The false war alarm raised yesterday by Arab nations under the pretext that Israel was massing troops in the Jerusalem area to start an attack on Jordan boomeranged today when information was received here from the United Nations truce headquarters in Palestine.
The information denied that Israel had concentrated troops for aggressive purposes. It stated that UN observers on the spot have been watching the border situation and noticed nothing but military maneuvers by Israeli military units, with no intent of aggressive action.
American delegates at the United Nations stated that the State Department in Washington had received no information which would support the sudden Arab war scare. Nor has such information been received by Britain, according to members of the British delegation here.
Meanwhile, it was learned here that Jordan issued orders last night to its military units to move up to the Israel frontier early this morning. Syrian and Egyptian troops were also ordered to be on the alert. Later reports in dictated, however, that complete calm prevailed in both the Israel and Jordan sections of Jerusalem.
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