The United States Government, preoccupied with problems in Korea and Vietnam, is quietly seeking to disengage from involvement in the Arab-Israel issue and is looking to the United Nations to resolve matters such as today’s flare-up of violence on the Suez Canal, highly-placed sources said today. The comments were made following receipt of reports here of the dispute that broke out when the Egyptians attempted to move into the north end of the canal in violation of the israel-Egypt cease-fire agreement worked out by the United Nations.
Sources here said that the United States fully supported Lt.-Gen. Odd Bull, head of the UN cease-fire team, and felt that both sides should heed United Nations decisions. They said that the United States does not want to be embroiled “at every twist and turn” in Arab-Israeli frictions and would look increasingly to the UN in that region because American interest must be directed to the developments in Korea and Vietnam which more vitally involve American security interests.
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