President Eisenhower today discussed the Middle East situation and other topics with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in preparation for the forthcoming meeting with British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden.
The discussions involving the President and the British Prime Minister will open Monday at the White House. The meetings will go on for three days. The British Embassy announced that Prime Minister Eden will make a radio-television address on Thursday at 11:15 in the evening to convey his views on world affairs, presumably including the Arab-Israel situation.
Henry A. Byroade, U. S. Ambassador to Egypt who has urged Washington officials not to approve arms sales to Israel, appeared today before a closed executive session of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Jacob Blaustein had a long conference here today with Secretary Dulles regarding some United Nations matters and also as to means for stabilizing the situation in the Middle East and Israel security problems. Yesterday, Mr. Blaustein conferred for more than an hour with George V. Allen, Assistant Secretary of State, and prior to that with Ambassador Byroade.
Israel Ambassador Abba Eban conferred with Mr. Allen late this afternoon. After Ambassador Eban left, Mr. Allen saw the Syrian Ambassador, Farid Zeineddine.
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