Richard G. Casey, Australian Minister for External Affairs, told the Federal Parliament at Canberra today that the Australian Government was studying the situation arising from the seizure by the United Arab Republic of cargoes from Israel being transported through the Suez Canal in foreign ships.
Mr. Casey spoke in reply to D. H. Drummond of the Country Party who noted that such seizures in the past had endangered the peace and asked whether, in view of the importance of the Suez Canal to Australia, this country would not raise the question in the United Nations or make some other form of protest. The minister expressed regret that Israeli-Egyptian relations had not improved and promised the House a report on the Suez situation.
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