The Netherlands Government has joined the United States, Britain and Norway in protesting to the Egyptian Government over its decision to blacklist and forbid the facilities of the Suez Canal to any vessel which has carried a cargo to an Israel port, it was learned here today from a Foreign Office source. The same source revealed that the Egyptian Government has not yet made any reply to the British representations on this matter.
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