Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today avoided any substantive comment, on the scheduled trip next week of the new Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov to the Arab countries. The Soviet Minister has accepted invitations from the governments of Egypt, Syria and Lebanon to visit their lands:
While Secretary Dulles was holding his press conference, it was reported here from Baghdad that Jordan Army chief Ali Abu Nawar arrived there today to discuss coordination of military operations against Israel with the Iraqi High Command. He was accompanied by three staff officers. Another report said that the Emir Salman iben Hamad al Khalifah, ruler of Bahrein, a British protectorate rich in oil, had ordered a complete boycott on trade between his country and Israel.
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