Premier David Ben Gurion and American Ambassador Monnet B. Davis met here today at the Premier’s residence to discuss the Middle East Defense situation, it was officially announced. The announcement said that the meeting was held at the request of the U.S. envoy.
Although the actual details of the conversation were not revealed, it was stated in circles close to the American Embassy that the Ambassador told the Premier that the tri-partite declaration of May, 1950, remains the basis of the Western Powers policy toward the Middle East. The U.S. diplomat explained that the U.S.-British-French declaration offers Israel an adequate safeguard against aggression in that the Western Powers guarantee the borders of the Near East states against invasion by any country.
It is believed that the Israeli Premier stressed to Ambassador Davis that the Western Powers should bring pressure to bear in the Arab capitals for the conclusion of peace treaties with the Jewish state.
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