The United States, Britain and France were bitterly attacked today in a broadcast from Cairo which indicated that the Washington policy of appeasing the Arab countries at the expense of Israel is failing to appease Egypt.
The broadcast said that the Arabs do not expect the forthcoming meeting of the Big Three Foreign Ministers at Paris to settle the problems between the Arab countries and Israel. “As the creators of Israel, they cannot remove it from existence – the only settlement satisfactory to the Arabs,” the broadcast stated. “The settlement of the refugee, Arab-Israel frontier, and Jordan water questions cannot possibly become the basis of any relationship between the Arabs and Israel for the simple reason which is closely connected with Israel herself and her ambitions,” the broadcast declared.
The Egyptian radio reported that the results of the Bandung conference include Siam’s suspension of diplomatic representation with Israel and expansion of Arab economic cooperation with Asian countries. (The first Asiatic Legation will be opened in Israel next week when Burmese Minister U Kin Maung Galeh opens his country’s legation. He has previously represented Burma at Belgrade. It is expected that the Burmese Legation will be functioning fully before U Nu, Premier of Burma and friend of Israel, visits this country.)
The Cairo broadcast also reported today that “the director of the Israel boycott office revealed yesterday that the economic conference which was held recently in Beirut has submitted to the Arab League several recommendations, among them one regarding the conclusion of commercial agreements with Yugoslavia if she will promise not to renew her agreement with Israel. The conference asked the Lebanese Government to boycott boats which go to Israel. The conference also recommended that Arab sports teams be prohibited from participating with Israel teams in international sports competitions.”
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