President Eisenhower told his press conference today that chances for a long-term peace settlement in the Near East are better than before as a result of the action of the United Nations General Assembly special session.
While prospects were impossible to evaluate, the President said, he thought the new atmosphere created might provide a better chance for progress toward regional peace.
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