Secretary of State John Foster Dulles received Israel Ambassador Abba Eban today and, immediately following their meeting, he conferred with President Eisenhower on foreign affairs. It is assumed that the Arab-Israel issue was included in the Eisenhower-Dulles talks. The Arab-Israel issue was discussed by Mr. Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles yesterday with Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent of Canada.
Ambassador Eban declined to divulge the exact nature of his talk today with Secretary Dulles. However, it was believed that the discussion centered on Israel’s application for U.S. arms and on the pending United Nations Security Council peace moves in the Middle East.
State Department sources said the main line of thinking put forth by Mr. Eban, according to their belief, was Israel’s concern lest pending UN peace move delay American action on the Israel arms application.
The French Embassy here revealed that French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau is making arrangements to visit Washington in June to confer with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles on the Arab-Israel situation and other issues.
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