Israel has received assurances from the British Government that no British arms will be left behind in Jordan when British troops are withdrawn from the Arab state, diplomatic circles reported here today.
A report from Cairo published in the press here today says the reason Vice President Abdel Hakim Amer of the United Arab Republic is now on a visit to Moscow, is to obtain from the Soviet Union utterance of a public warning to the United States, Britain and France not to intervene in Israel’s behalf in the event the withdrawal of Western forces from the Middle East precipitates an uprising in Jordan with intervention on the part of Israel.
Field Marshal Amer, who is also Defense Minister of the United Arab Republic, conferred twice this week in Moscow with Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and with other top officials of the Soviet Government and Communist Party. The Cairo dispatch said that the Amer visit is intended to explain to Moscow that its direct military intervention would not be needed to handle Israel–that Nasser is confident he can do that with the unified Arab forces–but that Moscow should warn off the West.
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