King Hussein of Jordan, who arrives here tomorrow as the official guest of President Richard M. Nixon for talks at the White House, will welcome the Big Four initiative to find a solution to the Middle East crisis but will categorically reject the surrender of any Arab territory to Israel in Jerusalem or elsewhere, informed sources said here today.
According to these sources, the Jordanian ruler is expected to oppose not only the continued Israeli occupation of the parts of Jerusalem seized from Jordan in the June, 1967 war but any plan that would give Jordan certain rights in Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. The sources said that in his talks with Mr. Nixon, King Hussein would portray Israel as rigid and obstructive and will try to persuade the President to press for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories under United Nations aegis in keeping with the Security Council’s Nov. 22, 1967 resolution. King Hussein is scheduled to address the National Press Club here, an occasion which he is expected to use to expound Jordan’s position in the Middle East crisis.
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