Problems concerning peace and stability in the Middle East occupy a high place in the bilateral Anglo-American talks which started today at the Foreign Office here. The talks were preceded by a private conversation between Secretary of State Dean Acheson and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.
Diplomatic observers here expressed the belief that the prevention of further hostilities rather than the question of a final peace between Israel and the Arab countries will be discussed when the Middle Eastern problem is reached. The same observers indicated that pressure devices, such as delaying arms deliveries and financial aid, might be considered at the British-American parley.
A demand that Britain advance no more money to Arab countries which are responsible for halting oil shipments to the Haifa refineries was, meanwhile, voiced in the House of Commons by Barnett Janner, Labor Member of Parliament. Mr. Janner’s demand came after a statement by Fuel Minister Philip Noel-Baker that the oil produced in the British-owned refineries had dropped in quantity from 17,500,000 pounds worth in 1947 to 600,000 pounds worth in 1949.
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