The Foreign Office stated today that it had no information on reports current abroad that Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia may be sent to mediate a settlement between Israel and Egypt.
The Foreign Office comment came after the publication of an article in the Times of London reporting various developments in Israel and elsewhere leading to the conclusion that Marshal Tito may take a hand in the Middle East situation. The Times reported that on Thursday the Yugoslav Minister to Israel, M. Wokmanovitz, called on the Acting Foreign Minister of Israel, Mrs. Golda Myerson, for a discussion of Middle East affairs. The Times noted that there had been reports that Israel has received a Yugoslav offer of mediation and that the Israel Government has indicated it “is ready to take this possibility further.”
The Times article also underscored the presence in Paris of Gideon Raphael, top Israel Foreign Ministry official, reportedly on a mission connected with Arab relations. Mr. Raphael will visit Belgrade shortly before Marshal Tito leaves for a long planned visit to Premier Nasser in Cairo.
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