Major differences from the point of view of Israel’s security were seen here today between the plan on the Middle East proposed to the emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly last Friday by UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and the plan which will be proposed by the United States when the Assembly resumes its meeting on Wednesday.
Although the details of the American plan have not yet been made public, the American proposal is expected to suggest the protection against aggression of all Middle East countries, including Israel. Mr. Hammarskjold’s proposal calls for a pledge by the Arab countries not to attack each other. The Hammarskjold plan evoked much dissatisfaction in Israel.
The American delegation here consulted today with other delegations on the plan which may be presented to the General Assembly by President Eisenhower personally. High points of the plan, it was indicated, are: 1. A collective guarantee by the United Nations of the territorial integrity of all the countries in the Middle East; 2. This guarantee to be supervised by a United Nations police force. 3. The establishment of some form of arms control to prevent an armaments race between the Arab countries and Israel; 4. The establishment of a Middle East Economic Authority through which economic assistance would be given to Israel and the Arab countries.
The economic aid suggested by the American plan would be financed to a very great extent by the United States, officials of the American delegation indicated today. It would concentrate on regional projects, such as development of the water resources of the Jordan River, the Nile and Euphrates.
American circles here anticipate that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko will, in his speech at the General Assembly, also suggest some form of economic aid to Middle Eastern countries, but will insist on a United Nations ban on the shipments of arms not only to Arab countries, but also to Israel and Turkey.
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