Problems concerning the tension between the Arab countries and Israel were discussed today at a secret session of the Near Eastern Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, No information was given out on the decisions taken at the meeting nor on the exchange of views that took place. Arthur Z. Gardiner, the State Department’s top advisor on Palestine affairs, reported on the Arab-Israel crisis.
The State Department today continued to refrain from making any statement on the discussions now taking place between the United States, Britain and France on the next step to be taken jointly by the Big Three to ease the Arab-Israel tension. It is understood that the U.S. Government is delaying action on bringing the Israel-Jordan issue before the United Nations Security Council because Soviet delegate Andrei Vishinsky is the April chairman of the Security Council and might veto any constructive resolution.
It was learned that pressure has been brought to bear on the Department not only by Israel but by the Arab League as well as the British for immediate UN action.
Israel Minister Plenipotentiary Reuven Shiloah returned to Israel today for consultations at the Foreign Office in connection with the current crisis.
(Despite the heightened tension between Israel and Jordan, particularly in the Jerusalem area, the regular Israeli fortnightly relief and supply convoy made its way through the Arab Legion lines to the Hebrew University and Hadassah Hospital grounds atop Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem late yesterday.)
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