The Israeli Government today instructed its representative to the United Nations, Aubrey Eban, to request U.N Secretary-General ?ygve Lie to call an urgent session of the Security Council to hear Israeli charges against Britain of “unilateral intervention” in the Palestine conflict.
(At Late Success late this afternoon, Eban categorically denied that he had received instructions from his government to ask for an emergency session of the council.)
The Israeli complaint against Britain will be based on three major points, as follows: 1. The dispatch of British troops to Aqaba, which is a truce violation; 2. The provocative and inflammatory action in sending British armed reconnaissance planes over Israeli battle positions; 3. The widely reported British troop movements from Malta and Cyprus and in the direction of the Sinai border region.
“All these actions and the menacing campaign of certain British newspapers indicate the grave danger of an imminent British armed intervention, particularly in the absence of any reassurances from the British Government,” the complaint will state. Eban has also been instructed to present to Lie evidence of the most recent British arms shipments to the Arabs.
James G. McDonald, special U.S. representative to Israel, was last night closeted with Premier David Ben Gurion for a lengthy session. It is understood that during their talks, which dealt with American mediation between Israel and Egypt, McDonald urged that the Jewish state change its mind and not complain to the U.N. Security Council against British troop movements in the Aqaba area.
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