No reports were received here today of the Transjordan charges that Israeli forces were moving toward the Gulf of Akaba.
Nevertheless, it was learned that Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, acting U.N. mediator, has instructed U.N. observers to check such reports from Amman. Meanwhile, the Amman radio stated that the Arab Legion had stopped an alleged Israeli force 30 miles north of the Gulf of Akaba.
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