Neither the Israel nor the Transjordan delegations here has received any official confirmation of press reports stating that the signing of a non-aggression pact between the two countries is imminent. However, United Nations sources claimed that details of the negotiations for such a pact have definitely been received here.
The information received in U.N. circles today indicates that the draft of the agreement between Israel and Transjordan is far-reaching in its provisions and includes Israel recognition of Transjordan soverignty in the Arab parts of Palestine and Jerusalem. Among other provisions, the agreement calls for the establishment of an Israel-Transjordan commission to delineate the boundaries between the two states.
In the face of strong opposition from several of the delegations favoring internationalization of Jerusalem, Trusteeship Council president Roger Garreau succeeded today in postponing a vote on adoption of a part of the proposed international statute which would establish a Jerusalem enclave according to the boundaries set forth in the U.N. partition decision of 1947. Surprisingly, Ambassador Garreau received support from the delegations of the Catholic states on the Council.
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