the young monarch said, "will be
one people" until there is a "reso-
lution" of the Mid East problem.
Whatever 'differences arise after-
ward would be dealt with as a
"family problem" and settled in a
"satisfactory way," he said.
He expressed confidence that
"the overwhelming majority of
our people" would accept a settle-
ment based on the six-point peace
plan that he enunciated at the Na-
tional Press Club in Washington.
Asked about last week's rejection
by the five main commando organ-
izations of his six-point blueprint,
King Hussein noted that Israel had
rejected the Security Council's
Nov. 22, 1967 resolution which
formed the basis of his plan and

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The Washington Evening Star
reported Tuesday that the Big
Four are discussing a ban on

arms shipments to the Middle
East, a development that could
lead to the suspension of the
shipment of 50 F-4 jet supersopie.,
fighter-bombers which thelbild -
States has agreed to sell Israel.
The Star's UN correspondent,
William R. Frye, said "Moscow's
willingness to include arms control
on the Big Four Mid East agenda
was regarded by Western diplo-
mats as a significant step for-
ward." But "whether any progress

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Rep. Bob
Wilson of California, National Re-
publican Congressional Committee
chairman, urged Secretary of State
William P. Rogers to broaden the
Big Four Mid East talks "by in-
jecting the North Korean attack
on the United States reconnais-
sance aircraft into the agenda."
This, he said, would test Mos-
cow's asserted desire for peace.
North Korea claimed the Navy
plane with 31 aboard was shot
down April 16 when it invaded its
air space; the U.S. claims it was
some 90 miles off shore.
Rep. Wilson said Russia depicts
Israel as an aggressor that should
be removed from the Suez cease-
fire line. Citing the 38th parallel
in Korea, another such line, he
said that "since the Russians have
greater influence with North Kerea
than with Egypt, let us test out
the Big Four concept in advance
and determine the degree of re-
straint they can impose on North
Korea."
Moscow should be asked whether
it has separate policies for Czecho-
slovakia, the Mid East and Korea,
he said.
In a speech in Congress on the
Far East developments, Rep.
Samuel S. Stratton, New York
Democrat, told the House that the
United States should emulate Is-
raeli reprisal tactics in striking at
North Korea in response to the
shooting down of the American

reconnaisance aircraft. Urging an
Israeli-style raid, Rep. Stratton
said "the Israelis have evoked
both respect and cooperation from
their enemies by their prompt and
pin-pointed reprisals against at-
tacks directed on them. Certainly
we in this country can safely do
no less."

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on this point in the highly secret
talks is not known," Frye wrote.
He said that Soviet acceptance
of an arms embargo as a talking
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with a specified performance capa-

bility. The "denial of such hard-
ware would help keep any future
Arab-Israel war from escalating
out of control," he said. Big power
"ability to loosen or tighten re-
straints on arms sales would give
them considerable political lever-
age which they could use to bring
about and influence peace negotia-
tions," Frye said.
An arms restriction agreement
would affect U.S. arms sales to
Jordan and Saudi Arabia as well
as to Israel. British and French
sales also would be affected.
(The Times of London reported
that Arab reaction to King Hus-
sein's six-point peace plan was
negative and "less than encourag-
ing" to its initiators in Amman
and Cairo. The paper said that
Saudia Arabia which gives Egypt
an annual $120,000,000 subsidy to
offset losses resulting from closure
of the Suez Canal, and Iraq, whose
troops are stationed in Jordan and
Syria and constitute the only tan-
gible evidence of a unified Arab
command, were the principal ob-
jectors.
(The Washington Post reported
Lebanese concern over the activi-
ties of Syrian commandos using
Lebanese territory from which to
mount attacks on Israel. The Le-
banese have made a deal with El
Fatah under which that organiza-
tion avoids giving Israel any
grounds for reprisals against Le-
banon, but the Syrian commandos

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