Pier Pasquale Spinelli, who acts as the United Nations “presence” in Jordan, has gone from Geneva to Amman, Jordan’s capital, and will be there “a couple of weeks, ” the United Nations reported here today. Mr. Spinelli’s fulltime assignment is as chief of the United Nations European office, which has its headquarters in Geneva.
No reason for Mr. Spinelli’s visit to Jordan at this time was stated by the UN, which called the trip “routine. ” However, it was known that Mr. Spinelli had been requested by Secretary General U Thant to go back to Jordan to observe and report on the political situation, as a result of pro-Nasserist demonstrations there.
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