Eric Johnston, President Eisenhower’s special envoy to the Middle East, called on Israel Ambassador Abba S. Eban here to inform him of his plans for resumption of his mission to explore prospects of a regional water plan for the Middle East, it was disclosed today.
Mr. Johnston has submitted to Israel and the Arab States a plan for development of the water resources of the Jordan River prepared by experts of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The plan received a negative or lukewarm reception from most of the Arab states affected, but Mr. Johnston is to return to the Middle East next month to discuss it further.
Mr. Eban also conferred with Harold Stassen, head of the Foreign Operations Administration, on future phases of the United States grant-in-aid program and other related economic questions.
The Israel Ambassador told newsmen here that in all recent conversations he has had with the State Department, he has continuously stated Israel’s unreserved opposition to the granting of United States military aid to any Arab League member state, whether contiguous to Israel or not, so long as the Arab States failed to make peace with Israel.
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