Five Burmese army officers arrived in Jerusalem today to join the United Nations team of observers in the Suez Canal area, it was disclosed here. They will take up their posts after being briefed by Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, the Secretary General’s personal representative, who is directing the cease-fire observation operation.
The Middle East crisis issue was formally returned to the Security Council today when the Secretary General transmitted to that body the records of the emergency special session of the General Assembly which had struggled with the question from June 17 to July 21. No meeting of the Council has been called to deal with the question.
The Egyptian delegation complained to the Secretary General today that Israel was attempting “to escape its obligations under The Hague Convention of 1954” on the preservation of cultural property in the areas occupied by Israel.
Israel, in another letter to the Secretary General, rejected Jordan’s charge that captured documents published by Israel, establishing that Jordanian forces had been ordered to kill Israeli civilians, were forgeries. The Israelis offered the documents for inspection.
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