Israeli-transjordan Armistice Agreement Now Expected to Be Signed During Week-end

An indication that the anticipated signing of the Israeli-Transjordan armistice agreement here may take place next week-end was seen today in a communique issued by acting United Nations Palestine mediator Dr. Ralph J. Bunche which said that the mediator conferred this morning with Col. Moshe Dayan and ###ven Shiloah, of the Israeli delegation, and that he would meet with Trans Jordan delegate Sidki Jundi later today.

The communique added that drafting of the pact will begin tomorrow or Wednesday after which it will be submitted to both delegations. Since the most important saints at issue seem to have been ironed out already, observers here agree that the Israeli and Transjordan delegates will not take long in consulting with their respecters governments for approval of the draft. It is generally believed that formal signing of the agreement will take place within a day or two after the completed draft is agreed on here.

The only outstanding issue which is still considered crucial, is Transjordan’s demand that the draft agreement also cover the so-called Arab triangle in central Palestine, which the Jews regard as a separate front manned by Iraqi troops the Amman representatives have asked for instructions from their government on whether to sign the armistice pact if the Arab triangle is omitted from the points covered.

(The New York Times, in a Beirut dispatch, reported today that strikes and demonstrations have taken place in the Syrian port city of Latakia against the Syrian governments announced intention to enter into armistice negotiations with Israel.)