Israel Ambassador Abba Eban today called on Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and David Key, Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs, to ask that the United States use its influence at the United Nations and in other ways to secure the release of the Israel ship “Bat Galim” now held by Egypt.
Mr. Eban told reporters that his government considered it a “grave matter because my government can no longer acquiesce in the detention of the ship and its crew,” He said he had received a definite impression that the United States, as in other cases, supports the United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission. Mr. Eban asked the United States to take action upholding the Armistice Commission and its resolutions and reaffirming the right of free passage through the Suez Canal to ships of all flags.
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