Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin, arriving here yesterday from Washington, said he did not think American policy towards the Middle East would be significantly changed as a result of President Nixon’s meeting next month with Soviet leaders in Moscow.
Rabin, whose return was described as a private visit and for consultations on the latest developments in Israeli-American relations, did not discuss his personal, plans. According to reliable sources, however, the envoy has stated that he will not remain in his Washington post beyond next Nov. and that if not appointed to the Cabinet he would retire from public life.
Rabin told reporters at the airport yesterday that the US regarded King Hussein of Jordan as a friend and regarded his recent proposal for an Arab federation linking Jordan and the West Bank as an attempt to break the deadlock between Amman and the Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world. While the Americans have received Hussein’s plan favorably, they do not expect any real action to follow his proposals. Rabin said.
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