The United States hopes Ambassador Abba Eban is “going back to Israel to get his instructions changed”, a spokesman for the American delegation said here today. The spokesman added the United States Government’s feeling is that “Israel’s initial reaction to the United States aide memoire was not responsive.” Reports that President Eisenhower was coming to the United Nations in connection with the Israel issuers were met with the comment that there are no such plans.
The General Assembly is scheduled to meet Thursday. The U. S. will continue giving its full support to the United Nations, the American spokesman said. He emphasized that “if the General Assembly decides on sanctions, such a decision will have a direct bearing on the United States.”
Meanwhile, Israeli circles here made the following comment on the Eban negotiations with Secretary Dulles: “Israel faces an acute question: How would Israel and any friendly government feel if Israel were to withdraw and then the blockade were to be renewed in the Gulf of Akaba and fedayeen ralds and other hostilities were to be renewed from Gaza? In that event there would be a serious risk of new hostilities. Surelt it is better to take more time now to see that everything is done to avoid such a contingency. It is better to face and resolve complex diplomatic positions now than to have blockades and hostilities later.”
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