A declaration of hope for Near Eastern peace may come from President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Eden at the conclusion of the top level conference that opens here January 30, State Department sources said. A preliminary series of lower level meetings terminated today. These talks involved George V. Allen, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and Evelyn Shuckburgh, British Foreign Office Middle East authority.
It was indicated that no decision was reached on supplying arms to Israel to balance the flow of communist arms to Egypt. One source said they felt the present “balance” in military power facilitated peace hopes. To counter Soviet strategy, it was planned to concentrate on Arab-Israel peace to be pursued on a country-by-country basis. Henry A. Byroade, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, participated, urging denial of arms to Israel on grounds that it would lessen peace prospects and turn the Arabs away from the West.
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