Egypt’s Refusal to Support U.N. on Korea Does Not Affect American Arms Policy

State Department sources today indicated that there has been no change in the policy of the U.S. Government with regard to American and British shipments of arms to Egypt as a consequence of Egypt’s failure to support the U.N. Socurity Council’s resolution on Korea.

(In Paris, well-informed sources today said that as a result of Egypt’s attitude on the Korean conflict the United States has decided to discontinue its own deliveries of arms to Egypt and is pressing Britain not to send lend-lease arms to Egypt.)

Defense Department circles today said that the question of curtailing the shipment of certain categories of arms to Atlantic Pact nations is now under discussion because of the temporary shortage of arms caused by the Korean crisis. It is believed in these circles that arms would first be withhold from nations such as Egypt which remain neutral in the Korean issue.