Israel Ambassador Abba Eban left the United States for Paris by plane yesterday. At Idlewild Airport, he stated that he would attend a meeting in Paris dealing with “the whole Middle Eastern situation” and expects to return here within a few days. He did not specify who else would participate in the meeting.
(Reuter’s news agency reported yesterday that Israel Premier David Ben Gurion sent top-ranking Israeli diplomats “to maintain close touch with Western leaders during preparations for the summit conference. ” The report said that the Israeli diplomats were scheduled to meet in Paris this week-end “to keep tabs on summit talks which may include Israel. ” It added that “their talks will also involve consultations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. “)
The request that the United States should proclaim support of Israel so that its Arab neighbors would realize the permanence of the Jewish State was voiced today by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Near Eastern Subcommittee, in a television appearance.
Sen. Humphrey also suggested that a large oil pipeline be constructed across Israel from Elath to the Mediterranean so that the West will not be entirely dependent on oil transit through United Arab Republic controlled territory.
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