The regular fortnightly supply convoy for the Israel convoy for the Israel guards atop Mt. Scopus did not make its journey through the Arab Legion lines to the height today because of a Jordanian protest.
The Jordanians protested to the UN truce supervision organization that the Israel guards on the height had set up a road block and had prevented Arab villagers from using the road. The protest is being studied by Col. J. Hommel, acting head of the TSO in the absence of Maj. Gen. E.L.M. Burns, who is in New York preparing to report to the UN Security Council on the recent Gaza battle.
Dr. Walter Eytan, director general of the Israel Foreign Ministry, conferred with Col. Hommel late today, pointing out that the Jordanians had violated the armistice agreement by constructing a road past Mt. Scopus, which had previously only been reached by a footpath. The construction of the road through an Arab village in the demilitarized zone and increasing the number of inhabitants of the village were both attempts to change the status quo, Dr. Eytan declared.
Col. Hommel said he would attempt to offer a solution of the problem within a few days. Meanwhile, he offered to make special arrangements for provisioning the Israel garrison on Mt. Scopus, if necessary.
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