Israel watches with considerable concern the plans of Syria and Egypt to merge into a projected “United Arab State,” Israel’s Foreign Minister Golda Meir indicated today. She is reported to have intimated to the French Parliamentary delegation now visiting this country that such a move would lead to increased tension in the Middle East.
(In Paris, a spokesman of the French Foreign Ministry said today that the projected union of Egypt and Syria may require implementation of the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 under which Britain, France and the United States guaranteed the status quo in the Middle East. France seems to be concerned about the future security of Israel and Lebanon, if )
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