Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden refused to give an assurance in Parliament today that he would discuss the Israel-Arab problem with Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party leader Nikita Khrushchev who will arrive here tomorrow for a tour of England and consultations with British Government leaders.
To all queries he had one reply–that the main purpose of the visit was the discussion of the major problems which divide the world. He insisted that the talks were confidential and that it would be highly irregular for him to disclose what questions the British Government would raise with the Russian leaders.
Sir Anthony was pressed by Laborites and Conservatives alike, to give some indication of what he would discuss, although most of the questions came from the opposition benches. One Laborite asked him to discuss with the Soviet leaders the maintenance of peace between Israel and the Arab states, while another wanted him to invite the USSR to join with other arms exporting countries in an arrangement which would regulate the flow of arms to the Middle East until after a peace settlement had been reached.
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