British Prime Minister Harold MacMulan declared here today that there was no foundation for reports that the British Government was urging a revival of the 1947 United Nations frontier recommendations as part of a solution for the Arab-Israel problem. Premier MacMillan, arriving here on his tour of Commonwealth countries, said he had not heard of any such plans except for press reports. He added there had been no change in the British Government’s attitude on the Arab-Israel deadlock. He made the statements in reply to questions from Jewish newsmen at a press conference.
Replying to a question about hopes for a general solution of Middle East problems, he said this was bound up with the problems of the “great East-West struggle, ” adding that “we must be patiently hopeful and watchful and never lose an opportunity for examination of a possible solution.”
Asked to what extent he thought containment of the Soviet Union should be permitted to take priority over a solution of other Middle East problems, the Prime Minister replied that prevention of war and not only nuclear was the first consideration.
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