No clear reports on the fate of the cargo aboard Inge Toft have been received here. The Cairo newspaper “Al Aharam” reported this morning that the cargo was confiscated but there was no confirmation of this from other sources.
American officials do not disclose what action the U. S. Government has taken or will take with regard to the latest refusal of Egypt to comply with international law on navigation. However, State Department sources indicated that the U. S. position regarding freedom of navigation is very clear and well known: It does not condone violation of established principles in international law.
Yaacov Herzog, the Charge d’Affairs of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, today conferred with Robert Murphy, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. The embassy spokesman declined to confirm that the alleged seizure of the Israeli cargo aboard Inge Toft was the main subject of the talk.
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