United Nations guarantees against aggression protecting both Israel and the Arab states were among measures urged today by Chairman Hubert H. Humphrey of the Senate Foreign Relations Near Eastern Subcommittee. He proposed that the full Foreign Relations Committee take an active part in shaping U.S. policy in preparation for a summit parley on the Middle East.
He recalled that members of the committee favored not only guarantees against aggression but also an arms embargo, a UN police force, increased economic assistance and other steps. Sen. Humphrey, a Minnesota Democrat, said the committee should formulate these proposals into a single package and present it to the State Department.
A Senate source today cautioned that a summit conference agreement on a Middle East arms embargo might prove disastrous for Israel. This source said that if an East-West accord is reached on suspension of munitions shipments to Israel and the Arab states, a chance existed that Israel might be scrupulously denied Western arms while the Soviet bloc made clandestine shipments to the United Arab Republic.
Sen. Carl T. Curtis, Nebraska Republican, today proposed a Washington summit conference of Arab leaders without inviting Soviet Premier Khrushchev. He said Mr. Khrushchev should not be permitted to put himself into the role of peacemaker or representative of the Arab nations.
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