The State Department today declined to make any statement on the consultations which are now going on between the United States, Britain and France on the question of calling an immediate meeting of the United Nations Security Council to deal with the Jordan-Israel situation. Such a meeting has been requested by Israel.
(In United Nations circles it was learned that the State Department opposes the calling of such a meeting under the present circumstances, while Britain advocates the immediate presentation of the Jordan-Israel issue to the Security Council. The State Department’s opposition seems to be motivated by the fear that the Soviet delegation at the United Nations may use its veto to kill any decision that the Council may take on the Arab-Israel question, since Moscow’s policy seems to be aimed at preventing an easing of Arab-Israel tension.)
A State Department spokesman said today that the Department has seen press reports of the condemnation of Israel by the United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission with respect to the Nahalin incident but that official information was not yet complete enough to issue a statement.
Irving M. Engel, president of the American Jewish Committee, conferred here today with Henry A. Byrcade, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Jacob Blaustein, honorary president of the AJC. joined in the conference. They reviewed with the Secretary the involved and precarious situation presently existing in the Middle East, including Israel.
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