Ambassador Gunnar Jarring, the United Nations emissary to the Middle East, will arrive tomorrow in Israel for a two day visit, on his first round of visits to Middle East capitals. His visit, according to a U.N. spokesman, will be solely for the purpose of establishing contact and getting acquainted. Ambassador Jarring will go to Israel from Beirut.
Yesterday, he conferred in Beirut with Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, the head of the United Nations cease fire observation teams in the Middle East, After visiting Israel, he is scheduled to go to Amman and Cairo.
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