Hussein Tells Sorensen He Cannot Meet Israelis Alone at Negotiating Table

Theodore Sorensen, a former adviser to the late President John F.Kennedy, said here today that he would advise President Richard M. Nixon to discontinue the Four Power Mideast talks. Mr. Sorensen arrived here for a holiday after visiting Jordan where he had an audience with King Hussein. He said he thought the talks were fruitless and would tell President Nixon so when he returns to the U.S.

The Four Power talks, which began in New York early this year on the initiative of former President Charles de Gaulle of France, brought together the chief United Nations representatives of the United States, Soviet Russia, Britain and France in a series of discussions on how to effect a peaceful solution of the Mideast conflict. Israel opposed the talks from the outset. They were adjourned last June and no date has been set for their resumption.

Mr. Sorensen said King Hussein told him he could not sit down at a negotiating table with Israel unless other Arab leaders did the same. He said that before negotiating, he must have proof that he would not emerge from the talks empty-handed like a person who was totally defeated, Mr. Sorensen said. He said he told the Hashemite ruler that Israel was prepared to enter negotiations with no pre-conditions, no maps or demands. But he said his impression was that King Hussein would not take measures to end the activities of guerillas and saboteurs who operate against Israel from Jordanian bases. According to King Hussein, Israel is solely to blame for the situation, the American visitor said.

Mr. Sorensen is scheduled to meet with Premier Golda Meir, Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Deputy Premier Yigal Allon, Mayor Teddy Kollek, of Jerusalem and other Israeli leaders during his stay. He said he was pessimistic about chances for peace in the near future but did not think there would be a new all-out Arab-Israeli war. He added, however, that as long as the present situation continues the chances of war increased.