Britain’s Labor Government does not share the American view about President Nasser of Egypt being a main force for stability in the Middle East, it was revealed here today as an aftermath to the high-level talks held in London recently by Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. Though Britain seeks a working relationship with Nasser, it has develop, the London Government advocated a firm stand against him.
Informed quarters here said today that Mr. Eshkol told the Israeli Cabinet yesterday, when he reported on his talks with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart that, though the British leaders are opposed to Israel’s use of force to prevent Arab diversion of the headwaters of the Jordan River, they take a more liberal view on that entire issue than Washington does. Britain is now understood to be more prepared than the United States to agree that the diversion plan, devised by Nasser, is aimed primarily at the heightening of tensions in this region.
Britain, it is understood, is also ready to take stronger measures against pressures on British firms by the anti-Israel Arab Boycott Office.
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