The Israel Cabinet held three separate meetings between last midnight and this evening, announcing merely tonight that it had discussed Ambassador Abba Eban’s reports of his meetings with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. The communique further stated that the Cabinet had instructed Mr. Eban to continue his negotiations in New York and Washington.
It is believed that the Cabinet discussed chiefly the inflexibility of Mr. Hammerskjold, in contrast with the reported progress made in Washington with Mr. Dulles. It is understood that progress was made in Washington on the Akaba issue, while the stumbling bloc at the UN is the future status of Gaza. In the latter case, it is understood that the difficulty is Mr. Hammerskjold’s views, stated earlier, that any extension of UN Emergency Force functions must have Egyptian agreement.
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