Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of West Germany agreed at a meeting in Helsinki yesterday that if Israel were to be expelled from the United Nations it would mean the end of the world organization, according to reports reaching here from the Finnish capital.
The two leaders are in Helsinki to attend the final session of the European Conference on Security and Cooperation. Their agreement on the consequences of ousting Israel from the UN was reportedly released by a West German spokesman following a lengthy meeting between Tito and Schmidt. Tito’s views on the subject are considered especially important in view of Yugoslavia’s association with the non-aligned nations. The success of Arab attempts to expel Israel from the General Assembly this fall would depend heavily on the support of the non-aligned group.
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