Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan reaffirmed today the British Government’s support of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles’ proposals for the Middle East, despite the fact that Britain would have to make “quite a financial sacrifice” to contribute to a fund for compensating Arab refugees which Sec. Dulles suggested.
Speaking to a Foreign Press Association luncheon, Sec. Macmillan welcomed the U.S. initiative and expressed the hope that Israel and the Arab states would respond to Sec. Dulles “wise and generous appeal. ” He said the Dulles proposals were being considered by the governments concerned and that he was hopeful that “one way or another” the proposals would become a basis for an Israel-Arab settlement.
He noted that until there was a settlement, the Middle East situation would cause concern because there was always the danger that some “foolish action” might lead to “something more”
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