The Rhodes armistice talks should be viewed with an air of cautious pessimism, it was stated today in circles close to the Foreign Office.
These sources predicted that the talks would be completed by the middle of the week. They added, however, that even failure of the talks would not preclude armistice talks with any of the other states. It is understood that Lebanon will probably be the next state to negotiate with Israel. It was also reported that Israel would be ready to enter actual peace talks immediately after the conclusion of armistice agreements with the various Arab states.
Meanwhile, a more optimistic note was struck by the Mapai evening newspaper, Hador. The paper reported that the Israeli-Egyptian negotiations were approaching their final stage and that an agreement bad been initialed by both sides.
(A Reuters dispatch from Trans Jordan reported that the United Nations Pales-tine Conciliation Commission, which arrived today by air from Amman, is to be received by King Abdullah. The Commission will leave tomorrow for Syria where the future of the Galilee area is expected to be one of the main items of discussion with the Syrian Government. Reuters said.)
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