Dr. Francisco Urrutia of Colombia Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold’s personal representative, charged with trying to settle the Mt. Scopus dispute between Israel and Jordan, denied categorically today that he had ever said he had found dealing with Israel and Israel’s Premier David Ben Gurion “impossible.” Dr. Urrutia’s denial concerned a press report yesterday originating in Jordan.
The press report had also said that Dr. Urrutia had asserted he does not plan to return to Israel. Denying the entire dispatch, the Colombian diplomat voiced high praise for the cooperation he had received during his recent mission from both Mr. Ben Gurion and from Jordan’s Foreign Minister Rifai.
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