Three United Nations observers, Canadian officers who are professional engineers, completed their survey last night of the strife-torn Huleh Lake area on the Syrian border and submitted a report today to Maj. Gen. Carl C, Von Horn UN Truce Supervisory Organization Chief. Gen. von Horn was scheduled to submit the report to Israel and Syria within the next 24 hours.
Israel officials, awaiting the re port, noted that previous UN surveys had showed that there were at least 15 feet of Israeli soil between the disputed drainage canal and the demilitarized zone. Syria on each occasion appealed the survey findings.
As a tense quiet prevailed in the area, where Israel suspended work pending the completion of the survey, the Syrians submitted a complaint to the Syrian-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission charging Israel had caused four casualties in the fighting that followed Syrian attacks on Huleh drainage workers.
Despite the Syrian-created border tensions, the people of Israel went busily about preparations for Passover and the first Seder Friday night. Thousands of tourists were streaming into Israel by air and sea and filling hotels. As shoppers poured into stores, buying heavily, prices were reported remaining at normal levels while no shortages developed in supplies of food.
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