Major General Carl C. von Horn, Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, arrived here last night to report in person to the Security Council about the recent events on the Israeli-Syrian border which resulted in an Israeli military raid against Syrian gun positions that have been harassing Israeli fishing and police patrol boats on Lake Tiberias.
General von Horn went immediately into conference with Acting Secretary-General U Thant. The Security Council, meanwhile, has been summoned to reconvene Tuesday afternoon to hear an oral report from the UNTSO chief. When the Council meets Tuesday, its President, assuming office, for the month of April, will be Daniel Schweitzer, Chile’s permanent representative here. He is a Jew.
The Council met last Thursday to hear the complaints and counter-charges by Syria and Israel, each of which accused the other of aggressions. General von Horn had already filed a written report on the events surrounding the latest outbreak of Syrian-Israeli conflict. But Adlai E. Stevenson, chairman of the United States delegation, proposed that the Council summon the UNTSO chief for further, personal discussions.
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