Israel Ambassador Abba Eban today discussed the question of consideration by the United Nations Security Council of Arab-Israel tension with Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
After talking with Mr. Byroade, the Ambassador said that Israel hoped that the current crisis would be discussed before the Security Council later this week or next week. Mr. Eban said that Israel has thought for the last two weeks that the Security Council should embark on consideration of Arab-Israel difficulties notwithstanding the admitted difficulties with regard to the Great Power relations.
He took cognizance of the last two anti-Israel vetoes by the Soviet Union of United Nations resolutions but said that Israel saw no substitute for United Nations action. He added that any United Nations discussion of the Near Eastern problem should be broad and general and said that he believed the need for such a general review was uppermost in the thoughts of the Western Powers.
(In London, Israel Ambassador Eliahu Elath today saw British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden with whom he discussed “matters of common interest. ” It is believed that the visit was connected with the forthcoming Security Council discussion on the Israel and the Lebanese complaints.)
One purpose of today’s visit at the State Department by the Ambassador was to introduce Meir Sherman, an Israel diplomat with the rank of Minister who is the newly-appointed Director of Economic Services of the Israel Government in the United States. Coincidental to the introduction of Mr. Sherman, various economic matters were reviewed in very general terms including the proposed foreign aid program of the United States for the coming year.
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