Britain feels that the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 has proved an “effective guarantee for the Middle East, “according to Anthony Nutting, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
At a luncheon with United Nations correspondents today, Mr. Nutting said, in regard to reports that the Soviet Union might want to make the Declaration a four-power instrument, “I would see no reason for broadening the basis of sponsorship for the 1950 Declaration. It has held since 1950 and the fact remains that, despite tensions, the Middle East frontiers have not been changed by force and a fresh bout has been prevented.”
The Czechoslovakia-Egypt arms deal, Mr. Nutting declared, would “tip the balance of Middle East armaments dangerously and undermine that security in the area which America, Britain and France have tried to maintain.”
Unofficially it became known today that while London, like Washington, is hewing to the line that Israel has great superiority over Egypt in armaments and fighting power, it does not agree with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles about the need for changing any of the Israel-Arab frontiers.
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