Great Britain has proposed to Jordan the policing of Israeli-Jordanian borders by the United Nations to end infiltrations by fedayeen committing murder and sabotage inside Israel it was learned today.
The British made the proposal after Jordan, replying to a British warning of “grave consequences” if the Arab state continued to permit her territory to serve as a base for Egyptian organized fedayeen raids, said the situation was beyond Jordanian control.
Israeli circles, were reported as believing that Jordan’s inability to control her borders is no reason for Israeli agreement to a UN police force on Israeli territory
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