The United States has made no decision on permitting a resumption of travel by Americans to the Middle East, a State Department spokesman said today. Travel by U. S. citizens to Israel Egypt, Jordan and Syria has been prohibited, except when judged in the national interest, since late October.
State Department spokesman Lincoln White said the Department has under constant study” the questions of permitting unrestricted travel and of returning U. S. Point Four aid officials to the region. But he said no decision had been taken.
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