The United States and Britain will intervene with military action to halt any war that may break out between Israel and an Arab country, as a result of the rapid growth of power in the hands of Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Daily Express reported here today in a front-page article.
As detailed by the newspaper, the plans envisage the use of the United States Sixth Fleet, now in the Mediterranean, and the employment of British forces from bases in Cyprus and Aden, to interpose themselves between the Arabs and Israelis. The Anglo-American forces, according to the paper, would form between the opposing sides until an “effective barrier” could be erected by the United Nations. The Daily Express said the plans for British-American intervention were drawn up, due to the dangerous situation in Jordan.
Dispatches from Cairo, received here today, reported that the Egyptian press “can hardly contain its pleasures” in reporting the current pro-Nasser demonstrations in Jordan. The influential Cairo newspaper “Al Gumhouria” was reported as declaring today: “We could hardly blame the Palestinians who fired the shots (in Jordan). For only by bullets will Palestine be liberated. The demonstrators wanted to show their pleasure at the establishment of the Arab Federation (of Egypt, Iraq and Syria), which is a first step toward the elimination of Israel. It will not be long before we hear bombs exploding inside Israel.”
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