An official directive was sent today to Yosef Tekoah, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, to present a note to Secretary General U Thant on the statement made Friday by the Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Munaim Rifai that the cease-fire line no longer exists. Sources who disclosed that the directive was sent indicated that Mr. Tekoah has been asked to draw Mr. Thant’s attention to “the grave significance” of Mr. Rifai’s declaration. (Mr. Tekoah told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in New York this afternoon that he will prepare a statement for transmission to Mr. Thant later today and confirmed the directive from Jerusalem. He said the statement will draw attention to the fact that “this Jordanian statement nullifies ail basis for any Jordanian complaints concerning Israeli defense actions as violations of the cease-fire which Jordan now says does not exist.” The statement to Mr. Tekoah will also request clarification of the meaning of the announcement by Mr. Rifai, Mr. Tekoah stated.)
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