The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is scheduled to meet here tomorrow to discuss the report of its special committee that investigated the downing of the Libyan airliner. According to well informed sources, Egypt has requested that the meeting be closed to the news media because the report exonerates Israel and refers to the improper functions of the radar equipment and beacon at the Cairo, Airport. A resolution submitted to the ICAO meeting by Egypt, Indonesia, Lebanon and Tunisia calls for a strong condemnation of Israel for downing the airliner and for Israel’s air raid in 1968 on the Beirut Airport. The Israeli delegation to the ICAO meeting, which arrived here this weekend, is headed by Meir Rosen.
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