The State Department said today no precise date has been fixed for the Geneva conference. A Department spokesman said the conference date is “part of the reassessment now going on.” Spokesman Robert Anderson also said that he does not believe a date was discussed in the talks between Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin two weeks ago, but he recalled Dobrynin as saying considerable preparations would be needed for it.
Meanwhile, a report here said that Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon would approach Kissinger at their meeting today at the State Department on a possible meeting in Washington soon between Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin and President Ford. One source said the Israelis were thinking of a June meeting. (See separate story on meeting today between Kissinger and Allon.)
Meanwhile, Dobrynin was at the Capitol today lunching with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It is believed that Southeast Asia, Soviet-American trade and the Middle East were discussed.
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