An official delegation from the executive committee of the Labor Party was scheduled to call tonight on Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd to discuss the current Middle East situation.
It is expected that the Laborites will urge that Israel be supplied with defensive arms. It is further understood that the delegation will ask the Foreign Secretary how he intends to utilize the present cease-fire along the Israel-Arab borders to further a peace settlement between the parties.
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