Dr. Ralph Bunche, former acting mediator for Palestine, yesterday expressed disappointment at the fact that so little progress toward a permanent peace settlement between Israel and the Arab states had been made in the three years since he helped negotiate the armistice agreements.
“I had hoped that there would be fairly rapid movement from the armistice agreements to a more permanent settlement, ” Dr. Bunche told newsmen, adding that “I can only hope for the creation of a better climate and that some break will soon appear which will be of advantage to everybody.” He expressed the opinion that a lasting peace in the Middle East was needed not only by that region, but by the whole world.
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