The British controlled Near East Arabic radio today announced that Egyptian military forces along the common Egyptian-Israeli border have been alerted following reports of Israeli military concentrations neer Beer sheba, a broadcast monitored here today said. The Israeli armed forces have just completed their annual war games in southern Israel.
(A report from Paris today said that the French Foreign Office received notification from the Egyptian Government that it will send a delegation to the Arab-Israeli conciliation conference which is to start in to start in Paris next Monday. The conference is sponsored by the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission. Similar notifications are expected this week-end from the other Arab countries.)
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