State Department circles today indicated concern over reports of continuing friction in the Gaza area on the Israel-Egyptian demarcation line. Close attention is being paid by departmental officials to developments.
Word was received by cable from Cairo today that Maj. Gen. E.L.M. Burns, chief of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, met with Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser yesterday for 45 minutes. They discussed means of easing tension along the frontier in the Gaza vicinity.
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